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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Coaching Weapons Of Mass Distribution
So there we are standing in line, wondering what we’ll have, squinting to read the options from the back of the queue, and it struck me. Is this really an efficient way of running a business, or not?
In my role as a Practice Building Coach, I teach an invisible secret weapon strategy that adds profits to any practice, makes business easier for the owner, adds massive value for the client, stimulates creativity and allows you to capture the sales that you’d otherwise have missed.
The magic bullet [though there isn’t one] is the Conveyor Belt analogy – to firstly have in place a funnel at the front which draws prospects to you. This is sometimes called an “ethical lure” – a free report, an e-book, a 5 part e-course, some kind of information in exchange for the customer’s contact details. This is also known as “front end acquisition”, acquiring new leads at the front end of the conveyor belt.
Every good Coaching or Therapist website should have some kind of free information available in exchange for the prospect’s email address, thus building a list of interested possible clients.
Think back to McDonalds. Just how do they get people in the door in the first place? Apart from high visibility in the main street, and the occasional TV advert, just how do they “get you”? We had no plans to go there till we spotted the familiar red and yellow signage [and aren’t they all the same colour? The colour Red stimulates appetite. Think red light district. Red for danger…]
Or is it the case that they have such a strong brand awareness that they don’t need to promote themselves?
And what else could they be doing while we stand in the obligatory line? Wasted opportunity # 1. What about screens on the walls with offers, or adverts, or club memberships? A child’s entertainer, close up magician, or a customer services rep at least. Seems like a missed opportunity to have us all just stand there like patient cattle…
What then happens is the client is offered the chance to “upgrade” and actually make a small purchase. In internet marketing you often get what’s called an OTO [one time offer], a screen that will literally only appear one time and if you don’t take it you lose it. This is a real moment of truth in the business ladder as the prospect becomes a paying client, albeit with only a small purchase. But it demonstrates trust and starts the buying cycle.
The aim of the game is to have that client now move along the conveyor, purchasing bigger and more expensive products and services as they continue their client relationship with that company. This is what’s termed as “the upsell”. Think what Amazon does – as you browse books, they let you know that “buyers of this book have also bought…” at the bottom of the page.
So in McDonalds, we pick our meals and we’re asked if we want to “go large”, thus adding an upsell to the offer, giving the customer added value and increasing their profits in one fell swoop.
Now we’re in the backend – where all the money is – the client will come back and buy more, and more often, because now they know you, like you and trust you.
And when you get the Amazon book in the mail, guess what’s included in the box? More offers for other products and services that they think you might be interested in. Amazon really have it sewn up because now they’ll even buy your used books back off you, so they can resell them at second hand prices. A tight business model!
Does it work? Think how quickly Amazon has grown into a household name.
And once they have you on their books, you will get followed up with offers, discount vouchers and updates, just to keep them in the front of your mind so that next time you want one of those products, you’ll naturally go to them.
But what about McDonalds? Wasted opportunity #2. Have they ever contacted you after you’ve been in? Not me. At no point do they capture my name, email or postal address. Can they really rely on the fact that because we bought once, we’ll always come back? That’s a dangerous assumption…
So what does this mean to you? Well, if you run your own business as a Coach or Therapist, you need to have front end acquisition tools in place to capture prospects. They should then be offered a small purchase decision to convert them into paying clients.
And once they are on your books, I recommend you regularly follow up with a series of valuable information, offers, updates and helpful material. That builds loyalty and converts more prospects into paying clients who’ll partake of your main product/service/treatment.
Another thing about MacDonald, and maybe you can tell me because I don’t know. Why don’t they do home delivery? Wasted opportunity #3. OK, there’s drive through, but think how many people would call a phone number and get a Big Mac and fries delivered to their door on a Friday night. Surely they’ve looked into that as an add-on.
Far be it for me to go up against the big boys, but I’m seeing gaps here. Gaps that any good Coach or Therapist should fill and exploit in their professional practice.
Action Steps For You:
1. What front end free information will you offer to get prospects?
2. What small product or service will come next in your conveyor belt?
3. How can you make sure you capture their contact details?
4. What will your follow up message look like?
Now I’m off to play with my free Shrek toy…
Jonathan Clark is a 6 figure Mentor Coach who helps Therapists and Coaches to make their annual income their quarterly income. For more startling truths about the industry visit www.CoachTherapist.com
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
The Survey Results Are In...
The Feedback poured in from the Coach/Therapist survey with hundreds of responses. Not bad for a 15 question online survey. Thanks for taking part if you did.
Want to know what the most pressing problems are for Coaches and Therapists as we enter April 2008?
I’ve included the full results at www.CoachTherapist.com
New helping professionals continue to struggle to get off the ground, and 81% are still earning less than £10,000 a year.
Wow! Makes you wonder why bother?
Now I am committed to identifying the roadblocks and creating resources that help people break through.
As a result of the feedback, I am in the process of completing “Project FP” which specifically solve these headaches once and for all.
To put your name on the VIP notification list so you get first shout when we launch, just go to www.CoachTherapist.com and click the link on the left.
Thanks again for the feedback. Rest assured I am hard at work creating the very resource you’ve asked for.
Watch this space!
Jonathan Clark.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Medication or Meditation?
Clearly by the title the hour was spent looking at how memory works, and what happens when it starts to break down.
The Hippocampi are the part of your brain that record everything that’s going on right now, 24 hours a day – they never switch off. They take in 200 bits of information per second [that’s up on the 134 figure that I usually teach]. That information gets stored in your long term memory. We then imagine a future based on fragments of memories from the past. So if we imagine ourselves outside in the snow next winter, we create that image from our past experience of snow and winter. Fascinating.
The implication is that without our past we can’t conceive of our future.
Memory and future imagining starts at about age 5 [which is when we think the Conscious mind kicks in], and is mastered by age 9 when you’re completely aware of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years.
Your memory is operating at optimum capacity by age 25, yet starts to deteriorate by age 27!! Brain shrinkage actually starts at age 20, and by the time they are 85 years old 50% of people have dementia. “Memory is like a machine – it can be overworked and can wear out” we were told. Interesting belief system – I must try not to remember that!
Events in your memory cannot be deleted at will [so they said]. And about 10% of us experience something we’d rather forget [I’m surprised that the figure isn’t higher?]
The example given was Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which they described as a £close encounter with death” [generalisation?]. The emotional imprint is so strong in some people that it stays fresh.
Now here’s the scary part! They discovered that a common beta blocker that has been in use for years has a curious side effect – it dulls the emotional intensity of a memory. They described this reduction in an emotion as a breakthrough!! [For those of us who know Time Line Therapy, EFT and various other interventions, this is not news!]
The drug inhibits the formation of protein, which in turn reduces the neurological connections in the brain – thus making the memory harder to remember. [Does this sound like a good thing to you?]
A ‘recent’ finding says that just recalling a memory makes it malleable and fluid [I learned that in my NLP training in 1997]
The woman in the study who had been sexually assaulted, was asked to take the pill and then write down an account of her assault. [So dope her then fully associate her, lighting up the neurology]
After 6 weeks of doing this, when the account was read back to the poor woman, according to their measurements and charts there was a 30% reduction in intensity. And she reported that the memory came back less often.
Officials stated that “we are on the verge of an important breakthrough”, and that erasure of a memory is a bad idea as our memory of our past forms our identity and gives us continuity. “Your memory is you”. Plus, “it’s important to learn from the past so we can anticipate and avoid danger in the future” [Uh, Time Line Therapy anyone?]
So in conclusion, which would you prefer – a course of 6 weeks of beta blockers, or 15 minutes of Time Line Therapy?
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Project FP Is Coming...

On February 2nd I started an online survey at www.CoachTherapist.com to ask the marketplace the true state of the Therapy and Coaching industry today, and the feedback so far has been startling.
Initial survey results show that the majority are female, aged 36 - 45 and earn less than £10,000 per year.
Now the survey is still on line, and if you're a Coach or a Therapist of any kind then go and take part - its anonymous.
So much for the "Million Dollar Coach" or "Superstar Therapist" hype that gets bandied about so much.
