in your personal world

Travelling Embers Companion WorkbookEnhance Your Self-Leadership

in your personal world

Enhance Your Self-Leadership

First published 2011

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Authored and self-published by Debbie NicolCreator of Embers of the World

www.embersoftheworld.com

Graphic design by Olivewei www.olivewei.com

ISBN 978-1-61364-052-4

When the world speaks to you, what do you hear?

The Embers Model

milestone 3change is serving all

milestone 2intuition is serving us

milestone 1intuition is serving me

reflect

connect

reflect

connect

collaborate

innovate

collaborate

innovate

becomebecome

Concept

Travelling Embers is a portfolio of reflections from the author’s global travels. Being a small section of flame that separates and appears to flick off into oblivion, an ember is likened to a previous experience we had that lay dormant within us until we were ready to receive its great insights. It is hoped that through sharing these memories and embers, unique and personal experiences will surface along with life-promoting insights, facilitating reflection and connection, enabling personal change and self-leadership to emerge.

Become…in Your Personal World, a companion workbook to Travelling Embers, facilitates independent or group reflection on personal change and self-leadership. The workbook’s intention is to spotlight situations which present opportunity for true inner connection and personal growth. It should open minds to reflections about ‘as I am’ and ‘as I can be’.

Become…in Your Personal World takes place at a fireside setting, a place where many of us love to linger. A flame’s therapeutic warmth, free-flowing dance and ever-changing hues capture us from within, putting our conscious minds in neutral, allowing connection and truth to flow. The flame represents a safe haven into which we can escape, connect with and explore our inner being while allowing a new future to emerge. Become…in Your Personal World may be described as the ultimate connection tool.

We all have opportunity to maximise our personal lives, accepting responsibility to create any change which will serve us, others and the future. The creation of Travelling Embers and Become…in Your Personal World is the author’s contribution to this responsibility.

Why proceed into the depths of these embers? Purely because you can. How is your self-leadership serving? What could connection with inner happiness and authenticity produce that possibly does not exist currently? Let’s prioritise connection to self and others today!

one journey of.. .

. . .becoming

My journey is probably no different than yours!

My life appeared to be exciting and grand, yet was simply not feeding my inner being, nor encouraging me to discover the leader within. Instead I was allowing myself to be, think, live and do that which others desired, eroding self-worth and personal growth.

I had simply switched off, somehow believing that external influence was more appropriate than my own internal intuition. I was willing to sacrifice what was important to me, conforming at my own expense. My inner being was slowly but surely dying, my inner voice remained silent and my spirit was broken. Signs of internal struggle started to be evident. I had become a machine, ready to ‘be’ at the push of an external button. I approached life with less zest, started to disconnect from friends and colleagues and experienced diminishing inner reward.

My body sent loud messages as it chose not to act on stage anymore, commencing a slow and agonising shutdown process. I was searching for clues on a long and winding path towards reconnection, as I stopped, looked, listened and felt. I cautiously believed when I started to receive inner messages. I explored methodologies to provide the best possible environment for this reconnection. I took time, much time! I connected deeply with feelings and emotions whilst surrounding myself with like-minded people. I shared some inner discoveries with my nearest and dearest, and stood in awe as the authentic inner leader emerged to shine brightly in today’s world.

Had I received a copy of Become…in Your Personal World, I wonder how my journey may have differed?

Touch points of…

…….becoming one!

…….my stairway to heaven!

…….feeling a sense of belonging!

. . .becoming

……what have been your touch points of becoming?

…….homeward bound!

…….stark reality!

…….two souls connecting!

1

Memory aroundthe campfire

The older lady always appeared detached, different and alone in her thoughts.

I however was too attached, too irritated by the one loud member of our tourist group, the one who seemed to wear the label ‘it’s all about me’. She was constantly the centre of attention, the centre I usually existed in. It was irritating that my jokes weren’t always heard. I was becoming attached to the attention the loud one was receiving and was disturbed by the static in my emotions. I was perplexed as to why my attention was constantly focussing on the loud one rather than the amazing scenery during our bus journey through the scenic countryside in Turkey. The older lady sat next to me on the bus after three days of my life following the same monotonous pattern. My holiday was wasting away in self-struggle. She must have detected my silent dilemma. Her reflection has never left me.

What annoys you in another person is simply a mirror image of yourself.

Recall when you experienced a high degree of agitation with another. Identify and describe the source of agitation.

To what degree is that source of agitation currently present in your own life?

