I'm excited to let you know that registrations are now open for the 2012 Creative Women Can Summit with the theme this year Creative Women Can Rocket In Business!

Here's a short message I've just recorded to tell you about the Summit.  We've got some amazing and inspirational speakers coming on board and I can't wait to share them with you.  Please share this video with your network of wonderful Creative Women who Can!
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Personal Leadership features as the core of everything for me.  It's the centre of everything I teach and everything I aim to demonstrate as I focus on leading by example.  It is also, in my personal opinion, the key to you  empowering your visions and transforming your life.  While I have my own innate understanding of what personal leadership is I am often reminded that there are many people who do not have a knowing about what it means.  Today I have decided to delve into this topic as the theme for February so I'll be sharing a series of articles over the course of this month to help demystify personal leadership for you, well the Creative Possibility version of personal leadership at least

To get started I feel it's important to tell you about my experience with personal leadership and how I came to be so passionate about it.  I can't exactly remember when it started.  In some ways it's a bit like I've always been interested in what I now call personal leadership.  It is, for me anyway, the deep seated inner drive we all have access to.  It's the drive that fuels your day.  The juice that keeps you flowing.  The magic that makes you sparkls.  It's the choices that you make.  It's saying NO when you know it isn't right and racing up and yelling YES when it's succulently perfect for you.  It's being a leader.  It's living your life on your terms.  It's about saying I can, I will, I do, I am.....

I know that when I'm not in relationship with my inner leader and therefore not engaged in actively living my brand of personal leadership that things are usually not function at their best for me.  It is in these times that I get stagnant, that I feel stuck, challenged, in pain, overwhelmed and just not 'right.'  Things are not working for me and business and my life are often looking pretty bleak. Have you ever had a moment where you just don't 'feel right' but you can't necessarily put your finger on it and put words around what's going on to describe it?  These are the times when you are not in relationship with your inner leader and not following your personal leadership path

What Is Personal Leadership?


"A deep seated, succulent, passionate desire, put into action, to empower your visions and transform your life by staying true to who you really are, aligned with your values, your purpose and your passion"
~ Shannon Bush
The sort of feelings and experiences I described are also signs that you're off track and not honouring yourself in an empowering way.  Time to get back to what it means to be you, and to take charge as the leader of your life, business, career and go out and grab your vision and squeeze it so tight it just melts into you as a divine reality

Personal leadership is, as you may think from it's name, a very personal experience.  My expression of personal leadership will be different to your expression as will the outcomes for both of us.  That is, I think, part of what makes personal leadership so empowering

I'll be back soon with more on this fascinating topic so until next time I wish you succulent, effortless success

Shannon
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_Just so you know, this is not another article promising a magic way to success!

I'm sure you've read a load of articles by now about how this year will be your best yet.  Maybe you're even tired of seeing them land in your inbox, so much so that you've taken to deleting them without even reading them.  If that's the case then first up a big, big thank you for reading this far.  I'll do my best from this point forward to not, I repeat not, make this another one of those articles
_ Instead what I hope to do is to help you get clear on why you have held back in pursuing your dreams till now, or why you've thought more about giving up than breaking through.  I hope to highlight, loud and clear, why this is the best time for you to empower your visions, transform your life and create the masterpiece the world is waiting for - you!

Let's just dive in......

Back in December I hosted  free training Webinar called Seal Your Success in 2012.  It was so popular that there was a repeat performance last week and hundreds of people signed up to hear me share key strategies that will, if you implement them, set you up to make 2012 your best year yet (if you missed it you can view the replay here)

Now during Seal Your Success I revealed a really powerful reflection that I want to ask you now.  After i've asked the question I'd love you to start writing your answer right away, without pausing, without hesitation, trusting in what is flowing forth from you, knowing that your inner leader is guiding you here

Ok here it is......

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I've recently asked you to define a few interesting destinations.  We started with balance, then added some growth and success and now it's time for happiness

I seem to have had an ongoing challenge when it comes to gaining a mutual understanding about the source of happiness.  Some people in my life have made it clear that happiness is something they can give to someone else.  Ever heard the phrase "I can / can't make you happy"?  I know I've heard it.  In fact I've heard it, read it, seen it, and overheard it many times.   I feel sad that so many of these times it's been in the context of someone saying "I can't make you happy"

There seems to be a constant need to move towards achieving happiness and I get that.  Being happy is so important.  The thing is, how do we really be happy?  Earlier today I read a great article about happiness and choices.  This was after I'd had a great session with a client who's core passion is to help others to understand that we all have choices in life.  It seems so timely that these 'signs' all show up, one after another, in my day (got to love synchronicity) and therefore I figured it was time to tackle happiness in this destination series for the innovation challenge.  While the article effectively has a flavour linked to happiness and relationships, it's core message is about happiness being a choice.  That, for me, cemented my belief that our happiness is our own responsibility and that led me to decide to offer you the chance, through today's Innovation Challenge to ask the following;

  1. "What is happiness?"
  2. "What can you do to take responsibility for your happiness?"
  3. "What choice will you make that will take you closer to happiness?"
  4. "How will you know when you've got to happiness?"

