Richard Maun

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  • Time For Skype Coaching

    Gratutitous beach shot …to make you feel warm when it's cold outside!

    Hello there and first of all apologies for the recent lack of blog posts and for the couple that were sent twice. This is all because my sites have moved server and like all good moves it takes more time to get the codes out of the packing cases than it did to put them in. I’m sure you know how it is.

    Websites can be tricky beasts …so best left to experts who have the right kind of panel van to shift them about in.

    And of course once they’re in strapped into the van you can’t blog to say that you can’t blog …if you see what I mean!

    But hey! There’s only 8 coaching days left to Christmas …and if you want to beat the jammed car parks and sweaty masses then let yourself enjoy a spot of Skype Coaching.

    This has all the same meaty nourishment as regular coaching, with added time efficiency and a global reach.

    I’m a time-zone friendly person and work to RMT (Richard Mean Time) which is loosely based on Greenwich and flexes to accommodate client needs. Book-writing followers already know I’m a ‘night wol’ (as Winnie the Pooh would say) and so my plan is to span the six corners of the globe. (Who said ambition has to be limited to a measly old four corners?).

    Skype coaching is there 24/7! Now there’s no excuse to take your career forwards in 2012 and maybe even include an ILM TA for Leaders course too!

    …And if you’re reading this and saying:  ‘Hmmm it’s not like Rich to be so blatantly selling things, and he hardly ever mentions his books either’ then you’re right!

    However, last week on our Business Life show on Future Radio (listen live or via the web at 2pm on Thursday) we were talking about selling skills. One of them that didn’t feature on the show is that when you have a new product or service you need to tell people, which is easy to overlook sometimes in the rush to wrap all my Christmas presents (thank you in advance) …haha!

    So….two questions for you:

    1) When will you be booking some CPD-enhancing Skype coaching in 2012?

    2) What new products or services will you be shouting about in 2012?

    I’m off to Switzerland in the morning and then Scotland in the afternoon …and no air miles! Eco business and fun too!

  • Business Life – Radio Show And Ambition

    Ambition comes in many flavours… if yours is bananas then that

    This week I’m excited (and a bit nervous) because our weekly ‘Business Life’ radio show goes live and takes to the air on Thursday 24th at 2.00pm, on Future Radio. You can listen live in the Norwich area on 107.8FM or via the web and there will be a podcast afterwards if you miss it.

    It’s been great fun practising with my co-host Julie Bishop and we have lined up our first guest, written some blurb for the press release and are talking to potential sponsors. All exciting stuff.

    And I was reminded that nearly 18 months ago I was talking to my PR colleague about the press work for my third book, Job Hunting 3.0 (the numbering was concidental), and he asked what I wanted?

    I replied that: ‘I really want a million pairs of eyes to know this book exists and I want my own radio show too.’

    He nodded and said ‘fair enough.’

    I was surprised. ‘Er, so you’re not going to laugh at me then?’

    ‘What for?’

    ‘For wanting my own radio show…you don’t think it sounds a bit, erm, arrogant?’

    ‘No Richard, I don’t. And anyway why would I laugh at ambition?’

    Why indeed and it was a pleasant surprise to be reminded that ambition is okay. Many people have a voice in their head that says ‘don’t do that, it’s silly’ or ‘don’t do that, as people will think you’re an idiot’ and they listen to that voice, rather than to their heart.

    I love radio and I love being in the studio and having fun with the buttons and faders and laughing with Julie.

    And I love writing books and I love my coaching and training work.

    All of them are way-points on the journey that is my life and all reflect my ambitions. If you have a voice in your head, that’s holding you back, then turn the volume down on it and pay attention to people who will say positive things and support you. When I said I wanted a radio show I had no idea how/who/when and so on. Ambition comes first and the detail unravels as you talk to people and share your dreams.

    So, as you look forward to the next 18 months of your life, what do you want to achieve? And who will you share this with?

    You can be ambitious and you can find your voice and can start to make it happen for yourself.

    Oh and the million pairs of eyes? We did nearly two million, but that’s another story.