Limitlessly You! December 2012 by Creative Possibility

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Issue # 2 December 2012

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Inspiring A Limitless Life. Published the 1st Monday of the month by Creative Possibility Coach, Shannon Bush

Welcome Welcome note from Shannon Bush... Hello and welcome to the second issue of Limitlessly You!, an e-zine dedicated to you being as limitless as possible, in a snapshot of just 8 pages! I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome all our new readers and to say a great big thank you to everyone who took the time to read our launch edition last month and to share your valuable feedback. It’s knowing that you take the time to read what we share that drives the team at Creative Possibility to do what we do each and every day December can be a very busy month socially and professionally as we prepare for the end of another year so be safe and until next month I wish you a limitless life filled with succulent, effortless success, Shannon

In This Issue....... * Welcome from Shannon * Feature Article “Who Are You? Overcoming Identity Confusion” * Effortless Success Zone Challenge * Embracing Opportunities * Find Your Confident Business Voice * FREE Resources * Creative Possibility Radio * Success in 5! * 5 Minutes Limitless Inspiration with Brian R King * New and Happening

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Who Are you? Overcoming identity confusion Part 1

This topic has come up so often that I wanted to share with you a little about identity, identity confusion and how to overcome it over the course of December

Who are you? Is this a question that sends you into a flat spin, leaves you with a blank expression or fills your head with an overwhelming number of possibilities?

Identity is the underlying element of who we are. It’s how we define ourselves – our sense of self. It is also how others define us – and may, particularly in relation to business be described using words such as brand or branding, personal brand or reputation

Knowing who you are is one of the most interesting journey's you can take in life. It has the potential to be filled with discovery and wonder, curiosity and amazement, purpose and potential and yet as a question "Who are you?" or more to the point "Who am I?" is referred to regularly as the one question that leaves a large majority of people feeling confused and challenged on a daily basis Recently I've been working with a new set of clients and while their challenges have been varied, the primary root cause underlying their frustrations and limitations has been confusion. Specifically self confusion which I see as potential identity crisis.

First up let's take a look at the first question to ask ourselves. "What is identity?"

It is also the sum of all of these things – who we are, our sense of self and how others define us It is all of the different roles we play – partner, parent, business owner, friend, sibling, speaker, creator, marketing manager, author, student, and employer and so on Read the full article and add your valuable comments here

2012 All Rights Reserved | Shannon Bush | Creative Possibility www.creativepossibility.com.au | limitless@creativepossibility.com.au P.O. Box 240 Scarborough WA Australia 6922 | 156 Vincent Street North Perth WA Australia 6006

Limitless Life! limitlessly you!Feedback We had some amazingly inspiring feedback following the launch of our inaugural edition last month and just wanted to share what some of our readers had to say. What we loved most is that you took the time to read and comment and acknowledge the effort we put in at Creative Possibility to stay in touch; “That is a much easier way to get your awesome info! I live in front of a computer so I can easily access your magazine at any time. Thanks Shannon! Oh yeah, and it does look very cool indeed :)” Aaron W “Hi Shannon. Congratulations on your first edition of Limitless You! what a wonderful and inspiring publication, LOVE IT!. All the best to your success :) Enjoy” Vesna S “I love the free resources. They are easy to use but very powerful. Thank you for taking the time to share them with us” Anon

Inspiration from around the world Each month we’re planning to share with you a little bit of Creative Possibility inspiration from around the world. This month we’ve been most inspired by an article by Tania de Jong, executive producer of the Creative Innovation 2012 Global Conference to be held in Melbourne, Australia 28-30 November 2012, about the importance of creativity and innovation for future success In her recent article “The Most Important Leadership Quality This Century” that appeared in the Australian Financial Review de Jong stated “We need to develop creative and courageous leaders and build a culture of innovation where failure is acceptable and successfully implemented ideas are rewarded and celebrated. Successful workplaces of the future will incorporate programs and develop an organisational culture that offers employees a voice and a greater understanding and fulfillment of their potential. Creative leadership programs will take people outside of their traditional comfort zones and lead to improved employee wellbeing, engagement and self-awareness, to increased leadership and productivity, and to a greater

ability to innovate and make a difference. In the face of competitive and economic pressures, many organisations are convinced that creativity and innovation are the keys to success. Let’s stop saying we are creative and innovative and start doing” Tania de Jong AM is a leading soprano and speaker and businesswoman Read the full article here

We love what Tania had to say and look forward to hearing about the outcomes of the conference If you’ve got something to share that you’ve found inspiring in your part of the world we’d love to hear about it. Please send details to the Creative Possibility team at limitless@creativepossibility.com.au

Limitless Life! effortless success zone challenge Your Effortless Success Zone is about being in a space where you are living from your strengths. Things flow freely, there is increasing ease with everything you do. Life is quite simply, more effortless! Your Effortless Success Zone Challenge for December is to; Identify the one thing that you’ve been procrastinating about the most. Write a list of everything you need to do to get the task completed. Break the list into 31 actions and tackle one a day every day for the next month! Voila.... at end of month that thing is complete

We view a ritual as a repeated action focused on celebration! This month’s Personal Leadership Ritual asks you to Take 5 mins at the end of your day to reflect on the successes you’ve had Write down 5 success (hint: we define a success as something that makes you smile!) Write down 1 personal strength you have that enabled you to achieve each success (try to find at least 3 different ones) Celebrate your top 5 successes weekly We call it “Success in 5!”

