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Talane Miedaner, MCC, internationalbest-selling author of Coach Yourself to Success and The Secret Laws of Attraction
Making the Leap:
Create the Business and Life You Want
Talane Miedaner, MCC, international
best-selling author of
Coach Yourself to Success and
The Secret Laws of Attraction
Design Your Ideal Life
• Your work is only one element in an ideal life.
The first step is to design an ideal life and then
create or find the business model that supports
that life.
• Write down your ideal life, draw it, and or make a
collage of pictures you want in your ideal life.
• E.g. The coaching colleague who worked on
Mondays and took the rest of the week off to ski!
The 8 Elements of the Perfect
Work or Business:
1. Abilities/Natural Strengths
2. Skills (learned)
3. Interests
4. Personal Style
5. Family
6. Values
7. Goals
8. Work Development Cycle
Abilities/Strengths
Defn: How your brain is hard-wired up to think and
function from the age of 14 (age 6 for musical
ability). These are your natural strengths.
Resources:
1. The Highlands Ability Battery (the three hour
career version with a two to four hour debrief)
2. Now, Discover Your Strengths (20 min. online
quiz and book)
3. Coach Yourself to Success (Chapter 6 Do
Work You Love with ten exercises/tips)
Discover Your Unique Talent
Interview your friends, family and colleagues:
1. What do you think is my greatest strength?
2. What is my biggest weakness? (Ask this only if you feel up to it, and ask
them to tell you in a constructive way. Do not comment on anything they
say, just write it down. You are simply gathering data/opinions.
3. What do you see as my special talent or gift? What do I do naturally and
effortlessly that is special?
4. If I were on the cover of a magazine, what magazine would it be and
what would the story be about?
5. When a I most fully expressing this gift or talent?
Note: For many people, their natural talent is so much a part of them they take
it for granted. It is like breathing so they don’t even notice it. This is why it
helps to ask those around you what they see is special or unique about
you.
Excerpted from Tip 54. Coach Yourself to Success
Personal Style
• Are you an introvert, an extrovert or in between?
(Where you get your energy?)
• Do you have a long or a short time frame? Do
you think 5-10 years or more into the future or
can you only imagine the next six months?
• Are you a specialist or a generalist by nature?
Helpful Resources:
The Career Insights Report; The Motivators Report
and The Highlands Ability Battery
Values/Passions
• What is most important to you? What do you
love to do? If you could imagine waking up and
being able to do anything you wanted, what
would that be? Creating, playing, teaching,
leading, designing, inventing, learning, etc.
There are many different values.
Exercises:
• The Instant Billionaire
• The Highlights of Your Life
• Who do you envy? Not just admire, but envy?
• The Values List
The Instant Billionaire
Imagine you won the lottery and suddenly all
of your financial needs were instantly
taken care of. What would you most want
to do now? Make a list of everything that
comes to mind.
Interests/Goals/Family/Work Cycle
and Practical Considerations
Interests—what interests you? What
magazines do you subscribe to and read?
Goals — financial, health,retirement, travel
Family —supporting children, looking after
aging parents, etc.
Work Development Cycle — E.g. May have
the inherent ability to be an entrepreneur,
but may have a family to support and want
the security of a normal job.
Qualities of an Entrepreneur
• Starters, not finishers
• Optimistic, often to a fault
• Visionary: can imagine the future
• Rebels: prefer to create their own rules and may not
like to follow rules.
• Stubborn and persistent. May be seen as obsessed
with an idea by others.
• Risk-taker. Willing to take risks where others might
not.
• Not always good managers.
• Energetic.
Transition Tips:
Start with small steps in the right direction:
1) Simplify your life.
2) Essential: Create a 2 year reserve of savings or more.
3) Start moonlighting if you want to start your own business. Test
your ideas out first! (Hip Hounds story).
4) Take evening classes in subjects that interests you.
5) Try related volunteer work for the experience and contacts.
6) Get new education or training for your new venture.
7) Sign up for some basic small business courses.
8) Get to know your local Chamber of Commerce.
9) SCORE: Service Corp of Retired Executives.
Helpful Books
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton (make sure you buy it new as it has a one
time password for the online strengths assessment). Not as comprehensive or helpful as The Highlands Ability
Battery, but certainly worth the $20 for the book and assessment.
The E-Myth Revisted by Michael Gerber. This book is very helpful if you need to write a business plan and don't
know where to start. By answering the questions in the last half of the book, you'll have a decent plan to get
started with.
Coach Yourself to Success by Talane Miedaner (especially read Chapter VI, Do Work You Love for specific
coaching exercises). The coaching program in the book is now available online at LifeCoach.com as well as an
interactive, life-changing coaching experience.
The Secret Laws of Attraction by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-Hill, J uly 2008) Great resource for identifying your
personal and emotional needs and getting them fulfilled. Good for all relationships, both married, single and
professional.
Coach Yourself to a New Career: 7 Steps to Reinventing Your Professional Life by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-
Hill, March 2010) Soon to be released, this book is extremely helpful to anyone looking to change careers or start
their own business.
Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things that Really Matter by Elaine St. J ames. It helps
to simplify your life and carve out as much time as possible so you can moonlight and take courses in the evenings
while you transition to owning your own business.
Helpful Resources
The Highlands Ability Battery If you would like more information about this program go to LifeCoach.com or you can
contact [email protected]. This is the most thorough abilities assessment that I know of on the market.
Created by The Highlands Company at highlandsco.com.
The Career Insights Report and Career Motivators Report – Helpful in identifying your personal style as well as your
motivating values. For more information about these computerized assessments, go to LifeCoach.com or contact
[email protected]
The Emotional Index Quiz –available for free at LifeCoach.com. This comprehensive needs assessment takes about
20 minutes to complete online and will tell you what your top four personal and emotional needs are at this time.
Also available in the book by Talane Miedaner, The Secret Laws of Attraction. Remember to write down your
results as the site cannot save or store them!
Free Weekly Coaching Tips available at LifeCoach.com
Coach Yourself to Success Online:
A structured, 52-week online coaching program designed by Talane Miedaner to help you reach your goals and
change your life. Only available at LifeCoach.com.
Special Introductory Offer: Try 30 Days of Coaching for $1.00 at LifeCoach.com
Upcoming Events
Georgetown Webinars:
• A Radical Approach to Time Management
February 18, 2010
• Now What? Reinventing Your Purpose in
Retirement, March 18, 2010
90 Days to a New Career: Brand new
phone class led by Talane Miedaner.
Starting April 20, 2010 (see
LifeCoach.com for more details)
About the Author
Talane Miedaner, BSSFS ’87 and MA ’89, is a Master Certified Coach of the
International Coach Federation and leads seminars around the world. Her clients
include executives, professionals, public officials, entrepreneurs, and international
leaders. Her first book, Coach Yourself to Success, has been reprinted into eight
languages and is an international bestseller. She has appeared in numerous media
outlets, from Fortune to Cosmopolitan to The CBS Early Show and BBC Radio.
Recent Books by Talane Miedaner:
THE SECRET LAWS OF ATTRACTION:The Effortless Way to Get the Relationship
you Want.
J uly, 2008 Paperback Original, $16.95 ISBN 0-07-154375-9
Coming soon:
Coach Yourself to a New Career: 7 Steps to Reinventing Your Professional Life
(McGraw-Hill, March 2010) This book will be very helpful to anyone thinking of
changing careers or starting a business. Available now for pre-orders at your favorite
online bookstore.
Order at www.lifecoach.com or your favorite bookstore.
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Talane Miedaner, MCC, internationalbest-selling author of Coach Yourself to Success and The Secret Laws of Attraction
Making the Leap:
Create the Business and Life You Want
Talane Miedaner, MCC, international
best-selling author of
Coach Yourself to Success and
The Secret Laws of Attraction
Design Your Ideal Life
• Your work is only one element in an ideal life.
The first step is to design an ideal life and then
create or find the business model that supports
that life.
• Write down your ideal life, draw it, and or make a
collage of pictures you want in your ideal life.
• E.g. The coaching colleague who worked on
Mondays and took the rest of the week off to ski!
The 8 Elements of the Perfect
Work or Business:
1. Abilities/Natural Strengths
2. Skills (learned)
3. Interests
4. Personal Style
5. Family
6. Values
7. Goals
8. Work Development Cycle
Abilities/Strengths
Defn: How your brain is hard-wired up to think and
function from the age of 14 (age 6 for musical
ability). These are your natural strengths.
Resources:
1. The Highlands Ability Battery (the three hour
career version with a two to four hour debrief)
2. Now, Discover Your Strengths (20 min. online
quiz and book)
3. Coach Yourself to Success (Chapter 6 Do
Work You Love with ten exercises/tips)
Discover Your Unique Talent
Interview your friends, family and colleagues:
1. What do you think is my greatest strength?
2. What is my biggest weakness? (Ask this only if you feel up to it, and ask
them to tell you in a constructive way. Do not comment on anything they
say, just write it down. You are simply gathering data/opinions.
3. What do you see as my special talent or gift? What do I do naturally and
effortlessly that is special?
4. If I were on the cover of a magazine, what magazine would it be and
what would the story be about?
5. When a I most fully expressing this gift or talent?
Note: For many people, their natural talent is so much a part of them they take
it for granted. It is like breathing so they don’t even notice it. This is why it
helps to ask those around you what they see is special or unique about
you.
Excerpted from Tip 54. Coach Yourself to Success
Personal Style
• Are you an introvert, an extrovert or in between?
(Where you get your energy?)
• Do you have a long or a short time frame? Do
you think 5-10 years or more into the future or
can you only imagine the next six months?
• Are you a specialist or a generalist by nature?
Helpful Resources:
The Career Insights Report; The Motivators Report
and The Highlands Ability Battery
Values/Passions
• What is most important to you? What do you
love to do? If you could imagine waking up and
being able to do anything you wanted, what
would that be? Creating, playing, teaching,
leading, designing, inventing, learning, etc.
There are many different values.
