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Personal Excellence

Personal Excellence

Personal Excellence

What is Personal Excellence?

Personal Excellence begins within you. Where? The deep inside energy ,connection to your heart - your soul - your centre. It is an energetic focused state of being that starts from a holistic awareness of who you are and what is important to you. It is the relationship you have with yourself. Big Questions?

Most of us are greatly influenced by our external environments such as work, family, friends, education, sports and more. The real YOU is living deep inside of your being – your inner environment. Life is a combination of both environments yet Excellence moves from the inside out. These environments are the voice of the relationships wanting to appear. Wake up to your Excellence Now!

The moment you begin your honest journey to search or realize this destination inside of you - the beginning of your transformation in life is triggered. Now you can truly start living your potential as a fulfilled being rather than just part of you. True excellence is getting out of your head and moving south to your heart. It is the Mind, Body, Soul connection that energizes your solutions in a more powerful and profound way. What is the relationship you want to have with your Mind, Body, Soul connection?

What is the Excellence you are reaching for? As the Kahlid Aoud Al Bdoll says – Forever Free – to be free from the chains of our old beliefs, ego and fear. Personal Excellence begins here if you wish to take the leap to Freedom. Free your heart NOW.

Do you want to achieve Excellence in your life?
If so, one of the most successful ways to achieve Personal Excellence is to engage in an Inspirational Coaching Relationship.

If not now, I invite you to come back when you are fully ripe and ready for the journey. Why? The process can be challenging, confronting and uncomfortable. This is where the turning point towards Freedom begins. Ultimately, the process is transformational and full of joy. Set your intentions on freedom now and lets have a chat.

Does this take Effort?
All things in life take effort. There is no free ride. To achieve Excellence, effort is the energy you want to embrace to make anything manifest in your inner and outer environments. When a baby learns to walk they get up - fall, get up - fall, get up until they fall no more. That is the type of effort, focus and determination that is needed in this journey called life’s excellence. To be free, well and aligned, the Mind Body Soul connection is vital. Start to create this relationship now!

Are you ready to put forth Effort?

Excellence

Impact on you and others?
You can go through life very easily without wanting, creating or realizing Excellence and many of us do. Ask yourself –

What would the benefits if I moved from a place of knowledge, consciousness and purpose?
How would this impact my life? And others?

Your overall emotional, mental, physical and spiritual wellness deserves your focus on this state of being. Don’t you think? This inner Excellence then plays a direct role in how you will/want to show up and create relationships in your work, with your family, friends and the world in general.

What is the impact you want to aspire to?
Once this is realized, then you can create impactful solutions that are aligned with your personal state of excellence. This will then directly impact others around you. Once you move from the heart the world is a different place and you would be surprised what you can manifest and how others will respond.
 


Quote of the Week

The Mind

'One's own thought is one's world. What a person thinks is what he becomes - That is the eternal mystery.'  Maitri Upanishad

Aha Reflection

'Look within yourself, for all the answers lie within you'

I do not know the sayer of this quote even though I sense I have seen this in many places. It is also sitting as a plaque on a park bench on the English Bay Seawall facing the lovely ocean. Go find it and sit their and contemplate as you look out in the Bay.  HMMM.

The Prophet

'Madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,'  Albert Einstein
Do you do this?  Just think about it.  I can own up to the fact that I have come to realize I do sometimes.  Not to stop it and look for new opportunities out of the same old. :)))

'Work is Love made Visible', Kahil Gibran, The Prophet

I am just rereading this classic, The Prophet, how beautiful it is. A delightful look at the true essence of life.  


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New Blog Launch

www.ahamoments.us Blog Launch
I am excited to invite you all to engage and share at my NEW BLOG site - www.ahamoments.us. This is a space to share your Aha Moments in life and the great wisdom you have gained from them. Let's start an Aha Revolution.

www.ahamoments.us Blog Launch

I am excited to invite you all to engage and share at my NEW BLOG site - www.ahamoments.us. This is a space to share your Aha Moments in life and the great wisdom you have gained from them. ...

