If you’re a teacher or team leader then you will want to watch today’s tip on how you can find your own teachers in life while you’re teaching or leading others.

Among the many activities that Hamilton Island offers, such as SUP, yachting, swimming, hiking, diving and golf – just to name a few – it also offers fantastic art classes.

It was here in an art class with a teacher named Trevor that I painted my first sea turtle!

Being an arty person it was one of the highlights of my trip but not just because I like to paint!

This teacher was exceptional because he had two outstanding qualities I think make a great teacher, trainer or leader.

1. In just 3 hours he took us from a place we knew we were already at to a place we didn’t think possible!

And this had us jumping for joy!

I tell you, when he asked us to look around the room for inspiration and select what we wanted to paint…

I chose an example from a professional artist, a sea turtle! Now I know I have a few skills in drawing and painting but it’s certainly not my number one thing.

I had NO IDEA how I was going to get that lovely looking sea turtle onto my blank canvas…

But with his help I did! And this didn’t only happen to me, my friends in the class also had the exact same experience.

So when you’re teaching or leading others, strive to take your students or team members to a place they didn’t think possible. As this ignites a new found confidence, happiness and energy within them to believe that anything is possible!

2. Trevor was also humble, in that he demonstrated that even though he is an extremely talented painter and an expert teacher all his life, he is always learning too.

In the class Trevor shared a story from just the day before, where a little 6 year old girl started painting in a way he had never seen before. Immediately he taught us that technique and thus expanded upon his own skills.

Our teachers can sometimes show up in the most unlikely places, however so often when its you who is teaching, its also you who can be the one who learns something very profound.

Are you a teacher or team leader? What interesting lessons in life have you learnt while teaching or leading your team?

Please leave a comment I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for watching and stay tuned for my next video tip coming your way soon…

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Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

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To watch this video on You Tube Hamilton Island – How To Find Your Teachers In Life!

Now this can be a great thing, but it can also cause some issues..

Watch the video below where I outline the problem with instant gratification and how it is causing many people to feel unsatisfied…

Instant gratification doesn’t generally allow us to feel good about a really great job well done.

Can you think of something that has taken you a really long time to achieve?

Perhaps you’ve put hours and hours into it, maybe months or even years.

And then you finally made it!

How satisfied were you? How great did you feel, that you finally achieved your goal?

Even thinking about it now, how happy does it make you feel?

Plus – how much do you value it?

If we’re always trying to have instant gratification, getting things so fast, if things come too easily, we miss out on that amazing feeling after we have worked really hard and feel very proud of ourselves.

Today I want to encourage you, if you’re on a journey trying to achieve something, and it’s taking you a really long time, you know you’re on the right path, then stick at it. Keep going! You can do it!

When you do achieve it, you will feel that amazing feeling of completing a tough challenge in your life and complete satisfaction.

I would love to hear of a goal you are trying to achieve right now, that perhaps you’ve been working on already for a long time. I would love to help you with it!

Did you like this video? If so leave a comment and share it with your friends.

Thanks for watching and stay tuned for my next video tip from the beautiful location of Hamilton Island, Australia! 

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

BOOK YOUR FREE CAREER OR BUSINESS STRATEGY SESSION CLICK HERE!

To watch this video on You Tube Are you feeling unsatisfied due to instant gratification?!

Watch the video below (where I have a special guest my beautiful Chinchilla cat Samuel Beau) to find out how you can improve your life with this simple change to two things you do almost every day of your life!

Some of the most simple things in life are easy to do but are also easy not to do…

For example, getting out of bed. The physical action for most people is very easy and you do it every day. However it can also be not so easy if you have the habit of turning off your alarm, rolling over and sleeping in late.

The problem with this is that you can start the day off behind and chase the eight ball all day long. But there is something even worse about this habit, when you have promisee yourself you WILL get up early tomorrow and don’t, it’s just another nail in the coffin as far as your trust in yourself to follow through on what you set out to do.

Another easy life experience is eating fresh healthly food. Simple buy it, chop it up, prepare or cook it and eat it! However often is it easy not to do this and reach for unhealthy snacks instead.

