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Identify Your UniqueTalents and Values

Talane Miedaner Founder of LifeCoach.com

and international bestselling author of Coach Yourself to Success
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About the AuthorTalane Miedaner

BSSFS 87 and MA 89

Master Certified Coach and the owner and founder of LifeCoach.comClients include executives, professionals, public officials,entrepreneurs and international leaders

Talane has appeared in numerous media outlets, fromFortune to Newsweek , and is a sought after motivationalspeaker.

Talane is the international bestselling author of three books ( all McGraw-Hill):

Coach Yours el f to Suc cess , which has been reprinted into eight languages and is aninternational bestseller

The Secret Laws of At t ract ion: The Effor t less Way to Get the Relat ionsh ip You Want

Coach Your self to a New Career is the most recently released
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Welcome and Quick Poll

Have you attended a Georgetown University Alumni Career Services webinar before ?Yes or No.

Have you attended one of my webinars before?Yes or No.

How you ever have worked with a life coach or business coach?Yes or No.Do you have a Facebook account?Yes or No.


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Why use a Coach?

Coaching is for those who have a gap between wherethey are now and where they want to be. The bigger thegap, the more you will benefit from having a coach.

Most people hire a coach to be more successful in their careers, to change careers, to start their own business or to attract the right relationship. People in transition starting a new job, business, retiring. People who want alot more out of life. Who want to reach their full potential.


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What is Coaching?

Distinct from consulting, which is information-based andrelies on knowledge, expertise, and experience in aparticular field or area.Distinct from therapy which is generally for handling

unresolved issues from the past.Most similar to sports coaching in that it is anencouraging, supportive, inspiring and challengingrelationship.


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Outline for Webinar

Identify Your Natural Abilities/TalentsIdentify Your Passions and ValuesGet Your Needs MetOrient Your Life Around Your ValuesClient Success StoriesHelpful ToolsResources and Books

Special Offers for GU Alums


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Identify Your Natural Talents and Abilities

Definition of Natural Ability:How your brain is hard-wired up to think and function fromthe age of 14 (age 6 for musical ability). These are your inherent abilities, distinct from learned skills.

Tools: The Highlands Ability Battery (3 hour career version

with 2 to 4 hours of coaching sessions to explain theresults)

Now, Discover Your Strengths (20-minute online quizand book)

Coach Yourself to Success: 101 Tips (Chapter 6)


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Discover Your Unique TalentInterview your friends, family and colleagues: What do you think is my greatest strength? What is my biggest weakness? (Ask this only if you feel up to it, and ask

them to tell you in a constructive way. Do not comment on anything they say, just write it down. You are simply gathering data/opinions.)

What do you see as my special talent or gift? What do I do naturally andeffortlessly that is special?

If I were on the cover of a magazine, what magazine would it be and whatwould the story be about?

When a I most fully expressing this gift or talent?

Note: For many people, their natural talent is so much a part of them they take itfor granted. It is like breathing so they dont even notice it. This is why it helps toask those around you what they see is special or unique about you.

*Excerpted from Tip 54, Coach Yourself to Success: 101 Tips from Personal Coach for Reaching Your Goals at Work and in Life (McGraw-Hill)


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Identify Your Passions

1. The Envy MethodList the people you envy and what you want that theyhave. For example:

Bill Clinton CharismaOprah Winfrey Wealth and InfluenceTony Robbins $80,000 keynote


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Identify Your Passions

2. List or Invent 5 Alternative CareersIf your current job were wiped off the face of the planet(which is actually happening at a rapid pace these days),what would you rather do?

3. Do What You LoveStart doing more of what you love right now, whether it iscareer-related or not.


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Identify Your Passions and Interests

What do you do in your spare time?What magazines do you read?When you are on vacation, what naturally

motivates you?What games did you play as a child?


