What comes to your mind when you picture a graceful surfer on the crest of a huge wave.....exhilaration, harmony, connectedness, balance, beauty? What if you could approach your life with the same qualities, poised and ready to catch your next wave and seize all the extraordinary opportunities in front of you? The great news is that you can and let's explore how...

Hawaiian surf instructor, Kahuna Bob, explains the importance of understanding the waves and how to catch them, while simultaneously learning the technique, maintaining balance, coordination, and confidence. Life surfing is very similar. My years of experience coaching clients to extraordinary success often make me imagine surfers....

You need to be ready to catch your wave....
If the surf is up, to take advantage of it, you need to be in good physical shape, have your surf board ready, and have the skills to go out there and surf. Similarly, in life, we need to be in a physical, emotional, and mental place of readiness, where we feel good, energised, and not held back by physical or emotional clutter from the past. With my coaching clients, we spend the first weeks of our sessions clean sweeping their lives, eliminating negatives and creating momentum so they are ready to embrace positive change.

You need balance and harmony....
In life terms, that means knowing who you Surfing really are, what your needs, values, and strengths are, what your mission or purpose in life is, what matters and what doesn't. Again, with my coaching clients, we explore these crucial inner areas in order to create balance and harmony and readiness to move forward.

You need focus, clarity, and to live in the present moment...
If you live in the present moment, not in your past or your future, you have the focus and energy to notice opportunities and seize them. You may know the study which explores the difference between "lucky" and "unlucky" people: the lucky people are the ones who spot the opportunities in front of them and then take action.

You need to know you can and to be determined to do it...
As Kahuna Bob says, self-confidence and courage are crucial for successful surfing. So too for moving forward in life. Two of my clients this week emailed me to let me know they have just received amazing promotions....one to the CEO of his international bank, and another to the Director of one of the main divisions of a luxury consumer company. Both told me how much the positive momentum from coaching had allowed them to step up to opportunities they couldn't have imagined just a year ago. To read the story in his own words of one of my clients receiving a signficant promotion this month, click here.

You need to go for it wholeheartedly...
When the surf is up, it's no time to be working on spreadsheets or making excuses. It's time to embark on an exhilarating journey with readiness, vision, and faith, creating flow and harmony. Just picture that surfer and now apply that image to the opportunities in your life. Are you ready to catch your next wave?

Author's Bio: 

Dr. Nicola Bunting is a top international personal and professional coach, one of only 1% of coaches in the world to have attained the Master Certified Coach credential from the ICF (International Coach Federation). Nicola's company, La Vita Nuova (the New Life!) Personal and Professional Coaching, is devoted to expert bespoke executive and life coaching for successful and ambitious professionals (in Europe and the USA) who want to dramatically accelerate their success and fulfilment. With individual, group, and corporate coaching programmes on offer, La Vita Nuova can design a coaching plan to help you design and create an extraordinary life and work.