Welcome to the January 2004 issue of LocateACoach.com's Focused Lives Update "Experts & info to bring your life, career, family, home, health & spirituality into focus" A full HTML version can be found here: http://www.LocateACoach.com/ezine/ INSIDE THIS ISSUE: - Welcome New Coaches! - Check Out These New Articles - Upcoming Teleclasses & Chats - Feature Article: A Plan Helps! - Get Featured on LocateACoach! Need Help Beating the After-Holiday Blues? Curl up with Marnie Pehrson's new novel and get lost in the old South. Forget your troubles in this  mysterious post-Civil War romance from LocateACoach's founder.  Click here today to read Chapter 1 and learn how you can get your own autographed copy! Kathy Baker E-mail Kathy Click here for Web Site Melbourne, Vic 3207 Australia Phone: 613 9646 2431 ALL Interactive Solutions was created & established by Kathy Baker & Associates to provide a holistic approach to supporting business people & private individuals experience life enhancement & achieve their ‘higher’ potential. Business Coaching & Life Coaching expertise is combined with an extensive Marketing & Business Development background in providing individually-tailored solutions to meet specific Client needs. Click here to learn more about Kathy. Sheryl Coffin E-mail Sheryl Click here for Web Site 10 Cherrytree Drive, Unit 10 Brampton, Ontario L6Y 5E9 Canada Phone: 905-459-4727 I do both life and career coaching with a multidisciplinary team at a mental health centre. I work with the various other professionals to provide package options and also have my own strictly coaching programs and services. My specialties are returning to work, goal setting, stress management, resiliency management, new coaches, family members affecting by illness, confidence and teens. Click here to learn more about Sheryl. Chuck and Sue DeFiore E-mail Chuck and Sue Click here for Web Site 5640 North Marty Avenue #182 Fresno, CA 93711 United States Phone: 559-440-1358 Interested in having your own successful, home based creative real estate investing business? Chuck and Sue have been helping folks start successful home based businesses for over 19 years, and we can help you too! To see how, visit http://www.homebusinesssolutions.com  for the latest FREE tips and tricks, educational products and coaching in creative real estate investing and home based businesses. No time to visit the site? Click here to learn more about Chuck and Sue. Megan Corwin E-mail Megan Click here for Web Site Columbus, OH United States Phone: 614-579-9710 I enjoy helping work at home professionals grow their businesses while maintaining a balanced personal life. Click here to learn more about Megan.   Pamela Bryan E-mail Pamela Click here for Web Site Box 24, Site 8, RR 1 Priddis, Alberta T0L 1W0 Canada Phone: 212-937-3461 I help owners of fast growing or changing businesses in the graphic arts world, such as graphic and marketing design, signs and display and environmental design build businesses that are both fun and profitable. If you are frustrated with managing your staff, faced with many tantalizing opportunities or simply wanting to keep your business on track for yourself, your family and your employees we should talk. If you are ready to move forward and reach out for the life you dreamed about when you started your business call me at 212-937-3581 for a no-obligation discussion of where you are and where you want to be. I love the graphic arts world and know the challenges and joys of working in a business where you collaborate with your clients to solve problems and deliver solutions. My clients are professionals who love what they do and are skilled in their chosen field. They are naturally curious, avoid boredom and are ready to learn and grow. I help them grow their businesses through creative, collaborative marketing and the nurturing of teams who have fun succeeding together. If you want to find out how far you can go with the right support in place call me today at 212-937-3461. Click here to learn more about Pamela. Check Out These New Articles SEO Copywriting - In the Wake of the “Florida” Update by Karon Thackston http://www.locateacoach.com/article.cfm?articleid=25292  The SEO world was taken by storm after the "Florida" update. But what do all these changes mean in regard to SEO copywriting? Here's my take on the situation. A Preemie Is Born by Irene Brooks http://www.locateacoach.com/article.cfm?articleid=22830  Many parents of premature infants fail to acknowledge their own pain and grief. Here are some common situations that parents of preemies deal with shortly after the birth of their baby. Fast Food Teenagers by Sarah Newton http://www.locateacoach.com/article.cfm?articleid=22429 Are we breeding fast food teenagers? Are we bringing up a consumerist society? Are you interested in helping people live healthier, happier and financially independent lives? Or are you looking for that kind of life for yourself? If so, click here to learn more about a business that can help you do that. Makes a great side-business - it's always wise to have multiple revenue streams for stability and security! Upcoming Teleclasses & Chats Adding Online Tactics to Your Marketing Toolbox: Class with Megan Corwin Advanced Coaching From Spirit: Class with Sharon Wilson Attract Prosperity E-Course: Course with Sandra Baptist Attracting Your Life Mate: Class with Michelle Casto Becoming a Coach: an Insider's Guide: Class with Will Craig Brainiac BOuNCe Coaching Program: Class with Suzanne Brown MAEd Certified TeleClass Leader Program with