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Methods to Identify Your Values

The List MethodThe Peak Experiences MethodHigh tech: Personal Interests, Attitudes and

Values Computerized Assessment (PIAV)


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Identify Your ValuesThe Values List (go to facebook.com/lifecoachtribe to get the full list in theTru Values Program)

Travel, adventure, play, fun, peace, challenge, explore, pioneer, experiment...Beauty, elegance, improve, perfect, enhance, civilize, radiance...Catalyze, encourage, energize, excite, coach, persuade, stimulate, lobby...

Contribute, facilitate, share, aid, assist...Create, invent, design, plan, build, devise...Discover, contemplate, knowledge, detect, learn, discern, investigate...Feel, awareness, experience, sense, notice, dance, touch...Lead, guide, cause, manage, direct, influence...
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Confusing Needs and ValuesMaslow's Hierarchy of Needs:1. Physical, survival needs (food, shelter...)2. Emotional needs (love, community, connection,appreciation...)

3. Values and Peak Experiences

Prevent confusion of needs and values take the freeEmotional Index Quiz at LifeCoach.com .
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Orient Your Life Around Your ValuesStart with small steps:1. Start moonlighting if you want to start your own

business.2. Take a class in a subject that aligns with one of your

top 4 values.3. Try volunteer work in a different field.4. Start a Values-Based Project.


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Orient Your Career Around Your Values

Start expressing your top four values in any waypossible, however small. If you value creativity andenjoy writing, then write an article for the companynewsletter.

If it is a business idea or venture, experiment with it inyour free time. Make sure it isn't a conflict of interest.Use your lunch hour for your values-based project.Example of client who is a manager, but really wants tobe a coach and teacher


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Client Success StoriesThere has never been a better time to create a career or

design a business based on your top core values andpassions, thanks to the ease of setting up an onlinebusiness.

1. Melissa Todd created Hip Hounds how to make aliving out of a passion for dogs?2. Ali Brown making millions helping women

entrepreneurs using her talent for ad copywriting

3. Chiropractic business in Hawaii


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BooksThe Secret Laws of A t t ract ion: The Effor t less Way to Get the Relat ions hip

you Want by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-Hill) Use to identify and fulfill personaland emotional needs and identify core values and passions.

Coach Yours el f to Succ ess : 101 Tips f ro m a Perso nal Coach fo r Reachin g Your Goals a t Work and in Life by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-Hill)

Coach Yourself to a New Career: 7 Steps for Reinventing Your ProfessionalLife by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-Hill)


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Helpful Resources/BooksThe Secret Laws of At t ract ion: The Effor t less Way to Get the Rela t ions hip

you Want by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-Hill) Use to identify and fulfill personaland emotional needs and identify core values and passions.

Coach Yours el f to Success : 101 Tips f ro m a Perso nal Coach for Reachin g Your Go als at Work and in Life by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-Hill)

Coach Yourself to a New Career: 7 Steps for Reinventing Your ProfessionalLife by Talane Miedaner (McGraw-Hill)

The Highlands Program If you would like more information about this in-depthabilities assessment, please contact [email protected] .

The Disc/PIAV Assessments for more information about these computerizedassessments that identify behavioral styles and motivating values, please [email protected]
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Upcoming EventsRe-entering the Workforce:Finding the Perfect Post-RetirementTuesday, May 17, 2011

Coaching Skills for ManagersTuesday, June 14, 2011

Identify the Work You Love: Attract Your Ideal Career

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

For a complete list of upcoming webinars, please visit:https://alumni.georgetown.edu/careerservices
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Special Offers for GU AlumsLifeCoach.com is offering Coach Yours e lf to Success On l ine afun and interactive online coaching program to help you reach your goals effortlessly with weekly coaching assignments, coaching call-in hours, coaching tips, online goal-tracker, and interactive forumsall designed to help you create and live your ideal life.

Get 30 Days of Coaching Online for $1.00 This specialintroductory offer will expire on April 30, 2011 so don't wait!

Facebook VIP Resources Go to the wall atfacebook.com/lifecoachtribe where we will post theThe Tru Values Program PDF after the webinar.

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