It all comes down to your perception, which option do you choose? Which will take you towards your goals or away from them? It’s your choice and I challenge you to take on a new way of thinking towards what’s actually very easy.

Did you like this video? If so leave a comment and share it with your friends.

Thanks for watching and stay tuned for my next video tip ‘The problem with instant gratification.’

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

BOOK YOUR FREE CAREER OR BUSINESS STRATEGY SESSION CLICK HERE!

To watch this video on You Tube What is easy to do is also easy NOT to do!

Watch today’s VIDEO below where I share with you one of my secrets to creating successful work days without adding anything to your current to do list!

As you may have noticed by now, I’m a big fan of starting your day out right, to set yourself up for a fantastic day, day after day after day.

There is one thing I do when looking at my to do list that sets me up for a happy, effortless workday.

Would you like to know what that is? Yes? I thought so!

It all comes down to scanning my list and how I prioritise.

Now at times I advise clients to do the opposite of what I’m about to tell you. It’s when they’re feeling down, after having a break or holiday from work or severely lacking in confidence.

But when you’re cruising along and all is quite well I highly recommend trying this prioritising technique.

STEP 1. Scan your to do list and choose the hardest task on there, the one you are really resisting, perhaps you’ve been putting it off for ages.

STEP 2. Do it! Do the hardest thing first – why? Because when you do the hardest thing first, after you have finished it you feel fantastic! You are so happy and guess what? Everything that comes after that is a cinch!

Step 3. Repeat it every day for a whole week and let me know how happy you feel and how productive you become.

I like to follow this strategy in my personal life too, by getting up really early, exercising hard, challenging my mind, body and spirit and guess what happens then? After a morning like that, whatever comes my way for the rest of the day seems easy.

Now it’s time for you to try it and come back and comment on my blog to let me know how you get on. To leave a comment below!

Thanks for watching and stay tuned for my next video tip ‘What is easy to do is also easy not to do!’

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

BOOK YOUR FREE CAREER OR BUSINESS STRATEGY SESSION CLICK HERE!

To watch this video on You Tube How to prioritise by doing this ONE thing every day at work CAREER COACH

Watch my video from the beautiful ski fields at Falls Creek Australia.

HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU’VE REALLY HAD ENOUGH

Perhaps you have been playing a sport for many years and seem to have lost the fun or drive you once had for it.

Or you think you’ve had enough of your current job, career or business but are not 100% sure you’re ready to let it go.

Maybe you’re thinking this same thing about your relationship…

Now there are definitely times in our lives when we have really had enough and it’s time to ‘hang up the boots’ but if we once had such love, drive and fun doing something and it’s suddenly or even slowly diminished chances are there’s simply something missing.

Here are 2 key factors for you to consider:

1. You’re no longer growing, either you’ve achieved everything you want to in a sport or your business, or you just don’t have any new and inspiring goals to strive for. Perhaps your relationship is stagnant because you’re not moving forward together towards something important or meaningful.

2. It’s time to get some outside help either from an expert or coach to help you re-ignite the love, energy and drive you once had.

What I experienced while skiing at Falls Creek Victoria, Australia was the feeling that I’d had enough. I have always had a great love for skiing and my first day back on this trip was after a long break so I spent it ‘finding my feet’. The following day I ventured onto a more difficult run and again I did this on the third day.

But after that I’d had enough and I felt like I could really just hang up my boots. I knew there was more to it and luckily enough my fellow skiing buddies convinced me I should have a lesson.

Now at first I was reluctant, as all the ski instructors I’d had in Australia, New Zealand and Europe simply took me way out of my comfort zone and skiing down double black runs and off the edges of scary mountain cliffs. At this stage in my life I really didn’t want to risk get injured or do it simply to say I’ve conquered the mountain.

However I decided to go along and ended up having an entirely different experience. This skiing instructor took us on a green beginner slope AND TAUGHT US expert technique. How to roll my ankles and knees properly, and how to more effectively distribute my weight.