TeleClass: Class with Michael Losier Coach Training Accelerator: Course with Will Craig Coaching Generations X & Y: An Overview: Class with Chiara Potenza Coaching Teens & Students: Perceived Challenges: Class with Chiara Potenza Connect With Confidence! Networking Tactics: Class with Annette Richmond, MA Diet Challenge: Class with Jacquie Hale Discovering Your Life Purpose: Class with Michelle Casto Explode Your Business and Income!: Class with Sharon Wilson Fill Your Coaching Practice: Course with Will Craig FREE Special Report: The MOST Powerful Secret: Class with Sharon Wilson Have A More Profitable Business By Using QuickBook: Class with Mike Crosa Holistic Harmony Life Coach Training: Course with Robert Najemy How To Banish Bad Attitudes Forever: Class with Pamela Bryan How to Make an Entrance & Work a Room: Chat with Rhoberta Shaler How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone...Really!: Class with Rhoberta Shaler How to Run a Successful Computer Training Business: Course with Marnie L. Pehrson Hypnotic Habits – Breaking The Trance: Class with Michael Skowronski Intro Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(R): Course with Annette Richmond, MA Introduction to Using Teams to Build Your Business: Class with Rose Hill Introductory Law of Attraction 1-hour TeleSeminar: Class with Michael Losier Joyful Action Marketing Workshop...Starting Now!: Class with Irene Brooks Leaders - Moving you forward: Class with Claire Palmer Learn How to Create Captivating Teleclass Titles: Class with Michael Losier Life Strategy 101: How to live by vision, work wi: Class with Michelle Casto Living From Spirit: Class with Sharon Wilson Looking to move to a new home? Learn how you can a: Class with Rebecca Hanson Marketing to Teens & College Students: Class with Chiara Potenza Moving Your Business Forward - Coaching Group: Class with Claire Palmer Myers-Briggs Type Overview: Class with Claire Palmer Optimize Life Now! Never Mistake Activity for Prog: Class with Rhoberta Shaler Parenting on Purpose - The Parent's Challenge: Course with Sarah Newton Realtors and Investors! Learn how you can increase: Class with Rebecca Hanson Running A Small Business? 10 Key Points You Should: Class with Mike Crosa Solopreneurs: Build a Referral Engine: Class with Rose Hill Solopreneurs: Build a Winning Referral Engine: Class with Rose Hill Solopreneurs: Build Strategic Business Alliances: Class with Rose Hill Solopreneurs: Intro to Using Strategic Alliances: Class with Rose Hill Success Strategies Group: Class with Michelle Casto Successful Youths - A Coaching Approach: Course with Sarah Newton TELESEMINAR - Secrets from a Master Coach: Class with Sharon Wilson The "Goal Achiever": Class with Leslie Householder TradeShow Exhibitors:Tips & Strategies for Success: Class with Michael Losier Type and Coaching: Class with Claire Palmer Using Discussion Boards to Promote/Drive Your Biz: Class with Chiara Potenza WOW! What a Great Business Card: Class with Michael Losier For a complete list of teleclasses, visit http://www.locateacoach.com/members/teleclasses.cfm  For a complete list of upcoming online chats, visit http://www.locateacoach.com/members/chat.cfm  A Plan Helps! by Rhoberta Shaler To accomplish something, you must plan to accomplish something. That seems so very obvious, however, most folks in this world get only so far as to plan to plan something! There is even a saying about a road to an unpleasant destination being paved with good intentions." People intend to sit down, think their lives through, set goals and create action plans. For most, it just never happens. Do not let that depress you. Better yet, do not let that BE you! Desire, when harnessed, is power. Failure to follow desire, to do what you most want to do, paves the way to mediocrity. Success requires heart and soul effort, and it takes desire. The only way to use your power is to go right ahead and do what you say you want to do. When you surrender yourself to your worthwhile goals, your clear focus brings with it physical power, energy and enthusiasm. Your subconscious mind continuously works on the goal. When you spend a few minutes each day or week reviewing your goals, the subconscious mind is reinforced. When you affirm your willingness to bring your goals into your reality, you strengthen the subconscious mind, too. That's why affirmations work. Goals, intense goals, can keep a person alive when nothing else will. You've all heard of people who lived beyond expectation because they wanted to see a child graduate from college, a wedding, or other important occasion. The mind is VERY powerful. Goals can help you to live longer. No medicine in the world is as powerful in bringing about long life as is the desire to accomplish something. Keep It in MIND! Written by: Rhoberta Shaler, RS@OptimizeLifeNow.com http://www.OptimizeLifeNow.com Click here to view more articles by Rhoberta Shaler. My coaching and seminars are designed to help businesses prosper and people flourish. I work with individuals and organizations wanting to shift their results from acceptable to exceptional! Clarify your focus and direction. Improve relationships. Build and strengthen workplace teams. Manage anger, conflict and difficult people. Online, I offer a dynamic community center filled with articles, plus interactive tools, discussion forums, and more. Membership is free and new content is added every week. P A S S   U S   O N   ! "The Best in Coaching" http://www.LocateACoach.com Copyright © 2003, C.E.S. Business Consultants, All Rights Reserved