Free Happiness Coaching

Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Lille Musée des Beaux-Arts by Claudecf

Lille Musée des Beaux-Arts by Claudecf

Having read about there being room in the world for people who feel like they’re ‘just another whoever’ I am offering free happiness coaching to readers of my blog.

So you think you got it sussed, eh, James?

Ha! No way! But after my night of crazy brain dumping I have ended up with a structure that I can understand to help me see that I’m off-balance and where the gaps are. I haven’t got all the answers on how to consciously and compassionately fill those gaps, but just being able to see the problem framed in a way that I can understand is so massively powerful that I’m completely stoked! Besides, I have Havi for the destuckification. :)

Well whoop for you, but what’s in it for me?

Yay! This is where I get to the fun bit. I totally want to get people’s perspective on what I’ve got here. This means that I have something for you guys to play with!

Basically, if you’re willing to answer 6 multiple choice questions as best you can, I promise to go through those answers with you, tell you what I think you can understand from them and listen to your feedback. It’s like free happiness coaching!

If you’re up for talking with me about how happy you are and how you might get happier (you don’t have to tell me details) then fill in my little survey and leave me a comment so that I know you’ve filled it in. I’d love to have a chat with you about it!

Note: on the off chance that loads of people decide they like the sound of this I should warn you that the survey is limited to the first 20 10 responses. Wanna help me hit that number? (EDIT: I’ve reduced that number to 10 to start with, as the results so far have given me lots of thinking points and I don’t want to be rushing through to try and send something to everyone and so not giving anyone enough time.)

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14 comments

Lisa Wood:
 1 

Ok, James – done – not sure if it’s gonna tell you anything, though ;)

November 14th, 2008 at 1:56 am
James:
 2 

@Lisa – yey for being my first volunteer!

I haven’t written up all the ideas around the questions, so they may well seem really random, but I promise that there is a method to my madness!

I’ll pop you an email when I’ve had a chance to write a proper response but I’m off to bed now (since I may actually get to have some sleep tonight!)

November 14th, 2008 at 2:02 am
Wendy Cholbi, Tech and Biz Coach:
 3 

I’m #2! Yay!

What a great idea. I should do something like this for business/tech coaching. Hmm, someday.

November 14th, 2008 at 2:44 am
chas:
 4 

james you are such a geek! happy to talk happiness with you. and good for you stepping out like this.

November 14th, 2008 at 2:54 am
katesaltfleet:
 5 

Hey James,

I just filled in your survey out of curiosity. Look forward to hearing from you.

Kate

November 14th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Nathan:
 6 

Thanks James, very sweet of you :)

November 14th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
James:
 7 

@Wendy, Chas & Nathan – yay for friends who will try stuff out with you!

@Kate (& the others who haven't commented, which is totally cool) – double yay for giving me a chance to meet new people and try out my new ideas!

Thanks everyone – I'm going to work through the responses in order this evening (UK time) and so I should be sending out emails later on today. :)

November 14th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Carole:
 8 

I’ll play, if you still have room! (I have been OFFline for most of the week, working on a big job. This sounds like just the thing to bring me back down from it….) : )

November 15th, 2008 at 3:10 am
James:
 9 

@Carole – jump in quick! There’s 2 spots left (including you).

To everyone – I’ve so many ideas running through my head I’ve only just finished the first one! I’m hoping to get a bit more speed up as I go along, but please give me a few days to get back to you all!

Blimey, I had no idea my head was this full of things I want to tell you all!

November 15th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Carole:
 10 

Well, I tried, but it was closed. Maybe next time….

November 15th, 2008 at 3:14 am
James:
 11 

@Carole – really? I got some data through with your name on it! I’ll email you and check if it’s right.

I checked the poll and yes, it said it was closed for some reason. I’ve re-opened it for the last entry.

November 15th, 2008 at 3:47 am
Tatty Franey:
 12 

it’s closed now too, maybe you already got the 10 peoples you needed. i’ll keep an eye tho!

November 17th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
James:
 13 

@Tatty – No fear, you are number 10 and I have your data. Polldaddy seems to play dumb and tell the last person that it’s closed after they’ve submitted their data (and close it early) so Carole got the same thing.

I have popped you on the list. But just so you know, I’m managing about 1 a day, so it’ll be about a week before I get to you.

November 17th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Anna:
 14 

James, I just found this post.(new reader here – hi! amazing blog.)

Not going to ask you to re-open the offer, but I’m dying to know what the questions were. Maybe I can happiness-coach myself off them, like. Could you email me them?

June 12th, 2009 at 2:21 pm

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