After this one little lesson I was on fire! I skied all day long and you couldn’t get me off the slopes I was having THE BEST time!

WHY?

Because I was growing, I had something to work on to improve myself. If we’re not growing, learning or helping others, days can quickly and easily become mundane and boring (even at a luxurious ski resort!) and we can feel like quitting.

Have you ever had this type experience? Are you wondering right now in your life if you’ve really had enough of something you used to love? Please leave a comment below I would love to hear from you!

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Stay tuned until next time where I share ’3 Tips on how to make things happen!’

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Jacqueline Pigdon ~ Spiritual Life, Career & Business Coach

To get a copy of my book Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career and life you love CLICK HERE!

Check out today’s video and read below for my 3 top tips on how to love your work!

1. APPRECIATE YOUR JOB – even if you don’t love it!

How would you feel tomorrow if it was no longer there for you? How would it impact your life? How would in affect your family? We just never know what will happen tomorrow. But, what we do know is if you don’t appreciate what you already have, the universe doesn’t help you by giving you something better… it usually takes what you currently have away!

2. LISTEN TO FEEDBACK.

What is your boss or coach saying to you? Are there areas of improvement? This is your ideal chance to work on and improve yourself in regards to your skills and expertise right now where you are. This will also help you enjoy going to work a little bit more tomorrow when you have something specific to challenge yourself with.

3. DO YOUR BEST.

Even if you’re currently in a job that you don’t really love – do your best! This will not only make you feel good about yourself but you also won’t be left with regrets if your job wasn’t there tomorrow.

AND HERE IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CAREER TIPS EVER!!!

You just never know who is watching you. Perhaps another senior manager, client or colleague could see how you work and offer you an amazing opportunity. If you’re at work showing up any less than your best self… do you think they will want it give it to you? No! So get to work and be your best self, you just never know where or from who your next best career opportunity will come from.

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If YOU need more help to LOVE YOUR JOB or help to transition to one you love, then click on the link below, I am currently offering a few select FREE CAREER STRATEGY sessions, so get in quick as positions fill fast!

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Jacqueline Pigdon – Spiritual Life, Career & Business Coach

To get a copy of my book Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career and life you love! CLICK HERE

Watch today’s video from the beautiful location of Port Douglas, Australia and read below to find out how.

Throughout my career I’ve noticed that every time I ‘get on the move‘ good things happen. I can pretty much guarantee that as soon as I book a trip people come running to me for help. Even before I tell them I won’t be around in person for a while they just seem to know from universal forces and don’t want to miss out.

All sorts of other great things happen when I’m on the move too. For example:

1. EXERCISE: There is nothing better than getting on the move exercising to spice up your life by gaining abundance of energy to take action!
2. TAKING A BREAK: Just like athletic training, taking a break away from your usual work and life routine is extremely important. I always find my best ideas when I move away from my home or workplace to rest and do some deep thinking.
3. CONNECTION: When on the move, perhaps it’s just getting out of the house or office to see friends or clients, going on holiday, travelling to new places, attending parties, networking events etc. It’s here where you can develop some of your deepest relationships and it’s your chance to really connect fully with others in person.

So they are my top three tips on how to spice up your life by getting on the move.

What changes do you think you can make in your life today to spice it up? Leave a comment below I would love to hear from you!

Stay tuned for my next video ’3 Tips for when you don’t love your current job’

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon – Spiritual Life, Career & Business Coach

To get a copy of my book ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career and life you love! CLICK HERE

Or perhaps you have been on the receiving end of a negative comment delivered in a really nasty way from a colleague or your boss? 

Or you’ve received negative feedback when you least expected it…

Watch my video and read my tips below on how to successfully deal with negative feedback at work.

Receiving negative feedback at work or in your personal life doesn’t have to kill your confidence. I challenge you to view it as a gift.

Yes – this feedback and be precious!

When working on your personal and professional development getting any type of feedback is valuable. It means you have something specific to work on to improve yourself. The last thing you want, is to not know about something that is letting you down that could be changed, worked on or avoided. 