That's it!  Easy hey?  (I smile with cheekiness as I write that last bit and wish you bundles of effortless ease defining and achieving your destination happiness)

Wishing you succulent, effortless success and a whole lot a happy

Shannon

P.S. One of my favourite things to say when I was little was "Smile coz it makes people wonder what you've been up to!"  ~ it's also a great way to show your happy self to the world and to see the world smiling back at you with happiness too!
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After yesterday's article I got to thinking about what additional destinations were important when it comes to creating a clear image of what it is you want in life.  I had lots of different ideas and they all seemed valid so I decided to wait until the end of my day to allow the clarity to come through and then decide what to share with you

Today I spent the day as a participant in an enlightening workshop as part of an alumni program for a Business Breakthrough program I participated in back in May last year (check out the next one happening in Perth this coming March).  The focus of today was on DISC profiling.  Forgive me if you know what DISC is as a profiling tool but I'm going to give a really brief introduction here.  DISC is essentially a personality profiling tool that helps us to better understand ourselves and others.  There are many profiling tools out there that do similar things and all give us critical insights into our unique selves.  That, for me, is the awesome bit and the stuff that enables me to grow! 

I love learning about people, stretching myself to learn more and gain more understanding about myself and others and to sharing my knowledge with other people so they too can be more enlightened, if you like.  At the very least I am opening up opportunities and possibilities that perhaps did not exist before hand
Here's some of my favourite Growth quotes for added inspiration;

"The only journey is the journey within" ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still"
Chinese Proverb

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom" ~ Aristotle

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever" ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live" ~ Mortimer Adler

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I've had a few days away and now it's time to get back on track and back to daily articles for the month long Ultimate Blog Challenge.  During my time away I had the space to really consider how effective I am in all areas of my life and business.  I believe it is essential to take time out to "smell the roses" so to speak, on a very regular basis.  Without this space away from your regular life and demands of the day to day it can be hard to evaluate just how effective you are being and whether you are truly aligned with your goals, your dreams, your values, your visions. 
Today's Innovation Challenge, in line with taking time out to reassess your effectiveness and to rest, rejuvenate and reconnect is relatively short and sweet.  I'd like for you to schedule at least a half day, sometime in the next 5 days, to smell the roses and contemplate just how effective you are in your life and business.  If you don't like the outcome of your contemplation then define a strategy to make the necessary changes and take action to get a different result!

I can highly recommend it.  Wishing you succulent, effortless success

Shannon

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This morning I received a fabulous message in my in-box from a blogger I have been following for some time.  She regularly shares inspiring, fun, quirky and simply awesome lists of different things as suggestions to help you in your life, your business or your career

Reading over her current list, which was focused on making 2012 your best year and having repeated my Seal Your Success webinar again last night, I felt inspired to share some ways for you to be more innovative in your effortless efforts to be a success, empower your visions and transform your life.  So..... drum roll please..... here are my 12 ways to be more innovative in your efforts to be effortlessly successful
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_How would you like to know how your 2012 will end?  To know that it will really be your best year yet?  What will it take to seal your success?

Successful people know that it takes planning to achieve sustained success.  Did you get to the end of last year and feel tired and overwhelmed with all that you did during the year and unhappy with the results?

Did that unhappiness stop you from planning for the year ahead?   This is a fundamental mistake made time and time again by people claiming they want success in their lives, business or career.  You can't get success and certainly not effortless success without planning

You feel happy to the level of how much control you have in all areas of your life, and you feel unhappy when you are not in control of all areas of your life.  How do you gain control?  You plan

Planning means that you map out exactly what you want to achieve for the year ahead and that means that you essentially finish the year before it starts

When you plan you get to:

1. Feel greater confidence, knowing you're clear on what you need to do to achieve your goals
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“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit” Conrad Hilton

There is an interesting phenomenon, if you like, that exists amongst people.  When it comes to getting what we want we take one of two approaches.  We either move away from or towards things in our lives - our goals, visions, dreams, relationships, feelings, opportunities.... and the list goes on

Can you think right now of one thing you move away from - it might be something you move away from all the time.  Now, think of something you move towards.  How do you feel when you're in the move towards place?

Moving towards is what I like to call an expansive action.  It's something that makes you feel open, alive, encouraged, very enthusiastic, motivated, excited, free.  It's uplifting and inspiring

In contrast moving away from is more of a contracting action.  It can make you feel challenged, feaarful, uncomfortable, disconnected, reactionary, slow, depleated.  It zaps your energy and can leave you feeling far from your best self

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"All too often people fail to focus their choices upon results and therefore their choices are ineffective. If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise" ~ Robert Fritz
Do you get the feeling that it is time for you to soar?  I do!  I know it is for me and it feels like this year it is for all of us with great inspiring exciting visions for sharing our gifts with the world in whatever way we are called to do so

How though, do you soar?  What does it take to 'take off' and fly with uplifting, sustained momentum?

It takes you to make new choices.  Bolder choices.  Daring choices.  It takes you to get outside of your comfort zone.  It requires you to stretch.  To bend yourself in a new way

I want to remind you that if you are not happy with your present situation then you need to do something different to change the outcome.  Remember Einstein said the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome.  How true that is

The start of your Innovation Challenge for today is to take some time to reflect on and answer these questions:

When did you last
1. Stretch yourself? 
2. Take a bend to shift to a new viewpoint or thought?
3. Step outside your comfort zone to see what's 'lurking' out there in the big wide world beyond the limits you have placed on your possibility and potential?

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