August 2009

Creating Confidence

Module #9

Creating Confidence

For many of us writing a bio can be difficult. The following is a step-by-step guide to help you write a professional biography.

1. List everything you can think of that you have done in your life including training, experiences, insights etc.

                        managed restaurants

                        raised a child

                        overcame abuse both in childhood home and now divorced husband

                        owned a business

                        successful career transition

                        renovated my home

                        licensed insurance broker

                        MM intensive course

                        Girl Guides / Pathfinders

                        Learned to play piano and French horn

                        Was fired

                        Completed one year of a two yr of Interior Design Course

                        Completed on year of a two yr of a Multi Media Course

                        Pasted 1^st part of the Canadian Securities Course

                        Still in love with my partner of 14 yrs

Traveled to Wales, California, Halifax, Florida, Lexington, Cancun, PEI, New Brunswick, Bahamas

                        Toastmaster member

                        How to win friends and influence people

                        The Master Game

                        The Wealth Barber

                        Quiet Leadership

                        Celestine Prophecy

                        King James Bible

                        Every Stephen King novel (almost)

                        Beatles

                        Frank Sinatra

 

BIO draft    

A little about me

 I’ve officially been involved in Life Coaching for 2 years, unofficially for as long as I can remember.  I am a self committed life long student of the accredited school International Coach Academy.  I coach positive Life Transitions.  Examples include; change in career, change in address, divorce, loss of a friend or loved one, whether through death or other means, parents in the throes of the teenage years, teens in the throes of their parents seemingly incapability of understanding where they, the teen is coming from, personal development focus and a resolution coach.

 My background is varied but Customer Service has been a consistent and quite extensive component throughout my working life, including Senior Management within the Service Industry, consistently achieving high standards in Customer Service and employee relations.  I had my own small Financial Coach Business; I worked retail, call centers, Executive Assistant to CEO’s right through to Nurses’ Aid in a Senior’s home. 

 Currently I am a Program Assistant for a Neurology Program.  I assist people who have been referred to our program due to a head or neck injury.  It is with overwhelming gratitude that I am told on a regular basis how much I have helped, how much I have eased their time throughout the assessment.  What do I do to help?  I listen.  I greet them everyday by their name, with a smile and tone voice that says “It’s great to see you today!”  The human spirit just soaks that up, just like a plant being watered.  Similar to watching the leaves returning to their natural luster you can literally see the human spirit glow.  It is that very first daily exchange with our clients that is my most rewarding.

 

My recreational time is just as varied as my working life.  I fancy myself as an amateur artist.  My husband started my career with some acrylic paints and a couple 8 x 10 canvas boards.  To date, I am no Monet and nor will I ever be but none-the-less all of our paintings are proudly displayed in our “art gallery” (the landing at the top of the stairs).  My latest hobby is mosaics and digital photography.  I will mosaic most anything, trivets, frames, vases and bowls.  We just recently picked up a digital 35mm camera and I just love it.  It’s so great to at last have some awesome pictures.  Next photo shop!

 My vast array of work experiences also gives me first hand knowledge of what it takes to get through change, whether it be self chosen, or change that you have found thrust upon you.  It is my belief and my passion that all change is for a reason and while difficult, what emerges, if you work on it, is a lifetime of personal growth and self-given rewards.  

This passion I have allows me to see the value of the required change and it will also aid me in supporting you.  It is my understanding, my positive thought encouragement, my humour, my genuine enthusiasm and my belief in you that will play as major contributors to supporting and assisting you to a successful outcome.

 I encourage you to embrace change, I encourage you to give me a call and prove to yourself that you are ready, that you are serious, after all General George S. Patton was quoted saying  “pressure makes diamonds.”  I encourage you to embark on your journey of growth and change and to capture your very own Positive Focus.

I had a difficult time writing my bio but since then I am feeling more confident and that is thanks to my Peer Coach who reminded me to remember and know the audience that I am writing for.

Cheers

Lila