New Article

Lois Elfman of New York City has written an article about me for Ice Network. Here is the link:
Kevin Cottam featured in Ice News

Olympic Inspiration

Olympic Inspiration - click in the link below and you will be able to read one of the chapters of my book called, Legacy. It is one of the Pearls that I learned from my position as Director and Choreographer of the Closing Ceremonies of the 1988 Calgary Olympics. What a thrill - and this thrill is coming to Vancouver - watch out world!!!

Calgary Olympic Closing Ceremony Choreographer Kevin Cottam

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Testimonials

‘You set a good example through your listening skills and you inspire others with to challenge their creative strengths.  I know these are some of the qualities which I see you bringing out in me.
You have many leadership skills which I'm sure allowed you to create 'Energia'.  Your concern for the 'well-being' of those who you teach and your ability to inspire people around you to be the best they can be are both credits to your "Unique Ability".’
Ian Mellor, CFP Senior Financial Planner, Assante Financial Management, Vancouver, Canada

‘It has been my experience that communication within a creative group of individuals can be a stressful, ego centered and emotionally draining event. Kevin has the ability to tame the frustrated ego and make every member of the team feel empowered to rise above personal limitations to a common goal.‘  
Simone Alexander, Choreographer, Denver, Colorado

'Kevin is an original thinker, who engages, involves and inspires his audiences. He uses his unique experience to help his clients find their own new creative solutions.  He is stimulating and sincere in all his actions.'
Robin Lokerman, CEO - Institutional Division, MCI Group Singapore

‘Kevin gives total dedication to his projects ... he brings creative solutions to the table, sticks to a given timeline, is a perfectionist when it comes to execution and always provides a sense of calm to the team, so that they can achieve their potential.’
Bojan Tercon, Partner, Singapore Sing

‘It was a great experience working with you. I enjoy the show very much and love what you've done to show us new possibilities. Thank you!’
Hendrik Jan de Mari, CEO, Holiday on Ice

‘He understood the project from the very beginning and gave me all the solutions the same days. Unique!‘  
Marcelo Molinari, Costa del Sol Convention Bureau, Malaga, Spain

‘Always pleasant to work with and remains calm when others don’t.
Deals with everyone on a personal level and encourages people to exceed their boundaries. The sky is the limit. Never settles for less, Demanding of himself and others, Sincere, Humane, Always helpful, Compliments hard work, Open to discussion, Gentle.’
Jayne Hamelink, Casting Director, Holiday on Ice, Holland

‘As a facilitator you strive to try on different techniques and are more than wiling to learn from others. You see partnership always as an opportunity, never as a competition. You almost never say no but rather remain open minded to techniques and approaches all the while bringing many other creative ideas. You like to start with the big picture in mind and that makes you stronger I think in the end, cause while you go deep, you never seem to lose the bigger picture.‘  
Janet Logan, Facilitator/Coach, Toronto, Canada

‘I think the biggest thing about you is that you get people to see the opportunities and challenges in front of them in a different way. Your challenge to me to ‘walk through that door and step into that room’, has stuck with me. I visualize that and it has made my thoughts and ideas land much more effectively with me’.
Bill Baker, Chief Strategic Officer, Envisioning + Storytelling, Vancouver, Canada

‘In the growing curve of a company there is the need to stop, reflect and answer to some basic questions like - what is your business all about, where are you going, what is the vision, how are you achieving your vision. Kevin is a great coach to help you on that process of redefining the basics and reshape the path for a solid growth of an institution.
We have been very successful integrating the team in redefining the essence of the company and Kevin brought that spirit to tlc. Definitely a must do to any organization.’
Diogo Assis, Managing Director, TLC – Events in Portugal

‘Professionalism. Your presentations combine business imperatives with life balance. Great creativity in the use of adult learning techniques (not a one way communication, interaction is always there).’
Didier Scalliet, MPI Europe, VP of Global Development, Luxembourg