Exercises:
• The Instant Billionaire
• The Highlights of Your Life
• Who do you envy? Not just admire, but envy?
• The Values List
The Instant Billionaire
Imagine you won the lottery and suddenly all
of your financial needs were instantly
taken care of. What would you most want
to do now? Make a list of everything that
comes to mind.
Interests/Goals/Family/Work Cycle
and Practical Considerations
Interests—what interests you? What
magazines do you subscribe to and read?
Goals — financial, health,retirement, travel
Family —supporting children, looking after
aging parents, etc.
Work Development Cycle — E.g. May have
the inherent ability to be an entrepreneur,
but may have a family to support and want
the security of a normal job.
Qualities of an Entrepreneur
• Starters, not finishers
• Optimistic, often to a fault
• Visionary: can imagine the future
• Rebels: prefer to create their own rules and may not
like to follow rules.
• Stubborn and persistent. May be seen as obsessed
with an idea by others.
• Risk-taker. Willing to take risks where others might
not.
• Not always good managers.
• Energetic.
Transition Tips:
Start with small steps in the right direction:
1) Simplify your life.
2) Essential: Create a 2 year reserve of savings or more.
3) Start moonlighting if you want to start your own business. Test
your ideas out first! (Hip Hounds story).
4) Take evening classes in subjects that interests you.
5) Try related volunteer work for the experience and contacts.
6) Get new education or training for your new venture.
7) Sign up for some basic small business courses.
8) Get to know your local Chamber of Commerce.
9) SCORE: Service Corp of Retired Executives.
Helpful Books
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton (make sure you buy it new as it has a one
time password for the online strengths assessment). Not as comprehensive or helpful as The Highlands Ability
Battery, but certainly worth the $20 for the book and assessment.
The E-Myth Revisted by Michael Gerber. This book is very helpful if you need to write a business plan and don't
know where to start. By answering the questions in the last half of the book, you'll have a decent plan to get
started with.
Coach Yourself to Success by Talane Miedaner (especially read Chapter VI, Do Work You Love for specific
coaching exercises). The coaching program in the book is now available online at LifeCoach.com as well as an
interactive, life-changing coaching experience.
The Secret Laws of Attraction by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-Hill, J uly 2008) Great resource for identifying your
personal and emotional needs and getting them fulfilled. Good for all relationships, both married, single and
professional.
Coach Yourself to a New Career: 7 Steps to Reinventing Your Professional Life by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-
Hill, March 2010) Soon to be released, this book is extremely helpful to anyone looking to change careers or start
their own business.
Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things that Really Matter by Elaine St. J ames. It helps
to simplify your life and carve out as much time as possible so you can moonlight and take courses in the evenings
while you transition to owning your own business.
Helpful Resources
The Highlands Ability Battery If you would like more information about this program go to LifeCoach.com or you can
contact [email protected]. This is the most thorough abilities assessment that I know of on the market.
Created by The Highlands Company at highlandsco.com.
The Career Insights Report and Career Motivators Report – Helpful in identifying your personal style as well as your
motivating values. For more information about these computerized assessments, go to LifeCoach.com or contact
[email protected]
The Emotional Index Quiz –available for free at LifeCoach.com. This comprehensive needs assessment takes about
20 minutes to complete online and will tell you what your top four personal and emotional needs are at this time.
Also available in the book by Talane Miedaner, The Secret Laws of Attraction. Remember to write down your
results as the site cannot save or store them!
Free Weekly Coaching Tips available at LifeCoach.com
Coach Yourself to Success Online:
A structured, 52-week online coaching program designed by Talane Miedaner to help you reach your goals and
change your life. Only available at LifeCoach.com.
Special Introductory Offer: Try 30 Days of Coaching for $1.00 at LifeCoach.com
Upcoming Events
Georgetown Webinars:
• A Radical Approach to Time Management
February 18, 2010
• Now What? Reinventing Your Purpose in
Retirement, March 18, 2010
90 Days to a New Career: Brand new
phone class led by Talane Miedaner.
Starting April 20, 2010 (see
LifeCoach.com for more details)
About the Author
Talane Miedaner, BSSFS ’87 and MA ’89, is a Master Certified Coach of the
International Coach Federation and leads seminars around the world. Her clients
include executives, professionals, public officials, entrepreneurs, and international
leaders. Her first book, Coach Yourself to Success, has been reprinted into eight
languages and is an international bestseller. She has appeared in numerous media
outlets, from Fortune to Cosmopolitan to The CBS Early Show and BBC Radio.
Recent Books by Talane Miedaner:
THE SECRET LAWS OF ATTRACTION:The Effortless Way to Get the Relationship
you Want.
J uly, 2008 Paperback Original, $16.95 ISBN 0-07-154375-9
Coming soon:
Coach Yourself to a New Career: 7 Steps to Reinventing Your Professional Life
(McGraw-Hill, March 2010) This book will be very helpful to anyone thinking of
changing careers or starting a business. Available now for pre-orders at your favorite
online bookstore.
Order at www.lifecoach.com or your favorite bookstore.
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