On the same site you can add your name to the VIP Notification list for "Project FP".
What the heck is "Project FP"? I'm not telling just yet, but suffice to say that if you're a new or struggling practitioner, you're about to be handed the solution on a plate.
So cast your vote and get on the VIP list - you'll kick yourself if you miss it...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Calling All NLP Practitioners...
To celebrate it, I've even dedicated a new website just for that programme, and its at www.theNLPcourse.com
I've put a Forum on that site, but it's feeling lonely and empty inside...[awww]
If you're already a Practitioner, would you be kind enough to log in and leave some comments in there, to start off the conversation?
Comments on your course when you did it, what's happened since then, your best result using NLP?
Any comments would get the discussion board from empty to buzzing, so it won't need a breakthrough session.
Hope to see you in there,
Jonathan
Friday, February 22, 2008
Shocking Report
Those who know me know that I am patient and polite. In school my
friends used to call me "Gentleman John" [embarassing or what!]
You'll usually catch me in a really good mood.
But lately something's really crawled under my skin. I've been
talking to lots of people by phone and email...trying to be
patient and bite my tongue...but I just can't do it anymore.
My next NLP + HGE Practitioner Course starts on March 22nd, so I've
been kept very busy handling enquiries and talking to guys and gals
who want to learn NLP, Huna, Time Line Therapy and Hypnosis either
for their own personal development, or to get into a new career as
a Coach, as a Therapist or Consultant.
In fact, the Early Bird £430 Discount is still valid till Midnight
tonight Friday 22nd February. See www.theNLPcourse.com
But, and it's a big but, I'm getting to hear a lot of horror stories
about people signing up for NLP courses, getting poor training and
not being able to get their money back. Or being confused by the
Trainer and then being told they're STUPID. And coming out of a 7
day course impressed, but totally incapable of doing NLP themselves.
The most unbelievable one for me is dodgy characters that give you
a certificate because you bought their CDs on Ebay!
So I've written a Consumer Advice Guide to make sure you can avoid
this kind of thing, if you're thinking about learning NLP. Who am
I to take this kind of a stand? I'm an NLP Trainer, Author and
passionate enthusiast, and these cowboy tactics harm my reputation
and my industry.
As an Independent Financial Advisor in the UK, I was under the
close scrutiny, continual assessment and strict codes of practice
enforced by governing bodies that had full legal clout behind them.
If a client was unhappy or had felt they were misled, the full
weight of the law could be brought down upon the Company that was
responsible.
This doesn't exist in the NLP world! The so called "Governing
Bodies" in the NLP community have no real power, no enforcement and
weak assessment. Frankly, you can buy your way up the NLP ladder
and become a Trainer even if you've never seen a real live client
in your life. So when a student asks them "How have you used this
with real clients?", how can they answer honestly? And do you
really want to be one of their first ever students?
Here's the truth - I know of one NLP Trainer who, despite
allegations against him for child abuse, continues to work
exclusively with children. Unbelievable! Ironically, the same
individual has set up a fictitious "Institute for NLP Ethics"!!!
Hmmm...
Several female clients have complained to me [privately of course]
about seduction and hypnosis techniques being used inappropriately,
but they're all too scared to challenge the male NLP Trainer doing
it. Can you imagine?
I know of 3 so called "Life Coaches" whose experience consists of
a 3 day training course and 12 written homework assignments! But
will it tell you that on their brochures and websites? I doubt it.
It's no wonder that there are hundreds of people who think NLP is
a bit dodgy. AND, they are giving my chosen industry a bad name,
and that affects me.
Now you tell me, how can the "powers that be" prevent people like
this from practicing?
Do I have a bee in my bonnet about this? Yes I do. However,
it's not in my power to stop them. So I'm going to offer you the
next best thing...
In the next few minutes alarm bells might go off as you become aware
of some of the pitfalls of going into an NLP training blind...and the
ugly side of this industry that noone else has told you about.
It's not my intention to slam or offend anyone in particular here - there
will be no "naming and shaming", but I know you might get hot under
the collar after reading this report.
If you're not planning on studying NLP then give this a miss. But if
you are, or know someone who is planning to, then please make them
aware.
You can download the Guide here.
To your personal growth,
Sunday, February 10, 2008
I've Added 3 Days To NLP Practitioner At No Cost
And here's what people are saying about it...
Take a look at the brand new website which tells the full story.
Remember, if you're already certified you can refresh your training for £213.
If you're one of my affiliates, you'll earn £426 for every friend or colleague that you recommend who does the course. [And if you're not in the affiliate programme yet, go to www.latentprofit.com and sign up for free.]
Hope to see you there!
Jonathan
Saturday, February 02, 2008
If You're A Coach Or Therapist...
So I need your help. If you could fill in the short survey below, I can tailor make the new service to suit the needs and hassles that Therapists or Life Coaches have in the real world today.
In return, I'm going to gift you 9 Power-Packed Secrets To Dominate Your Market & Build A Waiting List of Customers...And They Work Like Magic!
Just go to www.coachtherapist.com
And if you're not a Coach or Therapist, would you be so kind as to help them, and help me, by passing on this message?
Many thanks in advance,
Jonathan
Friday, January 25, 2008
Makes you think...
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses full of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese & tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took cadging lifts.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
A trip to the coast on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the stream and NOT from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Kebabs.
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and only opened for a few hours at weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner shop and buy fruit Spangles and some bangers to blow up frogs with.
We ate buns, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No mobile phones – no one was able to reach us all day. And we were always O.K.
We would spend hours building our trolleys out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in streams with matchbox cars.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on Sky, no video tape or DVD movies, no surround sound, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no Lawsuits from these accidents.
Only girls had pierced ears!
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross buns at Easter time.......no really!
We had air guns and catapults for our birthdays,
We drank milk laced with Strontium 90 from cows that had eaten grass covered in nuclear fallout from the atomic testing.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them from the street!
Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!
Mum & dad didn’t need Brandy, Whisky whatever when they came in from work!
Footy had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
Our teachers used to belt us with big sticks and leather straps and bully's always ruled the playground at school.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
Our parents got married before they had children and didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kylie' and 'Blade'
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 70 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Last Call For Bootcamp...
If you’ve already decided that this is for you, just go to www.fullybookedbootcamp.com and use the “Priority Reservation” link, or alternatively call Eileen on 0800 072 5792. If you’re not sure, phone anyway. There is still room.
Between a video campaign on YouTube and 3 other video sites, articles, emails, personal invitations, a teleclass, a one day live event, a postcard campaign, Blogging, my affiliate programme, social bookmarking, Google Adwords and several other website adverts, it’s been MAD in my office. We’ve been kept busy with emails and phone calls about the 12 month programme, and several similar questions or queries kept coming up.
[By the way, imagine if you had all that promoting YOUR product or service….]
If you missed the teleclass and the one day “Client Magnet” seminar, you might like to read what folks have been asking about, and my best advice below.
Its January, I’m broke after Xmas and the economy is shaky – all the more reason to create an additional income stream doing something you enjoy. How else are you going to find the money to pay the credit cards and the higher mortgage? Are you just crossing your fingers and hoping the interest rates will drop and your employer will suddenly increase your salary? Or that magically clients will start flooding towards you? AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN! I’ll show you exactly how to do it in the real world and I’ll even hold your hand over the next 12 months to help you.
The course fee is too high – I honestly did struggle with this – I wanted it to be high enough so it forced commitment and made you take it seriously, but it also had to be within reach for new start-ups and struggling businesses. That’s why the monthly fee is £466. Now understand this – the FIRST priority on Bootcamp will be to create a business plan that increases your income by at least £500 per month, thereby making your participation essentially FREE. Remember also that there’s a £6,000 guarantee on the course. You can all about it at www.fullybookedbootcamp.com
Can’t manage to the live training days in Glasgow each month – OK, here’s an alternative that several people have opted for. You get the audio CD recordings of each month of Bootcamp in monthly home study packs sent to you, 8 CDs at a time. So in fact you have a permanent library of content each month that you’ll refer back to forever. AND, you can still take part on the mid-month teleclasses and be part of the group. More than that, we’ll arrange to speak on a half hour mentoring call every week throughout 2008, PLUS unlimited email access at all times.