How does it serve or hinder your personal life?

How do you celebrate the strength it has brought to your life?

What will need to change if you wish to release the source of agitation?

what’s on your mind now?

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how has this ember helped you to just a little more?check the boxes to identify where you are now in this process.

I can describe the required change this ember has evoked

I can identify what is likely to occur if this change doesn’t happen

innovateinnovate

collaboratecollaborate

connectconnect

reflectreflect

becomebecome

I am willing to do whatever it takes to enable the required change

I have identified resources which could assist me with the change process

I have explored collaboration that will yield mutual gain

I am happy to discover alternative ways to change

I am able to introduce new practices and behaviours

I have identified rewards that will help embed the change into new behaviour on a consistent basis

My Future.. .

Our journey together commenced with the words ‘my journey is probably no different than yours’.

My map defines my future ‘as it is’ currently, yet remains dynamic and open to becoming just that little more – and yours?

Future connection available through debbie.nicol@embersoftheworld.com

. . .as it can be

milestone 3: change is serving allLabels and misinterpretations surrender to equality and truth • Diversity and collaboration drive harmony •

Distinction disperses • We collectively appreciate while practising acceptance • An intuitive environment exists

milestone 2: intuition is serving usInclusion and open-mindedness exists • Trust takes us beyond exclusion and fear • Diversity and alternatives

are welcomed and accepted, contributing positively to the change • We drive change together • We customise futures together • We feel the difference and know what serves the change

I stop, look, listen and feelI can describe the change requiredI feel the reasons for changeI have a clear understanding of the impact this change will have

process questions outcome

milestone 1: intuition is serving meI have moved through temporary vulnerability • I comprehend that alternative possibility exists •

My blockages are clearing • I hear, recognise and surrender to the answers that lie within • I receive inner guidance graciously and consciously choose to apply it • I trust and nurture myself

reflect

connect

reflect

connect

collaborate

innovate

collaborate

innovate

becomebecome

What is the reason for the need to change?What is likely if the change doesn’t happen?

My energy is flowingI am happily engaging with differenceI trust what is happening as I connect with the changeI trust myself

Am I willing to do what it takes to enable the change?

I recognise positive influence of open collaborationI support inclusionMutual trust and respect is emergingWe learn and change together

process questions outcome

What exists to assist the change?How will any collaboration bring mutual gain?

New approaches to the change developWhat options can serve the change?

Evolved behaviour and belief emergesChoices are honoured The change is serving positively

process questions outcome

What rewards will help embed the change?

The Embers Model

reflections

Existing Titles

Travelling Embers

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Become...in your Personal WorldTravelling Embers Companion Workbook

Enhance Your Self-Leadership

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Corporate Embers

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Become...in the Corporate WorldCorporate Embers Companion Workbook

Enhance Your Corporate Leadership

Titles Coming Soon

Nature’s Embers•

Domestic Embers•

Spiritual Embers

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Become...in your Personal World, a companion workbook to Travelling Embers, facilitates independent or group reflection on the impact of self-leadership and personal change.

Align your self-leadership to the needs of the changing world with the ‘Reflect – Connect • Collaborate – Innovate • Become’ process.

It could be your personal development method of choice for the future.

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‘Interacting with Become…in Your Personal World, I felt compelled to travel deeply into myself, to discover long-forgotten gems that now will help me to move ahead. A unique resource for those who

are serious about connecting to and building their personal futures.’Marisa Bodenstein, Teacher, Taiwan

‘There’s nothing like a few deep yoga breaths to help you process what’s going on in your life at a particular moment…especially when travelling. Become…in Your Personal World is a

literary yoga breath, giving you time to look into your heart and truly understand the life lesson that’s been presented in a sometimes fleeting moment.’

Anne O’Connell, Writer, Thailand

‘The process applied in Become…in Your Personal World provides a step-by-step framework for personal change, allowing you to influence each stage of your own personal journey to arrive at

customised and desired outcomes. Easy to connect with and even easier to apply, this process is a must-have in your personal development toolkit.’

Kath Taylor, Tanzania

‘Become...in Your Personal World demonstrates, with such simplicity, a path to the deep wisdom that lies within and around us during our travels - an insightful guide which ignites embers of reflection

and creative action aligned to the times in which we live. What an honour it has been to have shared adventures with Debbie while witnessing her love of life wherever she finds herself.’

Julie Lewis, Inspirational Speaker & Mountaineer, Middle East & Asia