Personal Leadership Ritual of the month

Giveaway Resources! Did you check out our Resources page at our online home www.creativepossibility.com.au/resources last month? we have a growing range of free giveaways and resources that you can use to enhance your life and business

Recent Episodes on Creative Possibility Radio

Each month the free downloads available are related to the content you’ve been reading in the current edition of Limitlessly You!

Dare To Be Unapologetically You with Catrice Jackson Discover The Goldmine Within with Katy Tafoya

Here’s some of the newest resources that we know you’ll love;

Weekly Success Journal 8 Step Success Plan A Limitless Life Monthly Planner (to accompany our 19th December FREE Limitlessly You! Tele-class: Creating An Effortless Success Filled 2013 - check in-box for details soon)

Limitless BUSINESS! Finding your Confident business voice When I first started my business a few years ago now I remember feeling quite isolated. I didn’t know many other people who were business owners and while I knew the importance of networking, the thought of getting out and meeting new people and sharing about my business when I wasn’t 100% certain what I was doing terrified me There were many reasons I was scared. One of those reasons was that I didn’t fully understand exactly who I was becoming (read the feature article about Identity Confusion on page 2!) and what I was going to do. I was clear on why I wanted to be in business and that was a great start but I wasn’t entirely happy about the prospect of meeting someone and them asking that question so many people seem to dread “What do you do?” Sometimes the question is packaged differently and it might sound something like “What’s your business?” or maybe even “What sort of clients do you work with?” Whatever costume it comes in it can still leave you feeling inadequate and a bit like a fraud when your response is to stumble over your words. I say that because I’ve heard it over and over. I hear it regularly from clients who tell me that they find it easier to avoid the questions than to appear like they don’t make enough, aren’t good enough, or worse yet, don’t have a clue what they are doing The thing I’ve learned over time is that if I invest in building my personal confidence and then link that clearly to what I offer my clients then it doesn’t matter how I answer those questions. The confidence you have in yourself will overwhelm any fear or attempts at playing small. Combine this with the business intention you set for yourself last month and you’re instantly building a confidence filled toolbox and discovering your confident business voice The things that drive our fear and the “I’m not.... enough” statements are all down to our beliefs and those beliefs drive our perspective the way we see, hear and feel things. Building your confident business voice takes a

At Creative Possibility we believe in combining your Business Intention (see our November edition for more on this) with action to express your confident business voice. What are you going to get out in the world and say this month? Share your stories with us via email at limitless@creativepossibility.com.au commitment to staying true to who you are, convicted to stand strong in what you believe in and it takes action as follow through to show you mean what you say Don’t let fear win - have fun with this and get out in the world and speak up Remember most of all it’s all about things being Limitless! so think and act big, bold and creative if you dare For more on how to blast through those I’m not... enough statements check out our feature with Brian R King on page 7!

Make December the month that you share your confident business voice! We’d love you to share it on our Facebook page - visit us at facebook.com/cr8ivpossibility

Limitless BUSINESS! Effortless Success Business Booster! Embracing Opportunities - it’s all about saying yes Effortless Success comes from a combination of choices and action. In fact I like to say that it’s the result of committed choice followed up by committed action How did you respond the last time an opportunity came your way? Did you grab it with both hands and squeeze it really hard with joy and abundance or did you go into questioning and doubt and fear? Decembers effortless success business booster asks you to say yes to one key opportunity that comes your way each week during the month. In fact we’d like you to stretch yourself to say yes to professional opportunities that would normally make you feel like you want to run a mile The key thing is not to say yes to the detriment of you keeping your sanity at what’s already a very busy time of year. It’s about saying yes when deep down inside you know you really want to do or try something but fear usually stops you dead in your tracks Over the past few weeks I’ve been busy recording episodes for Creative Possibility: The Limitless Life, my new podcast radio show that went live on Nov 19th. Each new guest I speak with has given me an opportunity to reflect on just how important it is to say yes. If I hadn’t said yes to Web Talk Radio when they approached me to host a new show I wouldn’t have achieved one of the key goals I set myself for 2012. If my guests didn’t dare to say yes each week then they’d be missing out on valuable opportunities to promote their valuable messages

New & happening? Weekly in December: New Episodes of Creative Possibility: A Limitless Life Weekly Podcast Radio Show on Web Talk Radio

launched (available as a new downloadable podcast each week! December episodes feature Brian R King, Jill Badonsky, Ludwina Dautovic and more)

December 8th: Effortless Creative Goddess Workshop Yallingup, South West, Western Australia December 19th FREE Limitlessly You! Tele-class: Creating An Effortless Success Filled 2013 January 7th 2013: New issue of Limitlessly You! published Subscribe here!