I am not a Life Coach or Therapist so this isn’t for me – Great! Last year we had an Electrician and a Yoga Teacher on Bootcamp. This is about ANY business, the principles are the same. If you have an idea for a product or service, or you have skills but no clients, this is the programme for you. If you want to start selling those lurid paintings you’ve been doing, this is the programme that’ll teach you how.
I’m not ready to launch my business yet, I’m still getting my qualifications – fine, and why not LEARN how to launch and market yourself so that when the time comes and YOU’RE READY, you have all the know-how and precise step by step game plan to fly with it?
So what are you waiting for? How else are you going to generate an additional £6000 MINIMUM in 2008?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Highly Recommended...
I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.
It covers:
- The best blogging techniques.
- How to get traffic to your blog.
- How to turn your blog into money.
I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
How Else Are You Going To Do It?
Maybe you saw these 2 programmes tonight on Channel 5 and BBC 2 just like me.
First was "It Pays To Watch" with journalist MartinLewis offering advice on how to save. I really like him and his enthusiasm, especially when he was interviewing Paul Daniels.
Paul Daniels had emailed Martin Lewis suggesting that credit cards be called "Debt cards" instead. Just to really ram the message home.
And this is January where everyone's feeling the pinch, interest rates are up, debt figures are soaring and disposable take home is at a low. How many of those apply to you?
Most people are struggling to meet their monthly commitments as those commitments continue to get higher...
What really got me stirred up was the BBC programme "What Britain Earns". Tonight I learned that the average British wage is £24,000 a year, and 90% of the population earns less than £46,000 per year.
That means you're probably in that band somewhere, maybe even below it.
What really got me going was the lowest pay rates for some of the most "vital" tasks. Hey, squaddies get an extra £12 an hour for being stationed in Afghanistan! Woohoo!
Here's the thing though - it doesn't have to be that way.
Sure you need the security of a monthly salary, but realistically what's the chances of you doubling your wage in 2008? Honestly?
You're probably sighing right now, or laughing out loud sarcastically. Someone once said a sigh means "if only"...
Well, would you believe me if I told you I can show you how to double your salary in 2008?
If you're a trained Therapist or Coach you can
If you're a trained ANYTHING you can
If you have hobbies or interests you can
If you long to work for yourself you can
And I want to hold your hand for the next 12 months and help you personally to do it.
My Fully Booked Bootcamp starts January 27th, where I'll be helping just 24 people build their own earning stream from scratch, and its backed up by a moneyback guarantee if you don't.
Check out the full story at
www.fullybookedbootcamp.com
and if you're interested, hit the Priority Reservation button and we can have a telephone chat about how badly you want to multiply your take home by 2.
How else do you plan to handle the higher mortgage, debt and commitments?
Best Wishes,
Jonathan Clark
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Are You Fully Booked Next Week?

Could you do with more customers next week?
Want 48 ways to get clients?
If the answer to all of the above is NO, then press delete and ignore this message, and I apologise for interrupting you.
If you’re really serious about growing a successful business, doubling your income this year and filling your books with happily paying customers, I urge you to check out a very special website:
In a nutshell, I’m offering you a chance to take part in an exclusive 12 month mentoring programme to finally end the struggle and earn what you’re worth doing something you actually enjoy. You and 23 other business owners will learn:
Make 2008 your best year in business yet - with coaching, mentoring, monthly live training, monthly telephone conference calls, individual breakthrough sessions, personal rollout plans and more...and it's all backed with a money back guarantee.
Real Results: “It’s all been just so simple and by implementing and taking the time to build the strategies I am now seeing repeat business, referrals and – as long as I keep doing what I’ve learned - a business that can do nothing else but grow, grow and grow.
Using these tools has enable me to attract enough clients in 5 months to have to start considering a waiting list and this is from a standing start. I have made contacts and partnerships with the people who are perfect for my business and this has enabled me to grow the business faster than I thought possible.
I am so far ahead of anyone else running a business like mine even I’m surprised and it’s all by implementing simple strategies and ideas. I am attracting new clients faster than my competitors that have been doing this for years.”
There’s no catch – the website tells you all about the upcoming event, but spaces are limited to 24 businesses, so please visit it today if you want to be considered for one of the remaining places…
Only a few days left…
“The Fully Booked Bootcamp” launches on January 27th and after that the doors will be closed – no one else will be allowed to take part. Read all about it at http://www.fullybookedbootcamp.com/
All the best,
Jonathan Clark
P.S. And if you choose to skip this programme then I have to say "sorry" - you're going to be up against some stiff competition shortly.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Tired, broke and cold?
I also have a treat for you – an online video showing you our Release Retreat venue in Spain. It lets you see the full range of activities available outwith seminar time, plus you get to see the world class setting for the 5 day event that starts January 14th.
The focus of the Retreat is to have you master your money, control your time and boost your energy – three things that most folks could do with at this time of the year.
Remember that there are only 20 places available on the Retreat and you can read all about the seminars, the bonuses, the spa, the pampering, the accommodation and the easy travelling arrangements at www.releaseretreat.com
As I write this there’s only 3 days left before we close the doors on this event. So if you if you do want to book a place then there’s still time, as long as you beat the 5pm deadline on Friday the 4th of January.
OK, so here’s the video – it takes a minute or so to download, and its about 4 minutes long and has all kinds of spectacular scenery in it. There’s also a photo tour and a virtual tour for you to check out. Here’s the direct link
http://www.lamangaclub.com/media/video_presentation.html
then look for the “La Manga Club Video Presentation”
What a great way to start 2008.
Take care,
Jonathan Clark
Happy New Year!
Now's the best time to set goals for your future. I'm not talking about silly new year resolutions that never last past January 3rd, I mean life direction in all the major areas of your world - health, money, relationships, family, fun... And here's one way to do just that:
How to make 2008 your better than best year so far!
The time for New Years Resolutions is past. Here's what works instead...
If you are having even the remotest thought about setting new year's resolutions...Don't!
They never work. By January 3rd you'll be smoking the fags, eating the doughnuts, guzzling the wine, kicking the cat and bitching about the neighbours just like the rest of us. Unless, that is, you use this process...
I was talking to a young lady yesterday who was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She moved to las Vegas 2 years ago to live and work there, and when she recently went back to Hawaii to visit, she cut her trip home short and came back to Vegas early. I asked her "Why on earth would you do that?" She told me "People in Hawaii are happy just scraping by. Noone wants to improve themselves or their lot. And I'm not like that"
Goal setting and changing habits may sound like cliches, but like all cliches, they are based on truths. At this time of year you can't get away from stop smoking ads, drink driving warnings and shopping channel gadgets all aimed squarely at those of us who like to indulge. Well, there's a free way to change your ways and make your lifestyle more rewarding, and the only thing you'll have to exercise is your brain...
You probably managed to achieve some of the things you set your heart on this year. And you probably managed to cock up a few times as well. Both of these are life lessons, in fact the latter are probably more important and teach you way more than the victories do.
Get more of the things you want, and change the things you don't. Here's how. Grab a pen and paper [or a keyboard seeing as how writing is becoming a dying art!] and answer the following 10 questions over the next 10 days. Then by January 1st you'll have a killer game plan to act as your treasure map for the next 12 months. And it works.
This is the exact goal setting process that I've used successfully for the last 7 years running, and I can vouch for its power. this works!
It isn't a cheesey Hallmark Card kind of process - this really does do what it says on the tin, mainly because you actually do look at your victories and your disaters from 2007 (yeah, me too!) and you realy do Learn from them. If you are willing to clench your teeth, get the learnings from your mistakes and successes, then you can apply those learnings in 2008.
Who is the best life coach for you? YOU are!
I recommend you do this over 10 days. Pick one step and take the day to jot down answers. Keep coming back to it, and capture your thoughts on paper or on the PC. The computer is better because you can keep it all in one place and read over it again in the future. Plus you can set up a template with the questions and leave room for your answers. Then next December all you need to do is cut 'n paste.
If you want to go the whole hog, then I can thoroughly recommend the book "Your Best Year Yet" by Jinny Ditzler. That's where this comes from.
