http://ianstephens.net.au/blog Australia's No: 1 Peak Performance Coach Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:33:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Great news - I'm not a 'pogger' any more! At my weight-in today, I was down 1.1 kilos which brings my total weight shed to 10 kilos (I say 'weight shed' instead of 'weight loss' because your sub-conscious mind will want to find anything you lose, whereas 'shedding' suggests something more permanent). ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=13 I have recently finished a 1-1 sales coaching project on actual customer interactions. What I noticed is a pattern of bad habits concerning sales people. The result – missed sales, profit and bonus opportunities.   Success leaves clues, as do mistakes. After 20 days and approximately 80 one-one coaching sessions and joint ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=12 Hello, it's been 3 months since my last blog, and I apologize for that. Time to bring everyone up to speed. It was a challenging end to the year, a hectic Christmas and New Year period, and yes, I managed to undo some of my good work and regain some weight. This ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=11 Howdy followers and fellow un-poggers, If you are new to this blog, go read Pog Blog number 1 to get a feel for what we are about. With a dramatic proportion of the Western World population overweight or obese, we have decided to live the 7 Laws of Natural Health, and ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=10 Howdy folks... it's Monday.. I am a little late - heavy week! A tough week with no real progress - all my numbers are the same, with the exception of my waist measurement which is again down 1cm. No weight loss which doesn't suprise me given I found it hard to do my ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=9 Howdy folks, Well, that's week 4 coming to a close, and we continue to make small measures of progress. Waist is now 101 cm, and the weight is coming off, down another 1/2 kilo to a clean 100. Looking forward to pushing on and getting back down to double figures in ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=8 Morning Friends and fellow Poggers, We now have six people who have taken up the challenge! I have just finshed week three and some report some progress - waist is down 2 more cm's to 103. Blood pressure is still 135/90 and my suit is feeling more comfortable. I am down 1 ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=7 Good Morning friends, Well, It's been 10 days since I started cleaning up my act... literally! And I'm excited to share some great results already. But first... my stats at the start so we can track progress: Weight: 103.5 kilos (this is the one and only time I will list it first ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=5 I'm Forty Three, Fat, and Fed-up! And I'm going to do something about. 10 weeks until Christmas - 10 weeks to shed 10 kilo's. Oh, look, for those who know me, I may carry my weight better than others but I am a good 10 kilo's over what I know ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=6 If no one sells, no one else in the organisation has a job. So where do you get off criticizing the sales department or team when you don’t understand the complexity involved in managing key accounts, landing new business and securing opportunities in the pipeline. Sales is one of the ... http://ianstephens.net.au/blog/?p=4