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Limitless INSPIRATION! 5 Minutes With.... Brian R King It’s our pleasure this month to introduce you to an inspiring gentleman who we just had to share with you! To get to know him better we asked him our 5, “5 Minutes With” getting to know you questions and here’s what he had to share with us..... 1. What's the best piece of advice you've ever received? "Know Thyself." This is advice repeated over and over throughout the ages and the way I have used it is in the increasing realisation of what it means to be human. It is critical to fully embrace your strengths and challenges with honesty and humility. Trying to be the smartest kid in the room or making excuses regarding your challenges prevents you from seeing the opportunities to learn from and partner with others. The very people you cannot succeed in this life without. Get to know your areas of brilliance as well as the areas in which the brilliance of others is something you need to include in your formula for success. Know thyself 2. Did you make any shifts in yourself to get where you are today? How did you make them? Several, the most important of which was the refusal to be helpless. Being in a state of helplessness is terrifying and I felt that at the deepest levels while receiving cancer treatment when I was 18 years old. When my cancer was cured I resolved to never feel that helpless again. It was the leverage placed upon me by that fear that keeps me in the constant search for knowledge, resources and solutions so I never go there again 3. What do you do for yourself to increase the amount of "effortless" in your life? Mastery is the key. Whenever you master something you become so proficient you may as well have been the inventor of it. Mastery is a commitment to learning and practicing something so thoroughly that it become ingrained in everything you are and do. It becomes an essential part of how you live

4. What makes you a Limitless kinda person? I'm always a student and never an expert. Again, expertise suggests that you're the smartest kid in the room. I have yet to meet a person who has nothing to teach me. Every person, place and thing is my teacher. The limits we place upon ourselves begin with decisions about what options are available to us in life. These decisions show up in the form of "I'm not _______ enough statements" that we make to ourselves. The way to begin reversing that tendency is to begin using, "I am _________ enough" statements. You don't use these statements as an opportunity to blow sunshine or kid yourself. You use them as an opportunity to prove it. I recommend beginning with, "I am teachable enough," "I am supportable enough." These are reminders to be open to the lessons in front of you instead of always looking for opportunities to lecture and show how much you know. Read Brian’s answer to all 5 questions and find out more about him and his amazing work here About Brian R King, Lifeologist and Social Strategies Coach As a cancer survivor, adult with Dyslexia, A.D.D., the father of three sons on the autism spectrum as well as someone who lives on the autism spectrum himself, Brian has learned something very critical. He’s learned that success in life has nothing to do with circumstances but everything to do with strategies ~ discover more at www.brianraymondking.com

If you think you’ve got a Limitlessly You! Story about Life or Business that you’d love to share we’d love to hear from you. Send an email telling us about what makes you limitless to limitless@creativepossibility.com.au and we’ll send you an application. While there’s just one feature a month we’ll share additional stories that inspire us the most via the Creative Possibility Blog on a regular basis www.creativepossibility.com.au/articles

Limitless INSPIRATION! The Liberator Engineer Last month we introduced you to the essence of the strengths of the Inspirer Believer, on of 12 different Personal Leadership Styles that are the core of the Innate Potential Model. This month it’s time to introduce you to the Liberator Engineer; The key message and personal leadership motivation of the Liberator Engineer is to ‘break down the old and build the new’

Able to facilitate transformation for others on a big scale. Life, death and rebirth can be common themes Prone to getting ‘bolts of lightning’ happening in your life where you know something just needs to break down to move you or others forward Have the power to literally tear down the structures in your life and those of others when those structures are no longer serving a purpose A great mother to all when it comes to the re-birthing process people need to take in life – gently and lovingly supporting this transition as a great mother would Willing to step up and do what it takes to find the truth and expose the ‘authentic’ being within yourself and others

Your key innate strengths are that you Are incredibly passionate, compassionate, supportive and able to guide others to ‘re-birth’ Connected to your body on an energetic scale. You may be comfortable with sensing or feeling things from the perspective of your body ~ “I just feel it” or “I feel it in my stomach (or another body area or part)” Able to gently and appropriately break down the ego of others. This is not done out of malice or any wish to create ill-will for others Able to handle anger, passion, destructive forces, big experiences, extremes of emotion

“The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself” Anais Nin

About Shannon Bush.... Shannon, known as the Creative Possibility Coach, is Director and Principal Coach at Creative Possibility, a dynamic visionary organisation dedicated to empowering individuals in the ART (Action, Results, Transformation) of Effortless Success in Life, Business and Beyond. The founder of the Innate Potential Model of Personal Leadership that defines 12 unique personal leadership styles, Shannon has amassed a wealth of expertise in the personal and professional development industries and is dedicated to inspiring others to become the leaders of their lives and businesses. Shannon is inspired most by a juicy conversation, words of wisdom, the creative beauty of life, the day to day journey that is life, the people she loves and who love her and her creative cat Archie! To find out more about Shannon and her credentials visit www.creativepossibility.com.au/aboutshannon

Contact the Creative Possibility Team limitless@creativepossibility.com.au 2012 All Rights Reserved | Shannon Bush | Creative Possibility www.creativepossibility.com.au | limitless@creativepossibility.com.au P.O. Box 240 Scarborough WA Australia 6922 | 156 Vincent Street North Perth WA Australia 6006