1] What did I achieve in the last 12 months?
2] What were my biggest disapppointments?
3] What have these taught me?
4] How do I get in my own way, and how can I stop that?
5] What do I really want out of life?
6] What different roles do I play? What hats do I wear?
7] Which role do I need to focus on for the biggest benefit?
8] What is my top goal for each role/hat?
9] Therefore what are my top 10 goals for next year?
10] How can I make sure I achieve these? What/who can help me?
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Spanish Retreat Update
If you haven't been following the saga as we roll this thing out, you can check it out at:
www.releaseretreat.com
Only a few days left to book!
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Any plan is better than none at all. It doesn't matter whether you write 10 sentences, or a small book. Just genuinely take some time to answer these questions one per day over the next 10 days. You'll be glad you did.
Then put your top 3 learnings from Q3, your main focus area from Q 7 and your top 10 goals on a single sheet of paper, and stick it to your wall where you'll see it everyday. Visibility is key.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Retreat Question # 2
[We already addressed the # 1 question: "Exactly how much will it cost to spend 5 days in a luxury Retreat in Spain?" in the Blog entry below.]
QUESTION: "What subjects will be covered on the Retreat and what will I actually learn?"
BACKGROUND: I ran an online survey to find out exactly what my clients wanted in terms of seminar topics. I received all kinds of email and I was surprised to see the entries coming in. Gradually a popular set of choices started to appear as people "voted" through the options I'd given. The most common problems my clients have fall into three areas:
- Too much to do, too little time
- Never enough money
- Low energy and tired
SOLUTION: Now I think that's amazing, because those are what I teach as the 3 sources of personal power. What that means is, you only ever have 3 things that you can save up, invest into anything, or spend on anything. Time, Money and Energy. And you usually can't have one without spending one of the others. Making money takes an investment of energy and it takes time. Very often you have no time because you're too busy trying to make money. And that also can steal all your energy. Do you see?
So we've put together a series of afternoon seminars that cover solutions to all 3:
We are going to have a look at your health & energy, and the perspectives we are going to use are both ancient (Huna from Hawaii, and Feng Shui) and modern (NLP & Life Coaching).
There will be two intense sessions on money - how to earn more, save more and spend more. Throughout the week there will be prizes given out. Everyone has a chance to win free seminar places, free life coaching, books, tapes, and gift vouchers!
The third main topic will be time - we'll look at retraining your mindset around busyness and priority, as well as handing you a wealth of clever tricks and tips to get more done in less time. We want you to release any stress you bring with you at the Retreat, and change the rules so that when you go home you are equipped to manage your time better... forever!
BOTTOM LINE: Our intention is that by the time you get back you will have a wealth plan to get you out of debt [if you are, and most are], run your finances more intelligently and build a secure future so you're financially independent within 5-7 years. You'll be brimming with energy, you'll have recharged your batteries and will have ways to clear out the energy suckers and boost your oomph anytime you need it. And you'll get more done in a day than most people get done in a week, and it will be on your terms, not someone elses...Stay tuned for more details. Our anticipated "go live" date is now Friday the 14th of December at 5pm. The best way to stay informed about The Release Retreat is by joining my announcement list...see details below.
The Retreat Announcement List
If you haven't already joined my Retreat list and gotten your Sneak Preview of the event, just send an email to JonathanBOSS@aol.com and title it "Retreat".
Take care,
Jonathan
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Retreat Question # 1
QUESTION: Exactly how much will it cost to spend 5 days in a luxury Retreat in Spain?
BACKGROUND: A couple of months ago I let slip to my clients that I was getting ready to release an exclusive Retreat in the Murcia region of Spain and I wanted it to be a healthy detox experience for the mind and the body.
That was followed up with an online survey to find out exactly what my clients wanted in terms of seminar topics, accomodation levels, right down to the number of fellow students they'd feel comfortable being with. Between 20 and 30 students class size was most popular.
That survey set off a bit of a firestorm from my client list. I received scores of replies within a few hours of announcing it, and I was surprised to see the entries coming in. Gradually a popular set of choices started to appear as people "voted" through the options I'd given. One of the questions was "What price is MORE than you'd be willing to pay for such a Retreat?"
And to tell the truth, that was something I was struggling with... and one of the reasons why the launch was delayed from [originally] November to January 2008.
Our survey said anything over £1497 was too much.
I had to get quote after quote from the venue in Spain, haggle costs and negotiate terms so that it would be a win/win for everyone. It was imperative that we kept the standards very high, but kept the price below the most popular ceiling.
The cost of the Retreat is basically made up of Hotel Room reservations, Meeting Room costs, Audio Visual equipment, refreshments, and meals. Obviously my co-trainer and I want to be paid well for doing what we do, but my database had already told me how much they would be willing to spend Maximum.
Total cost for 30 people kept on coming out as £1595 per head, before we added flights.
SOLUTION: So given that background, we decided to take a rather unusual step. We have based all of our quotations around a group of 20 participants - 20 being large enough to secure a bigger group discount with the venue.
And, students will be asked to book their own return flights to Spain - we just can't factor that in and keep costs below the £1500 ceiling.
So the Retreat in January 2008 will cost £1497.
In addition, places will only be available for a few weeks over Christmas and New Year, because the world class resort we've booked want final numbers by a certain deadline.
Once those 20 places are gone, or once the time limit is up, we will close the doors to this event.
At that point I will review the costs of the Retreat and make sure that its satisfactory for the venue, for me AND MOST IMPORTANTLY for the 20 participants.
Now to be brutally honest with you, I think the first 20 places will be snapped up quickly, based on the response I've had so far. I've never seen one of my events get such a rapid and large response so quickly.
If [and I hope when] I do open up this event again, I will probably raise the price drastically. This Retreat is just not something I'm looking to fill with scores of people...the nature of this event is that it is small and intimate. Raising the price will have two effects - it will keep the numbers down by virtue of the price, and it will help pay us back for the enormous effort and cost creating and coordinating this event over 2 countries.
BOTTOM LINE: We have secured the Retreat at the most popular price of £1497 which includes accomodation, food, and workshops. Flights are not included, but they are cheap, especially if you book them early.
Initial places will be limited to 20, or however many we have shortly after the New Year. And the only people who currently know about this event are the loyal clients and customers on my mailing list. It will be opened to public bookings next week.
Stay tuned for more details. Our anticipated "go live" date is this coming Monday the 10th of December. The best way to stay informed about The Retreat is by joining my announcement list...see details below.
The Retreat Announcement List
If you haven't already joined my Retreat list and gotten your Sneak Preview of the event, just send an email to JonathanBOSS@aol.com and title it "Retreat".
Take care,
Jonathan
Friday, November 30, 2007
Retreat Announcement & A Favour
Jonathan Clark here, and I need to ask you for a favour...
We are REALLY close to completing our long-awaited Spanish Retreat which will be held in January 2008 and will be open to the public within the next 10 days...
We have literally been working on this all-out for the last 2 months solid, putting together the ideal package as voted for in an email survey that you probably took part in. But before we roll it out officially, we need to ask you a couple of questions. Can you help us out?
The Retreat will be 5 days in the Murcia region of Spain, in a world-class luxury location, with your mornings free to relax, roam around the area, get massages, swim or choose from a long list of healthy activities. Your afternoons will start with an after-lunch meditation then workshops with 2 successful seminar leaders right up till dinner, then evenings to spend as you like.
We are going to focus on your 3 main sources of personal power - time, money and energy, and we are going to show you exactly how to master all three. You will come back with a whole new set of lifeskills, recharged batteries and a tan if you want one ;-)
HOWEVER we need your help. Before we finalise everything and open the website up to the general public, we need to make sure we've covered everything. That is where you come in...please take a minute to answer this super-short survey - there are only 2 questions.
You can answer the questions [and get the FIRST sneak preview of our amazing venue] at this web page:
http://user255682.websitewizard.com/question.html
Many thanks in advance,
Jonathan
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Final Huna Training

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Adapt Or Suffer...
Shift 2 was mini computerisation - it created laptops and mobiles, DVD and iPods – and frankly, humans can’t compete with these never-complaining tools.