Remember that we don’t have the same thoughts or perspective about ourselves at others do. Other people around us, nice or nasty can provide us with extremely beneficial information, advice or feedback that can help us improve and become the best version of ourselves. 

So next time you receive any type of negative feedback, even if it’s not delivered in the nicest of ways thank the person for their feedback.

Most people when receiving negative feedback are quick to defend themselves and therefore don’t take the time to listen or analyse the value in the feedback.

Even if you disagree 100% with the feedback understanding other peoples views and perceptions can be interesting and helpful.

FOR EXAMPLE: Perhaps you continue to fail getting an interview from your CV. You think your CV is outstanding and don’t want to change it by deleting any of your experience or expertise, but recruiters feedback is that it’s terribly long. Do you leave it as is and risk getting further unsuccessful applications, or do you try something different? Perhaps they are right and your potential employees like short and to the point CV applications.

Welcoming or even directly asking for feedback takes confidence. So always ensure your confidence levels are at their best, then receiving negative feedback is easy.   

Have you received any negative feedback that left you in tears or down right angry and defensive? Can you change your perception about it to gain insight from the experience? Leave a comment below so we can have a chat about it.  

I hope you enjoyed my video tips filmed on my travels in Dubai!

Stay tuned for my next video filmed in another fantastic location…

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Jacqueline Pigdon ~ Spiritual Life, Career & Business Coach

To get a copy of my book ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career and life you love! CLICK HERE!

I especially love to do this when flying, to look down at the ground far below and think, review and appreciate the life I have.

I was lucky to have the opportunity to  gain another perspective from Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world! 

Watch today’s video below to see the view!

At over 828 metres (2,716.5 feet) and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world and holds many other records as well.

Have you been to the observation deck on level 124 too? How often do you stop and take a new perspective on your life? From which places do you most like to do this from?

Leave a comment below I would love to hear from you!

Stay tuned for my next video “How to deal with negative feedback at work.”

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Jacqueline Pigdon ~ Spiritual Life, Career & Business Coach

www.lovemondaysnow.com 

To get a copy of my book LOVE MONDAYS NOW – 5 Steps to a career & life you love! CLICK HERE

Watch today’s video below to find out how:

As we are sleeping our bodies don’t only work hard to repair our cells from our day and rejuvenate and prepare us for the next but our brains are still at work too! 

So what can you do about this to benefit at work while you’re sleeping?

You can start to focus on what you are thinking about or putting into your brain right before you go to sleep.

I tested this theory when I first started attending Toastmasters International (a public speaking and leadership club) where I worked out that I could literally write a speech on Sunday, practice it in my head right before I went to sleep and deliver the speech the next evening with no notes! – A criteria all Toastmasters strive to achieve. 

Many of my fellow Toastmasters were amazed at how fast I could prepare, remember and deliver my speeches. Sleeping on the job was my secret to success! Allowing my mind to absorb and store the information while I was sleeping.

I followed through using this technique with great success when learning to speak new languages and preparing for important client meetings. 

It’s also absolutely fantastic for coming up with answers to your most pressing questions. Perhaps you’re wondering how on earth you will reach a huge target at work, or how you can solve one of your biggest problems in your personal life. Ask the question before you fall asleep with confidence that when you wake up or throughout your day tomorrow you will find your answer. 

You will be amazed how often your answer appears when you do this. 

So not only do you need to think about all the things you are thankful for in your life at the end of your day and think positive thoughts for the next, but you can now utilise your sleeping time, to help you retain information in your brain – while you are sleeping!

Have you tried this technique? What information would you like to retain better and faster in your life? What are your most pressing questions you would love answered? Write below I would love you to leave a comment!

Stay tuned for my next video where I share a career and lifestyle tip with a view from the tallest building in the world!

Live Your Best Life!

Jacqueline Pigdon

Spiritual Life, Career & Business Coach

www.LoveMondaysNow.com

To get a copy of my book LOVE MONDAYS NOW – 5 Steps to a career and life you love! CLICK HERE