Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page i 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 THE ART OF 9 1011 INSPIRED LIVING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 311 4 5 6 711 8 9 40 1 Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page ii 111 COACHING SERIES 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 311 4 5 6 711 8 911 40 1 Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page iii 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 THE ART OF 8 9 INSPIRED LIVING 1011 1 2 Coach Yourself with 3 4 Positive Psychology 5 6 7 Sarah Corrie 8 9 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 311 4 5 6 711 8 9 40 1 Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page iv 111 2 3 4 5 6 First published in 2009 by 7 Karnac Books Ltd 8 118 Finchley Road, London NW3 5HT 9 1011 Copyright © 2009 Sarah Corrie 1 2 3 The right of Sarah Corrie to be identified as the author of this work has been 4 asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patents 5 Act 1988. 6 7 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a 8 retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, 9 mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written 2011 permission of the publisher. 1 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data 2 3 A C.I.P. for this book is available from the British Library 4 5 ISBN 978 1 85575 671 7 6 7 8 Edited, designed and produced by The Studio Publishing Services Ltd, 9 www.studiopublishingservicesuk.co.uk 30 e-mail: [email protected] 1 2 Printed in Great Britain 311 4 www.karnacbooks.com 5 6 711 8 911 40 1 Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page v 111 CONTENTS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LIST OF EXERCISES ix 2011 ABOUT THE AUTHOR xiii 1 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PERMISSIONS xv 3 FOREWORD xvii 4 5 INTRODUCTION: A letter to the reader xix 6 7 PART I 1 8 CHAPTER ONE 9 Getting Down to Business with the Inspiration Inventory 3 30 1 CHAPTER TWO 2 Developing Your Coaching ‘MAP’ 9 311 PART II: THE 12 PRINCIPLES OF THE ART OF 13 4 INSPIRED LIVING: INTRODUCING 5 PRINCIPLES 1–4: YOUR MISSION 6 711 CHAPTER THREE 8 Discovering Your Mission: Knowing what 15 9 You’re Here to Do 40 1 v Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page vi CONTENTS 111 CHAPTER FOUR 2 Principle No. 1: Honouring the Authentic You 19 3 CHAPTER FIVE 4 Principle No 2: Meaning Matters 33 5 6 CHAPTER SIX 7 Principle No. 3: Discovering Your Signature Strengths 43 8 9 CHAPTER SEVEN 1011 Principle No. 4: Having The Courage to Live 55 1 CHAPTER EIGHT 2 Discovering Your Mission: Pulling It All Together 69 3 4 CHAPTER NINE 5 Introducting Principles 5–8: Your Attitude 73 6 CHAPTER TEN 7 Principle No. 5: The Power of Optimism 79 8 9 CHAPTER ELEVEN 2011 Principle No. 6: Cultivating Curiosity: 89 1 Develop Your Passion for Knowledge 2 3 CHAPTER TWELVE 4 Principle No. 7: The Gift of Gratitude 103 5 CHAPTER THIRTEEN 6 7 Principle No. 8 – The Power of Compassion: Anchoring 115 8 Transformation in the Wisdom of the Heart 9 CHAPTER FOURTEEN 30 Cultivating the Right Attitude 129 1 2 CHAPTER FIFTEEN 311 Introducing Principles 9–12: Your Process 133 4 5 CHAPTER SIXTEEN 6 Principle No. 9: Transforming Your Mission into Goals 137 711 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 8 Principle No. 10: Essential Thinking Skills 153 911 40 1 vi Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page vii CONTENTS 111 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 2 Principle No. 11: Developing Your Creativity 169 3 CHAPTER NINETEEN 4 Principle No. 12: Managing Your Motivation 185 5 6 CHAPTER TWENTY 7 Designing Your Process: Pulling It All Together 199 8 9 PART III 203 1011 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 1 Being Inspired at Work: How to Choose Your 205 2 Vocation and Love what You Do 3 4 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 5 Achieving an Optimum Work–Life Balance 225 6 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE 7 Building Healthy Self-Esteem 241 8 9 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR 2011 How to have a Happy and Healthy Relationship 259 1 with Your Body 2 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 3 Building Positive Relationships 277 4 5 PART IV 297 6 7 CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX 8 The Art of Inspired Living: Building Inspiration to 299 9 Last a Lifetime 30 APPENDICES 305 1 REFERENCES 311 2 311 4 5 6 711 8 9 40 1 vii Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page viii 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 For David. 1011 Thank you. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 311 4 5 6 711 8 911 40 1 Corrie Revs & correx prelims 2/16/09 1:58 PM Page ix 111 LIST OF EXERCISES 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Exercise 1. The Inspiration Inventory 4 9 Exercise 2. Warning signs that the false self is 23 2011 running your life 1 2 Exercise 3. My story 26 3 Exercise 4. Meeting the director of ‘My Story’ 27 4 5 Exercise 5. Reclaiming authorship of your life 29 6 Exercise 6. The tribute 38 7 8 Exercise 7. Identifying your strengths 44 9 Exercise 8. Making your signature strengths work for you 51 30 1 Exercise 9. Making apparent ‘failures’ work for you 64 2 Exercise 10. Interviewing the inner pessimist 85 311 Exercise 11. Interviewing the inner optimist 86 4 5 Exercise 12. Are you an active or passive learner? 94 6 Exercise 13. Is your learning style intrinsically or 96 711 extrinsically motivated? 8 9 Exercise 14. Experiment in mood manipulation 107 40 1 ix