Shift 3 was instant information – endless channels of digital TV, Broadband, email. Information overload has created a world that is crazy busy, wants instant gratification and has a short attention span. You can find out anything about anything within minutes thanks to the internet.
It used to take a generation to go through these changes. We’ve gone through them in a few years.
And it was done using “Mass Marketing” - where the media blanket brainwashed everyone into buying brand products. Nowadays its individualised marketing aimed at you if you’re the target client they want to reach – that’s why your credit card transactions get logged and you receive more and more junk mail and email about tings that you like.
Mass marketing was simple when there were only 3 TV channels. Now there are TV channels devoted to just one target client. It’s not about selling anymore. It’s about building long term relationships with specific people.
The world has changed from local markets to global markets. Look at how many high street shops and banks that are closing. Frankly, it’s cheaper to run a call centre and a website, than having to pay staff, rent, rates and maintain hundreds of premises across the country. The high street is doomed. The internet makes going global instantly available to anyone, right now. Teachers are having to be careful with Myspace and Facebook in case their pupils learn their personal stuff.
People are no longer willing to wait for 2 weeks for a book from the bookstore. Amazon can do it overnight. The world is going digital. No post office queues, no waiting. The downside? Our kids know more about it than we do.
We need to be resilient, adaptable, or we’re dinosaurs. Rigidity and stubbornness will kill you. “Hardening of the attitudes” is terminal. Flexibility, being able to learn and being able to use a keyboard will allow you/
Read the rest of this article here
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Thank You...
A couple of months ago I asked for some help - I asked you to help me design the ideal Spanish Retreat.
The response was ASTOUNDING! Within 24 hours I had hundreds of responses, and they've helped me to refine the course so it includes everything you want out of 5 days in the sun.
If you haven't had your say yet, please click here to specify what you'd like to see.
Now here's the thing - a few years ago one of my earliest students, a lovely guy with a heart of gold and the funniest man you'll ever meet, well he went through an awful personal tragedy. He ended up relocating to Spain with his wee boy, and we were talking about running an exclusive course over there together. I wanted to contribute because I felt he was due some good fortune.
What's really amazing is how quickly and easily this has all fallen into place. Wait till you see the photos!! We have a luxury destination with flights, transport and accomodation all inclusive - all you do is book one of the priority places and we'll take care of everything.
Soon you'll be able to fine tune your life, detox your head and recharge your body - all at the same time. But we can only take a small group at a time.
Watch this space...
Monday, November 12, 2007
Become A Client Magnet...
Are you a Coach?
Are you a complementary therapist?
Could you do with more customers next week?
Do you long to be free & work for yourself?
"Announcing The Most Complete, A To Z Practice Building System That Shows You Exactly How To Become A ‘Client Magnet’...
Exclusive & unique marketing & positioning programme will fill your books with paying customers…
Dear Friend,
If you'd like to run your own lucrative business, be paid to do what you love to do and work the hours that suit you, then this might be the most important message you'll ever read.
Here's why:
I’m going to make a promise to you that no one else - anywhere - is willing to make: I’m going to show you exactly how I run my business. From start to finish.
This is your personal invitation to my “Client Magnet” Practice Building crash course – a brand new one day event which I’m holding at Parklands Country Club, Newton Mearns, Glasgow on Saturday 24th November.
I consistently run a full diary each and every month with my Therapy, Coaching, & Training Practices, as well as selling digital and physical products to individuals, to Companies and on the internet. And I have been for years now. Of course I do NOT make any claim whatsoever that you will be able to do the same. I don’t know you. I don’t know your work ethic. All I’m going to do is show you how I’ve generated income - like clockwork - day in and day out for the past sixteen years.
In reality, there are only 6 steps to bringing in clients like clockwork: click here
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Ever Wanted To Have Your Own Business?
Ever thought about making a living on Ebay?
Hankering to use your NLP and HGE skills in your own therapy, consulting or coaching practice?
Every day I deal with clients who either long to, or are in the process of, running their own business to earn money doing something they love to do. My favourite kind of Coaching is working with a new entrepreneur - maybe a massage therapist or a newly qualified Coach, and helping them position themselves in the market, create an irresistible offer and start to get their first paying clients. It's an exciting time.
The way I started in the early 90's is DEFINITELY NOT the way I would recommend you launch now.
And I think its simple. Its maybe not easy, but it is simple. There are straightforward steps you can take to practically ensure you'll make profit in the first 30 days [assuming its a service business and not a product manufacturing company - that takes longer]. What it takes is discipline, bloody-mindedness and a game plan modelled from someone who's done it.
And only 19% of businesses survive the first year - did you know that? There are so many pitfalls and mine fields people get sucked into, often because they followed the advice of someone who's paid £20K a year to dish out advice [and that's exactly the WRONG person to listen to, cos they're not risking anything, its not their business and they're an employee fer gawd's sakes!]
That's why I've put together a simple road map that anyone can follow. I'm just about to unveil my One Day Crash Course in how to build a profitable business from scratch.
You can get a sneak peak by going to this web page.
One last thing. Just suppose for a minute that you were dreaming of having your own business... What are your 2 biggest questions that you'd ABSOLUTELY have to have answers to before you'd even consider it for real?
Use the "Comments" link to post your questions and I'll answer them in my next posts.
What if you didn't need to get up early tomorrow because your monthly income already exceeded your outgoings....?
Friday, November 02, 2007
Huna Last Chance...
If you haven't already secured your place on my One Day Huna Taster this coming Saturday in Glasgow, you only have about 27 hours left. The deadline is 5pm on Friday the 2nd [mainly
because I'm at a wedding reception on Friday night and I won't be reading emails when I get home late!]
Remember the special offer: I know for a fact that once you get a taste for this magical method you'll probably want more, so I'm going to take the £147 price of the one day November taster off of the £1407 fee for the 5 day course in December.
In other words, if you do the one day taster and then decide Huna is for you, you can deduct the money you've already paid from the December training. That's a 10.4% discount.
Here's what you'll cover on Saturday November 3rd:
Ho'o Ponopono - the cutting connections process, which most people find profoundly moving and freeing the first time they do it, dropping toxic relationships and forming new ones. Elegant way of getting unwanted "stalkers" to leave you alone.
Higher Self Therapy - quicker and deeper than Time Line or EFT, this is a stunningly quick but powerfully way to let go of anger, sadness, fear, whatever in seconds! Honestly! Finally clear out stuff from your past.
Higher Self Connection - Usually brings tears of joy to people's eyes when they physically touch their Higher Self, then meditate with it for the first time. Always make the right decision and learn more about yourself.
Ha Breathing - using breathwork to raise your energy whenever you want, burn fat and calm the mind all at once. Heal yourself and help others make positive changes.
Here is the web page to go to:
http://jonathanclark.org/event_details.asp?event_id=211
or call Eileen on 0800 072 5792.
If you haven't booked yet, then there is still some room. By the way,
I've never held this kind of intimate, one day Huna seminar before -
they are usually at least 2 days long, so this is going to be packed.
Now I'm off to buy a nice new shirt for the wedding...
Take care,
Jonathan Clark
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Hawaiian Huna teacher releases…
Here’s How To Dance Rings Round Problems And Stop Stressing About Barriers …In 25 Minutes Or Less"
From the desk of Jonathan Clark
Founder & Developer of HGE™
Glasgow, Scotland
Dear Reader,
If you'd like to feel firmly back in control of your life, anticipate problems, conquer them in advance and create almost magical change, then this might be the most important message you'll ever read.
Here's why:
I am [with your permission] going to send you a copy of a unique closed eye process that fuses together ancient Hawaiian Huna, with state of the art psychological techniques. And it’s called “The I’o Process”
Think about it. Do you regularly feel that you’re up against a stubborn barrier, pounding your head against a solid brick wall? If you’re finding it increasingly difficult to swim upstream against a raging current, then this will help.
Don’t fret. Chances are there’s nothing seriously wrong, you’re probably just not aware yet that you can use mental techniques to crush the opposition. Now, you're probably wondering how and why we can do all those things.
Let me explain.
