Internationally known author, talk show radio host and life coach Sallie Felton recently published a dynamic new book, GPS for Success, in collaboration with a bevy of industry experts. Steven Covey, Dr. John Gray, Les Brown and others joined Felton in providing valuable advice to succeed in our endeavors.
Felton focuses on step by step guidelines for businesses and individuals to reach their frequently elusive goals. Known for her practical recommendation to “Start Where You Stand” in the present moment, Felton has developed a coaching strategy that provides results.
When people hire her as a coach, she recently commented on what they can expect. “They can expect to see that their dreams and goals begin to unfold. It’s like an artichoke. After a while you get to the heart by peeling off the leaves one by one to get to the very best part, and that is to your heart. It’s to your heart’s desire. What is it you want to do? How are they going to get there? So they can expect to get support. They can expect me to be their cheerleader, their mentor, their coach. I will challenge them. I will keep them accountable fully step by step. We work through the struggles that they have had as to why they haven’t been able to reach their goal. And maybe they need to talk to that inner critic in order to solidify and calm down some of those obstacles.”
Felton believes that our inner critic, our shadow, impedes most people from reaching their goals and is a major stumbling block that holds people back. “I think it’s that inner critic that seems to hold that power,” she said. “The inner critic will say you are not good enough to reach your goal. You can’t do this. You have other responsibilities. The inner critic does not want you to move forward. It likes where it is right now.”
Felton coaches her clients to overcome their inner critics and find balance in their lives. She feels that one of the primary problems to having a balanced life is our technological advances. She commented, “I believe achieving a balanced life is often difficult because we are asked to do way too much in too little time. We have duel income families. We have children to deal with. We have elder parents possibly to deal with. We have even our workaholics to deal with. So life is saying now that we have all this new technology, everybody has their cell phones surgically attached to their hip, how are you going to free yourself up when we are available 24/7? How are you going to do that? It has really posed some problems in households. Parents come home, even kids come from school, with their cell phone that never stops. The texting never stops. So there needs to be boundaries around this. What is acceptable?”
Find the solutions to these problems, and many more, in GPS for Success available at www.salliefeltonlifecoach.com. Listen to Sallie’s internationally enlightening and engaging radio program, “A Fresh Start,” every Wednesday, 12-1pm PST, 2-3pm CST, 1-2pm RST and 3-4pm EST. You’ll be glad you did.
