Welcome to Perth's premier, personalised mentoring program designed for people who haven't got much time but want to get ahead in a world that busily competes for their attention.
The value of mentorship ...
"Knowledge liberates - knowledge is power. The saddest thing about any man is that he is ignorant. The most exciting thing is that he knows."
A trait shared by many successful and prosperous people is their wisdom to engage mentors, accurately identify the goals they want and their ability to attend to the tasks necessary to achieve them. In other words, it’s their capacity to give their undivided attention to the realisation of desired outcomes which ensure prosperity and success.
From a big picture perspective, extraordinary success is not something that requires seemingly super human qualities, nor is it something that is beyond the reach of anyone who wants to tap into their true potential. Simply stated, extraordinary success is achieved through a process of turning creative ideas into sustained behaviours.
Most people generate ideas and dreams but what’s often missing from their successing process is a determination and an ability to remain focused on attending to the behaviours and actions necessary for the realisation of those dreams. In essence, extraordinary success comes as a result of remaining focused on intended outcomes and supporting that focus with authentic action.
It goes without saying that some people find positive change difficult to achieve. Not only is this observable from a practical point of view, it’s a fact supported by recent studies in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, management and leadership.
One of the central processes underpinning the obstacle of change is the human tendency to continually revert back to the familiars of their 'comfort zones'. We do this by balancing movement in one direction with habits that pull us back in an opposite direction. Unfortunately, when we engage in such behaviours, little positive change results.
Most of what we do each day is driven by habits deeply ingrained within our psyche. With this in mind, the trait that really sets extraordinary achievers apart from those who fail to realise even a fraction of their true potential, is their ability to change their old habits of thinking and doing.
Society’s central training directs people's attention onto immediate gratification and away from the consequences of such attention grabbers. When we become conditioned to wanting everything now, we'll spend almost anything to achieve it. Generally speaking, this model, while it serves the system, does not serve you as it nearly always leaves you just that little bit more unfulfilled. The result of this process is that, more and more, people seek to fill themselves with what they think will fill the voids, but it never does, and the endless cycle continues.
Because most people are unwilling to break this cycle, the growing void remains in place. Unless you invest enough attention into positive change for long enough so that positive change becomes a reality, positive change will not happen. Although positive change is available to anyone who genuinely wants it, not everyone is willing to reach out and grab the opportunity when it comes along.
It’s important to realise that reactions and resistance to change are actually quite normal processes; in fact, I encourage such feelings for the following reason. If the energy that’s available for reaction and resistance can be redirected through processes that reduce anxiety and fear, that energy now becomes available for use towards positive outcomes. Ultimately, the stronger the feelings; the more potential energy there is to be directed towards sustainable change.
And this is where the role of mentors becomes incredibly valuable. By strategising, teaching, sharing and listening, mentors act as agents of change who support, encourage and direct the creative focus of individuals, businesses and/or organisations in ways that tap into the unrealised potential and extraordinary success that’s available to them.
In Future Shock (1970), Alvin Toffler wrote, “The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read and write. They will be those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” Most people can learn and relearn but many come unstuck when it comes to unlearning ineffective habits of thinking and doing.
In Order Out of Chaos, Man’s New Dialogue with Nature (1984), Toffler advanced an observation with regards to significant shifts. He said they occur for people when one or more of the basic elements of their internal make up are significantly altered. And this is where the real value of mentors is to be found. It's in their ability to help create perceptual shifts so that the greatest amount of unlearning and relearning can take place.
Mentors help change the way individuals, businesses or organisations think, perceive, feel and act. It’s a change process that turns internal resources away from negative resistance and directs them towards positive competencies that ultimately bring about extraordinary improvements in capacities and results.
Mentors create fertile and trusting environments of confidentiality and personalised accountability so that more of an individual’s innate potential can be achieved. It’s about engaging in an ongoing process that nurtures potential. No matter how successful you may already be, you will (or already have) arrive at limits. If you want to achieve experiences beyond the limits of your current capacities, the supportive environment of mentorship helps you take the necessary steps towards the levels of success you desire but cannot achieve by working in isolation.
In Tao: Daily Meditations (1992), Deng Ming-Dao describes the value of such relationships noting, “That is why we need a parent for a parent, a master for a master, and leaders for leaders. This prevents errors of power. In the past, even kings had wise advisers. Every person who would be a leader should have such assistance.”
Unless attention is brought to focus on habitual patterns of thought and behaviour, they’ll keep returning you to the tired voids of sameness and old familiars. Mentoring opens up a whole new world of possibilities so that extraordinary outcomes are achieved by those determined enough to achieve them.
Helen Keller said that security is mostly a superstition. “It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing.” The ultimate purpose of mentorship is to develop unrealized potential so that life is experienced as a daring adventure of expansion and sustainable achievement.
Over the years, I’ve studied both what prevents change and what accelerates change. While understanding both aspects is necessary for effective change, what really excites me is being able to create the space where individuals, businesses and organisations become active initiators, instead of passive recipients, of the design processes for sustainable expansion. It's about becoming a map maker instead of a map reader.
Your future outcomes, and the results you’ll keep achieving, are literally determined by whether or not you have the desire to answer a call for change. My invitation is to believe in yourself enough to invest in a journey of expansion, and to trust in yourself enough to realise more of your true potential.
So that I can offer full attention and focus, I take on a limited number of individuals and organisations per year. Group sessions for Prosperity Mentoring take place on a fortnightly basis, evenings 7pm until 10pm. Sessions are recorded so that you can access them for further study. If you wish to join us for the next session, previous mentoring sessions are available for purchase. Private, one on one mentoring by appointment.
If you’re ready to begin experiencing more of the potential that awaits you, if you’re ready to live life more fully, if you’re excited about the possibilities of sustainable improvement and extraordinary results, and if you’re encouraged by thoughts that when you improve your own world, you automatically improve the world for others, then I encourage you to begin an initial discussion by making contact with Barry.
You can contact Barry through barry@paulcounsel.com.au or by phoning him on 08 9444 3563, ( +61 8 9444 3563) or Mobile: 0408 387 228, (+61 408 387 228)