I actually went to Hawaii and was privileged to spend several months being trained in Huna by actual masters themselves – people who had the concealed spiritual, healing and magic teachings passed down from generation to generation. On my last initiation, I was granted permission to teach these skills and now I’m using modern technology to do that.
In essence, I’m using 21st Century methods to teach ancient psychology and mysticism. And this is just one of the powerful discoveries I made.
To fully explain how the I'o Process works, I need to fill you in on two different concepts -"Dichotomies", and "I'o"
A Dichotomy is where something has been split into two opposing sides, such as night and day, black or white, Yin and Yang, Good vs. Evil.
In your life that might show up as lots of money vs. being broke, or loads of customers vs. struggling business, or perfect health vs. chronic condition.
From a metaphysical point of view, creation takes place when one thing is divided into two things, that then act and react upon each other. Think of how babies are conceived and how cells divide. The two opposite extremes then act against each other, and energy fluctuates between both.
Just like when two people fall madly in love and want to be constantly together all the time, until one of them decides they feel smothered and needs space. Until they begin to yearn for each other again. Do you know what I’m talking about?
Oddly enough, the creation ends when the two sides are resolved or absorbed back into one. So for example, imagine a Post Office strike with the Union against the Management. Once negotiations are over, you have just the Royal Mail again.
When one side of a dichotomy is created, the other comes into existence simultaneously. Equally, when one side of the dichotomy is eliminated, the other ceases to exist at the same moment. It’s all very abstract and fascinating.
Now psychologist Carl Jung once said that if you repress a bubbling emotion at the unconscious level, it MUST appear in your life outside of you for balance. In other words, if you stifle some internal conflict, it will crystallise in 3D to get your attention and as Jung said, "You will call it fate!"
Isn't that so true though? The more you wish something horrible away, the worse it seems to get. The very thing you dread happens...
So the position of power is to rise above both sides and see the bigger picture, where there is harmony and calm. Think about ACAS or the UN Negotiation people coming in to resolve a dispute.
The I'o Process is the Facilitator.
For the rest of the story on this new audio CD, click here
Monday, October 29, 2007
Only 5 days left...
As you probably know, on December 3rd I'm holding my "Miracles On Demand" 5 Day Huna intensive seminar in Glasgow. This is a full blown training in the spiritual, meditation, healing and magical science of Hawaiian Huna, ending in an Initiation and a formal welcome in to the lineage.
Now a lot of the clients on my mailing list like yourself have
already called and emailed to say that at that time of the year
they won't find it easy to take 5 full days off work to attend,
what with Christmas Parties and skeleton staff and all that. Or
they simply don't have the annual leave to spare.
What several subscribers asked for was if I could teach them the
core Huna techniques over a weekend instead. There are several
"bits" of Huna that they had read about in my book or have seen
used in my live courses. If that could be done on a weekend, then most people find its easier to do a seminar.
So FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER I'm offering a One Day Huna "Taster" Day on Saturday November 3rd, and you only have 5 more days to book your place. I'm only going to take another 12 people on this one-off Huna crash course, so you have a few days left to decide...
Some of you have emailed me to say I didn't give you much notice, and you may have prior arrangements for this Saturday. I want to apologise about the short notice - I've been working extremely hard trying to pull this together, liaising with the venue. All they could give me was this one day slot.
Now if you've already decided that the one day course is right for you then just reserve your seat at
http://jonathanclark.org/event_details.asp?event_id=211, or call
Eileen on 0800 072 5792. And if it's not for you, then give it a miss and delete this email.
There's one more thing though. I know for a fact that once you get a taste for this magical method you'll probably want more, so I'm going to take the £147 price of the one day November taster off of the £1407 fee for the 5 day course in December.
In other words, if you do the one day taster and then decide Huna is for you, you can deduct the money you've already paid from the December training. That's a 10.4% discount.
Here's what you'll cover on Saturday November 3rd:
Ho'o Ponopono - the cutting connections process, which most people find profoundly moving and freeing the first time they do it, dropping toxic relationships and forming new ones. Elegant way of getting unwanted "stalkers" to leave you alone.
Higher Self Therapy - quicker and deeper than Time Line or EFT,
this is a stunningly quick but powerfully way to let go of anger, sadness, fear, whatever in seconds! Honestly! Finally clear out stuff from your past.
Higher Self Connection - Usually brings tears of joy to people's
eyes when they physically touch their Higher Self, then meditate
with it for the first time. Always make the right decision and
learn more about yourself.
Ha Breathing - using breathwork to raise your energy whenever you want, burn fat and calm the mind all at once. Heal yourself and help others make positive changes.
Maybe you're not even sure what Huna is in the first place. If
that's the case, I have a gift for you. If you go to
http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=794964 you can replay a 1 hour 40 minute Introduction to Huna teleseminar that I ran earlier this month. You can even save the recording to your PC or iPod. This will tell you if Huna is for you.
Finally, I'm completely swamped with email and phone calls right
now. I will definitely answer all questions and queries, but it
might take a bit longer than usual.
Take care,
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
How Initiation Into Spirituality Creates Magical Changes In Your Personal Growth…
Some everyday Initiations you may already be familiar with:
Christening. Baptism. Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Induction into any institution. Your first day of school. University Matriculation Day. Graduation Day. The rigorous training of the armed forces. The first day of a new job. Joining the local Golf or Rugby Club. The Freemasons. American Fraternity Houses. The Mile High Club.
In a new job, the Initiation may be simply learning the ropes, being taught procedures, where to put your coffee mug and what time the “in crowd” work till. You usually get a special “tome” full of arcane laws and guidelines that no one really ever reads. There may even be a joining fee.
History shows that medicine, physics, chemistry, reading, mathematics, writing, astronomy and anatomy were all at one time “occult” secret arts. In the modern world, you were probably initiated into most of those before you were 16 years old.
Definition from The Oxford Dictionary:
Initiation [v] – to begin and admit a person with introductory rites into secrets, mysteries or science. Latin root “initium” means “to begin”. So it’s a rite of passage ceremony, which signifies the transformation of an individual into a higher, more desired level of identity.
Initiate [n] – the person who has been initiated
Imagine you want to join an exclusive members-only social club. You can walk up to the building, but the people on the door will usher you away unless you’re a member. However, if you have a friend who is already a member, you will walk up the steps together and will be given a warm reception. Now you have access to higher powers [in this case the social, economic and prestige benefits of club membership] as well as the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual changes initiation brings about.
Now if you don’t have a friend who’s already a member, the alternative is to keep going over to the club, getting your face known, trying to schmooze the doorman and occasionally peeking through the window to see what’s going on inside. The way people do that is by reading books and trying things out haphazardly.
Unfortunately enlightenment doesn’t come from books – it is experience alone that brings realisation.
Initiation gives you membership, companionship with like-minded individuals and access to deeper and broader levels of insight and power. In many systems, it is believed that many of your new contacts will be previous Initiates who are no longer with us. Initiation gives you nothing in tangible terms. Instead, it allows you to begin a particular system or practice.
Practical training involves:
• Training the physical body – a regimen of toughening, strengthening and purifying. This is usually achieved through exercises, breathing, and postures
• Learning how to control your emotions. Feel the full range of positive and negative. Be able to accept and release the painful, and bask in the pleasant. Never be at the beck and call of involuntary emotion.
• Training the mind to focus on what you want and to eliminate the “noise”. Train up the laser-like focus. Develop discipline and single mindedness on your outcome. This is one purpose for ritual and ceremony. You’ll soon learn if you have the discipline to practice every single day. Learn how to and consistently practice meditation – stillness of the mind
• Conscious knowledge of logic and philosophy giving you the full range of thinking on all logical levels, as recommended by Aristotle.
• Develop and utilise the imagination. What the mind can conceive it can achieve. All physical manifestation first requires the spark of creativity.
Science starts with reference experience data then searches for principles to explain it. Experiment leads to knowledge. “I’ll believe it when I see it”. Proof is required to prove something is real.
Esoteric study begins with the guiding principles, then watches for reference experiences to back them up. Knowledge leads to experiments. “I’ll see it when I believe it”. Faith is required to know something is real.
