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JST 232 – What the Pros get rewarded for

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Jamie Smart

Welcome to part 3 in the series of articles on the 7 steps to earning your living as a successful professional in any field. Over the past year I’ve been isolating the specific steps involved, and refining them. What’s resulted is a ‘roadmap’, and while the version of it I’ve created is aimed at coaches, therapists, trainers and consultants, with a little creativity, you’ll be able to see how these steps relate to anyone who wants to transition to doing work that involves you being a ‘trusted advisor’ to others (e.g. expert / speaker / professional services etc).
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JST 231 – How to Create and Deliver the Impact Your Clients Pay You for

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Jamie Smart

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Welcome to part 2 in the series of articles on the 7 steps to earning your living as a successful professional in any field. Over the past year I’ve been isolating the specific steps involved, and refining them. What’s resulted is a ‘roadmap’, and while the version of it I’ve created is aimed at coaches, therapists, trainers and consultants, with a little creativity, you’ll be able to see how these steps relate to anyone who wants to transition to doing work that involves you being a ‘trusted advisor’ to others (e.g. expert / speaker / professional services etc).
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JST 230 – The first step to going pro in any field (inc. as a coach)

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Jamie Smart

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One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is that people often have a dream or aspiration about something they’d love to do, but lack clarity about the steps along the journey (for instance, countless coaches, therapists and other transformation professionals are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. But far fewer understand what’s involved in having a transformational impact, growing a thriving practice and ‘going pro’.)
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JST 229 – Weight loss – The Unexpected Anatomy of a Health Transformation

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Jamie Smart

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“A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.”
– Tom Stoppard

The whole area of weight loss, health and fitness is a massive focus for millions (billions?) of people worldwide. The plethora of diet books and exercise videos (with new ones coming out each month) demonstrates that it’s something most of us are pretty clueless about. During the most recent Certified Clarity Coach Training programme, I did a coaching session with a very successful coach called Pam Featherstone. Pam’s super-motivated and a big achiever (she took her coaching business from zero to 1 million in under 3 years and became Action Coaches no.1 global coach of the year). But like so many successful people, she has an area of life where she’d been really stuck and struggling to make progress: the area of health, fitness and weight loss.
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JST 228 – The 3 kinds of connection that transform your life

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Jamie Smart

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Sometimes when I meet someone who I haven’t seen in a long time, they express surprise at how much I’ve changed (my clients often tell me that they receive similar comments about themselves). When people ask me what I put it down to, my answer is simple: getting an understanding of the principles behind clarity. In this article, we’re going to explore the gentle art of transforming your life, and the 3 ‘flavors’ of connection that make this possible. Read More →

JST 225 – The 5 Paradoxical Clues To The Work You’re Here To Do

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Jamie Smart

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“Anything on earth you want to do is play. Anything on earth you have to do is work. Play will never kill you, work will. I never worked a day in my life.”
– Dr Leila Denmark (the USA’s oldest doctor)

I often hear people saying things like, “I’d do what I love, if only I knew what it was” and “I’d do what I love, if only I knew how to do it.” Back at the beginning of the year, I did a Facebook Live broadcast on my business page called “The 5 Paradoxical Clues To The Work You’re Here To Do”. People really loved it, so I thought I’d share the 5 paradoxical clues here in the JST over the next 5 weeks. So here’s the first clue: Read More →

JST 224 – Your Calling

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Jamie Smart

“We must therefore be willing to get shaken up, to submit ourselves to the dark blossomings of chaos, in order to reap the blessings of growth. Rejection is a writer’s best friend. If you are not failing regularly, you are living so far below your potential that you’re failing anyway.”
― Gregg Levoy

I’ve been preparing for an online masterclass I’m doing this Thursday called “The 5 Paradoxical Clues To The Work You’re Here To Do” and I’ve created a free guide to give you an idea of the kind of things we’re going to be covering in it. Read More →

JST 223 – Confession: Sometimes I screw up and don’t want anyone to know

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Jamie Smart

“Everybody hurts. You are not alone.”
-Michael Stipe

I wrote this post on Facebook yesterday and it caught fire, so I thought I’d share it with you here:

[CONFESSION] Sometimes I screw up and don’t want anyone to know

People regularly tell me that it seems like everything I do turns out well.

I assure them that isn’t the case; that lots of the things I do don’t work out the way I want them to. Read More →

JST 221 – Resolving the Roots of Youth Violence

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Jamie Smart

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”
― Ernst F. Schumacher

The UK has recently seen an increase in youth violence, with claims being made that London’s murder rate now exceeds that of New York City. As usual, media pundits are quick to point to the “causes” of this increase, but it looks to me like that many of these so-called causes are in fact symptoms of a deeper cause. We saw a similar scenario in August 2011, following the riots that broke out in London that month. Here’s an excerpt from my book, CLARITY (©2013 Jamie Smart, published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd): Read More →

JST 219 – The unlimited abundance game

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Jamie Smart

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Back in the 1980s (during an era of high unemployment in the UK), standup comedian Kevin Day told a joke that went like this:

Kevin went into the Job Centre and the bloke said, “What job would you like?” Kevin told him, “I want to be an astronaut.” The bloke looked at him and said, “Don’t take the piss” to which Kevin replied, “You started it!”

I feel like I might be opening myself to a similar response when I say, “You can earn as much as you like”, but it’s worth taking a few minutes to see what I mean. Read More →