A spiritual initiation is therefore the process through which a student is given access to deeper layers of knowledge and practice [often called secrets] by their teacher or mentor.
In the worlds of mysticism and esoteric study, this is purported to cause a fundamental shift within the person being initiated. The initiator, bearing a certain power or state, transfers this to the person being initiated. Symbolically this is a simultaneous death and rebirth, because not only is it a beginning, its also an ending of sorts as the student ascends to a new level.
Very often you would be given a new name, a magical name. One of the many reasons for that was to reinforce the change in your identity.
Fully initiated means devotion to the mystic, occult wisdom and contact with natural forces. It also brings with it the Fraternity and comradeship with the group or “family” you are initiated into. Because you don’t start off born with mystic, magic or psychic abilities – you have to learn and practice them. The training and guidance is there if you’re willing to do the work. Unfortunately more people read about esoteric study than practice. The real measure of a spiritual initiate is how they demonstrate it in real life, not their intellectual knowledge. It’s what you do that counts.
This was repeatedly stressed by Dion Fortune who lived from 1891 – 1946 [real name Violet Firth] – a member of The Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn [a magic organisation formed in the 1880’s], prolific author, psychologist, Christian and psychic.
She recommended an Initiate should be living a normal life and not be closed off in a secret order. Remember where Obi Wan Kenobi lived? You don’t want to become the eccentric weirdo in the woods!
You also don’t want to be a “fair weather” devotee. You know, the type who practices religiously on Sundays, but lets charity, forgiveness and moral fortitude slip a little from Monday to Saturday!
An initiate’s mindset should be centred around the approach that he or she has been initiated into. So no matter where you are, who you’re with or what you’re doing, you always have the method’s philosophy in the back of your mind.
There are three Initiators in your path – the first great initiation begins with your birth, the second is from your teacher, the third and most important are the lessons you learn through your life experience and learning’s from Higher Self.
The real question is the issue of authority – who is in charge, and what their intentions are. This is often abused and therein lie all the horror stories you might have thought this article was about.
And “as within so without”. Be wary of the Initiate who has no money, dysfunctional relationships and emotional baggage. The outer signs of the effects are usually the symptoms of the inner causes. If a person is lacking in the everyday world, they probably lack in the esoteric world too.
Finally, know that many believe it takes three lifetimes to become an initiate. So the sooner you start the better!
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Launch Your Own Powerfully Positioned Practice
How To Ethically Stop Prospects From Ever Going To Your Competitors Again
Inside Secrets On How To Position Yourself As A Specialist...Finally Revealed
Open Your Customers' Mind Like a Crowbar With the Right Name
The 1 Major Reason You Probably Look Like An "Also-Ran"
The Fastest Ways To Cut Through The Fog And Get Noticed
How To Build Credibility & Trust As Quickly As Humanly Possible
Finally Get Some Respect In Your Field
What Top Professionals Do To Slash Buying Resistance
Forget Going Head To Head With The Big Names - You Don't Need To!
Are Your Competitors Destroying Your Reputation? - 3 Ways To Stop Them Now!
Fascinating interview I held with BAFTA winner Bryan Larkin available here
Introduction to Hawaiian Huna Day
But be warned - this seminar contains sacred knowledge that was illegal to teach until 1989…
If you are ready to grow and evolve yourself meaningfully, I invite you to come and spend a very special "taster day" with me…
WORKSHOPS on Shamanism, Native American and similar kinds of teachings are more popular than ever before. You may have noticed that in the last 20 years more and more people have become interested in these traditions. You are hereby invited on a unique seminar on the master system of them all – Huna.
In Hawai'i, the teaching of Huna was originally called Ho'omana (to make "Mana", or life force energy). Equivalent to Ki (as in Aikido), Chi (as in Tai Chi) or Shakti or Prana in the Sanskrit language. Better than being drained, heavy and sluggish all the time.
Think about it. Everything you do requires energy, and the more energy you have, the more you can achieve. It’s all about making connections with sources of Mana, and there are ways to do that.
Now is the time for the revival of ancient teachings – a shift is occurring…
In short Huna is the original art and science of healing and spiritual development of the Hawaiian people. It is not for everyone, but it is for those who want to know more about who we are and the nature of the world we live in.
Huna is rumoured to be the source of a lot of other esoteric disciplines, such as Chinese Medicine, Energy Healing and Shamanism.
Maybe you’ve tried all the goal setting, achiever, “if it’s to be it’s up to me” syndrome. You’ve enjoyed the house, the car, the money in the bank, the social circle, the good job……and yet there’s still something missing?
You see, goals without a higher purpose lack passion or deep meaning. Perhaps you have an inkling…..a hunch…that something more spiritual is the place to go next. Maybe you, like me, have a “calling” – that something calls to you for some inexplicable reason.
There’s a great quote that said “Religion is what people do to avoid going to hell. Spirituality is what people do once they’ve been there!”
It seemed that most people don’t think about spirituality, or want to, until
1 Crisis – and they have to look beyond their usual coping strategies
2 Touched by something (you see, read, hear, etc) that’s spiritual
3 Spiritual experience – that wakes them up
4 Suggested (by somebody) as advice to look into
So that’s what led me to Huna – an outlook, a mindset that comes with a whole bunch of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual tools that grow and advance you the more you use them. And I’m inviting you to come and discover them with me.
You’ll have less problems, drop toxic acquaintances, feel better more of the time, have the money you need, live as you wish, get in touch with your higher purpose and give off a vibe that others want.
Some of the topics we'll cover in this intensive one day intro include:
Huna model of Conscious Mind, Unconscious Mind, and Higher Self
Hoo Aka Manawa: Clearing out past limitations like anger, fear or guilt
Hoo ponopono: Powerful process to clear and heal relationships in support of your evolution
Ha Breathing: Controlling your state and energy using breath
Hakalau: the shaman state, calm and relaxed yet completely alert
There will be a more advanced Huna course in December, but this one day taster session lets you try Huna out for yourself and see if its a good fit.
If you're a therapist or counsellor, you can use Huna techniques to assist clients' change and evolution. Wouldn’t it be useful to use energy in such a way that it enhances the other processes in the work that you’re doing with your client ?
So, if you’re thinking about doing Huna training you’re thinking about doing a course that’s likely to change your life and to change the life of the people around you.
So Why do You want to learn Huna?
Everyone’s got their own reasons for getting into Huna. What’s yours? Here are some examples:
Vital physical health – the mind runs the body, and a Huna course is extremely therapeutic! People change mentally, and usually physiologically too. The people leaving the course are visually different
Huna offers specific and practical ways of making desired changes in your reality. If you’re involved with spirituality and change in any way, then Huna offers something to you.
How to take advantage of this offer
In a nutshell Huna trainings are extremely rare in the United Kingdom, even harder to find in Scotland. It costs about £5,000 to go to Hawaii to do the 10 day Huna Intensives by my friend and teacher Tad James. It takes 24 hours to fly there, and you lose two days coming back. I thought it might be good to iffer a taster day at a giveaway price.
Runs 10am till 5 pm in the Sandringham Suite, Parklands Country Club, Ayr Road, Glasgow. Investment £147 per person
Warmly,
Jonathan Clark
Alaka'i Ho’omanaloa (Teacher & Initiator)
Click on the link on the right for www.jonathanclark.org
Call FREE on 0800 072 5792
Email enquiry@jonathanclark.org
PS. If you’re feeling dragged down by life’s ups and downs, if you’re searching for some radical new ways of doing things, or if your outlook and mindset need a really good shake up, book your seat right now. If you want the inside scoop on what the gurus know, it’s all here for you if you’re ready to grab it…
Spare a thought for Kim...
You might know Kim MacLeod who attended my Practitioner Course in November 2005.
Her 12 year old son died suddenly a few days ago from Meningitis, right out of nowhere.
If I can ask you to take some time today to spare a thought for Kim and her family, and send her some good thoughts.
Very sorry to hear the news Kim - we're thinking about you.
Jonathan
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Introduction To Hawaiian Huna Teleclass
You are hereby invited to take part in an awakening that has swept the planet, as people realise that technology and socio-economics are taking us further away from the original wisdom and guidance that kept us safe, happy and together...
Over the past 20 years there has been an increasing interest in esoteric study, the metaphysical sciences, alternative and complementary techniques, the laws of attraction...
But what if all of these approaches actually come from one single source? Wouldn't you want to learn the master blueprint from which all else comes?
Now we'll never know if that's really true or not, but what is for sure is that if you know the fundamentals of magic, psychology and healing, then you will be able to understand every other approach that you pick up.
Come and learn the master system of them all...HUNA
On this FREE 90 minute teleclass I'll take you through the background and basics of this fascinating art and science of old Hawaii.
Now Huna isn't for everyone - it either calls to you and you are curious to know more, or it doesn't. Come and open yourself up to even deeper levels of awareness and development...
Come and learn how to do real magic in the real world...
Huna incorporates breathing techniques, meditations [both waking and closed eye], rituals, chanting, and energy work to form an easy to use, enjoyable and effective system for creating change and connecting with the more spiritual aspect of you.
Huna allows you to let go of painful emotions and events from your past in ways that are quicker and deeper than even NLP or tapping techniques.
It is easy to learn, and this teleclass is your FREE introduction into this ancient but powerful art. After this class, you might decide to further you training, and we can help you go as far and as deep as you are willing to go...
You don't have to be a Coach or Therapist or Healer to learn Huna - many learn these techniques purely for their own personal development and curiousity. So if you want to discover more about yourself, and the truth about the laws of nature and affecting your reality, then Huna is for you.
Just reserve your place here and I'll send you details of this invitation only teleseminar.
This will be a conference call held on the phone or by webcast, so you can listen in on the phone or stay at home and play it over your internet connection. You don't need to talk or share anything about yourself at any time, though there will be plenty of time for questions and answers. The call will also be recorded and will be available for replay if you miss the seminar.
If improving your quality of life interests you, join me at 8pm on Thursday the 18th.
And if you've already trained with me, please come an revisit these teachings. You can never practice the basics enough.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Recharge Your Batteries In Spain...
I know, I've felt that way myself. That's why I'm offering a Retreat in the beautiful Murcia region of Spain.
Now you can fine tune your life, detox your head and relax your body - all at the same time.
Below is a 2-minute survey that I'd like you to fill in. This will help me to provide my clients with the ideal Spanish Retreat experience with services you really want at a price that's fair.
Design Your Ideal Spanish Retreat
Friday, September 07, 2007
Latest Podshow Episode Now Available...
http://jonathanclark.podshowcreator.com/feed.aspx?feedId=1317
As always I welcome any and all feedback.
Enjoy!
Jonathan.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tell Your Story In My New Money Book
Attention Money Jugglers & Credit Card Addicts!
How To Get Out Of Debt Fast & Take Control Of Your Money With My First (and last) “Got To Get Success Stories” Sale…
Hello there,
I need your help…
My second book is coming together nicely and I’m just finishing up what I consider to be one of the most ground-breaking debt recovery and money books on the market. But I can’t publish the book without including some testimonials and success stories from people who’ve applied the methods it teaches. So I had to figure out how to get some as soon as possible.
You see, I created my Money Programme over a year ago, but I neglected to follow up with the students who took part. But my mistake could be in your favour…
Here’s what the book is all about…
The book focuses on helping you lose the debts you’ve probably accumulated permanently, increasing your savings, and building financial security for your future even if you’ve had a history of bleeding cash everywhere!
That’s why you’re reading this…I need some volunteers who will invest in my Money Breakthrough Programme, implement what it teaches and then happily share their story in my book. So I’ve decided to use what I teach, and offer you a sale price on the CD programme “Your Money Or Your Life”.
That’s right, and I do mean SALE!
So as I was brainstorming, I thought about turning this potential negative into a positive. You see, this way of sourcing success stories helps a few lucky people just like you…
If You Almost Tremble With FearAt The Size Of Your Credit Card Debt...Overdraft... Or Mortgage...
And You Can't Sleep At NightFor The Worry Of PAYING Them...
Here Are 3 Ways To TakeVirtually 'Instant' ControlAnd Reduce Your Payments
In Just 60 Minutes Or Less:
In a nutshell, I’m offering you my massive Money Management and Debt Recovery Programme called “Your Money Or Your Life”…plus free entry to an exclusive series of four teleclasses I’m holding in September…for the first (and last) time ever.
You get:
Full colour Manual and guidebook to retrain “your money head”
Over 12 hours of live Money Seminar recorded on 23 Mp3 files
£25 worth of Gift Vouchers redeemable against any of my other programmes
3 free reports full of instantly useful money management and turnaround tactics
a FREE place on my upcoming Money Masterclass 4 week Teleseminar series
…at the bargain basement price of £97! That’s a £272 discount over the regular price of £369.
That’s right – you’ll also get the bonus 4 teleseminar series (£197 value) to ram it all home and make sure you implement the strategies and tricks of the trade so that you control your money instead of it controlling you. That way I can also be sure of getting results with you.
Here’s the deal: I’ll walk you through each process, one step at a time, and over four weeks you’ll see changes in your money habits. I’ve never offered this EVER before. In return, you give me a testimonial or success story that I can use in the book, and you’ll get a credit in the acknowledgements.
This August Sale expires Friday 31st of August and it’s only available to the first 25 customers, because that’s all I need to fill the Teleclasses.
So hurry, order now.
Truth is, I’ve never offered so much for so little. And with this kind of pricing, I doubt this offer will last longer than a couple of days before all the sets are snapped up.
What that means is, if you’re in the least bit interested in making more money, saving more money, reducing your debts and paying all your bills ALL AT THE SAME TIME – now is the time. And you get your 15 minutes of fame in the new book. I’ll NEVER repeat this offer again!
Oh, one more thing…
You’ll still have my full, unconditional personal guarantee for a FULL 30 days. That means if you don’t think you got at least three times the value out of your £97 investment…just email me and I’ll send you a refund on the spot.
These debt-busting and savings-boosting secrets must work for you – OR YOU PAY NOTHING!
Here’s how to order…
For your own good just go to http://www.meanttoberich.com/ and scroll down to the bottom of the page and look for the “Add To Cart” Button. By all means read the full story on the page [you know how I like to talk] and you can pay for the programme by Paypal or by credit card.
NOW WHY WOULD I WANT YOU TO DO THAT? Am I actually encouraging you to add to your credit card balance? Or to take money out of your Paypal account? YES!
And if you have any hesitation about doing either…
CLEARLY YOU NEED MY PROGRAMME!!
Or you can call Eileen on 0800 072 5792 and she’ll handle the rest for you.
Remember - this offer expires at Midnight on Friday August 31st 2007. You have nothing to lose, apart from the stress, and a healthy bank balance, your name in print and a glorious financial future to gain.
Order now before your chance to get his special discount expires. At this £97 price, 25 sets will be gone within days.
Picture Yourself - Relaxed And Peaceful - CERTAIN That YouHave 100% Control Over Your Money. And That YourMoney Is Working 24 Hours A Day For You ... Instead Of You Working 24 Hours A Day For It
Sincerely,
Jonathan Clark
P.S. That’s right, you get my best money management advice from my Money Seminar (£147 value), plus the teleseminar coaching calls (worth £197) for the incredibly low price of only £97! Because I need to create case studies for my new Money book, you save a grand total of £272! But you’d better move fast before all 25 sets are snapped up.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Listen in to The Jonathan Clark Show...
http://jonathanclark.podshowcreator.com/feed.aspx?feedId=1364
Enjoy!
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Ask Me Anything!
I'd like to open up a discussion on this Blog, by inviting you to ask me anything you want about HGE, personal development, Huna, NLP, Hypnosis, Coaching, whatever.
Maybe things you're stuck with, maybe you have a tricky case to work on, perhaps you have questions left unanswered from your training?
So here's how it works - just log into your account on Blogger and post a question. One sentence in length, and I'll do my very best to answer that question fully on this Blog.
Could be what technique to use with what problem, how to get clients, anything you need answered. Ask me the question and I'll answer it fully on video on this page.
So get posting with your question and watch this space for the latest video.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Jonathan