Project Reboot

Coach to maximise your personal and business excellence and managing emotions while executing business transformations and life's projects

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How to Overcome a Lack of Motivation in Your Life

It happens to us all.  One day we’re motivated and the next day we’re in the dumps having ourselves a pity party.  Staying motivated is not easy.  If it were, everybody would do it.  But, it can be done.  You believe it can be done and that’s why you’re reading this right now - good for you! From Master To Disaster You may have felt good about a certain job or project when it began.  You were filled with enthusiasm and motivation.  Then you hit a few speed bumps and unexpected failures and your motivation waned.  You may have fallen into depression and decided to give up.  All of those positive thoughts turned into negative ones. We’ve all experienced these emotions that can cause us to give up prematurely.  All that upsurge of energy when we started a new project inevitably ends as dreams become reality and we lose our confidence. Control Your Emotions You must turn these negative emotions around and the best way to do that is to understand them, analyze them and what caused them. We lose our motivation as we lose our focus, our confidence and our direction. If you can learn to control these three emotions you can control your life. Emotion #1: Focus on what you really want. Be specific and be positive.  We generally think in terms of what we don’t have rather than focus on what we want.  Don’t focus on your fears but what you can do to overcome them.  Don’t focus on being poor but on a plan to create wealth. To do this make a plan to get there one step at a time.  Read the full article

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First European Work-Life Balance workshop successful

On the day of opening our European office, we held our first ever European workshop on "How to create a successful Work-Life Balance". The 7 hour workshop was sold out days before the start - a great result for us as a West Australian company, which is expanding into Europe a few years after starting its business by the German Business Coach and founder, Bodo Frost.

Bodo Frost, who also presented the first release of his new book "Your Action Plan", was applauded by all attendees as they learned simple steps to bring work and life, family and business into unison just like Ying and Yang. All attendees have now embarked on a 30 day journey to achieve their newly set s.m.a.r.t. goals. The team at Project Reboot is now working with all attendees as their accountability partners and will assist in breaking barriers stopping the attendees from reaching their goals. "We know, by end of June, there will be more confident and successful people in Germany than before", Bodo Frost confidently added. If you like to be more successful and achieve more than ever before, contact us either through our website or call our office. Clients in Europe, please call [phone], or email [email protected]. Clients outside Europe, please call [phone], or email [email protected] Read the full article

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Meet us at Perth's biggest Small Business Expo

Project Reboot is exhibiting at Perth's BIGGEST Small Business Expo.

In its 8th year, the Small Business Expo in Perth has become the BIGGEST Small Business Expo ever held in Western Australia. Mark the day: Friday, 22 March 2019! Come to the Ascot Racecourse for an exciting day and meet some of our Project Reboot team.

About the Expo

The nifnex Business Expo is Perth’s premier business exhibition dedicated Small to Medium Size Businesses, entrepreneurs, startups and thought leaders, showcasing the latest and most efficient business solutions, services, products, technology, to the business market. More information about the expo can be found here: https://nifnex.com.au/nifnex-business-expo/

Why you should Attend

Massive unlimited Networking Meet businesses & learn about new products & services to help your business. Business Pageant – Premier Event 100+ Exhibitors If you are looking for solutions for your business to accelerate your growth or are looking to start, grow or expand your business, then do not miss this event. Even if you are not joining for the business side of things: This year is very special! Business Owners are walking the stage and practice what it is like to walk the fame. We are here for the fun of it. We showcase that running your own small business always entitles to have fun, even though some might feel this could end up in embarrassment. Come and cheer us up!

Why you should visit us

If you are looking to improve your project management capabilities, to increase staff morale, to raise the bottom line, talk to us. We will be delighted to discuss your requirements and how we can help you to find and implement solutions. If you are looking to finally achieve a successful Work-Life Balance, talk to us! We will be more than happy to walk you through our simple Action Plan. Talk to us and make use of our specials. For the nifnex Business Expo 2019 we have just released some incredible new services that come with introductory prices.

Price Draw

Project Reboot is having a raffle this year. Each visitor, who engages in a discussion with us, who leaves a business card in our special price box will take part in the raffle. The winner of the price draw will receive a voucher for Project Reboot Services valued at $200. If you don't win the first price, you are still a winner! Project Reboot will be sending you a free gift via email. This gift will contribute to your personal development. Read the full article

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Project Recovery

ARE YOUR PROJECTS TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL?

Did you know that approx. 72% of all projects fail or go off course, only 25% of these projects ever recover. Would you like to have a far better recovery rate statistics, say over 95% of the troubled projects recover? The key to recover failing projects firstly is to not panic, assess the situation, decide on actions and execute. Most importantly, do not start to play mind games like blame, internal politics, and so forth. In most cases when you engage an external consultant (or even a team) to recover your project(s), organisations are more likely to accept feedback and remedial actions. Reason being, the consultant is not part of any potential politics. (S)he is not biased towards any power-play that might take place.

Our simple methodology for recovery of projects is effective. Within a short period of time the problems are identified and addressed together with management and/or project sponsor. Our 3-Step Project Reboot method can you help you evaluate the gaps in your project approach, methods, processes, people, vendors, project management, and missed opportunities. We make it easy to recover, fast.  

Simple 3-Step Project Reboot Method for Recovery

Recovery Step 1 - Assessment This first step includes the following activities: Project team interview and review; Project team structure, competences and skills evaluation; Review of company best practices in relation to project; Review of project objectives, scope and plans; Review of project delivery approach, methods, processes and tools; Review of project problems and categorisation of what is going well and what is not working well. Recovery Step 2 - Develop: Following the assessment, this second step includes: Evaluation of business / project approach and an evaluation of whether the defined project approach is structured to take advantage of current and future capabilities; Identifications of gaps in the competencies, roles and responsibilities within your project, deliverables and quality; Gap summary with ranked problem and risk areas; Development of the Project recovery plan, using our approach to successful projects together with with team and management. Recovery Step 3 - Implement: The final third step includes: Executive presentation and recommendation of next steps; Approval of recovery plan; Implementation of recovery plan.  

You can count on us

We're here to help. Count on us for an honest, unbiased and reliable appraisal of your project documentation and current project status, as well as a truthful recommendation for saving the project. To get the most accurate review, be sure to: Provide us with a copy of your project documentation Give us access to all project stakeholders Share with us any concerns with regards to the project, as well as your organisation's strategies and vision. From there, we can give you an idea of how we can help: recovery and development, or additional technical oversight to assist you in the completion of your project, and so forth. When you are ready, contact us for an initial discussion. Read the full article

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Effective Ways to Deal with Day to Day Stress

Today's question is who isn't dealing with stress? It seems as though everyone you know has some type of stress in their lives.

Familiar Stress Situation?

Most families consist of two people who work along with a couple of children. Just the daily task of getting everyone up and out of the door each morning is stressful enough. Then on top of that you have to deal with your job, your boss and fellow co-workers. No wonder everybody is stressed out these days! Once you arrive home in the evening your day doesn't stop. You are now faced with getting dinner, helping with homework and doing chores around the home. How can you possibly deal with all of this and keep your sanity?

How To Relieve Stress - Tip 1

One of the first things you can do to relieve stress is to prioritise things. This includes homework, after school activities and the housework. For example if you can leave the laundry and vacuuming until the weekend then do so. Then delegate these chores to all your family members. Even very young children can be given tasks to do such as putting away shoes in the closest and helping clean things up.

How To Relieve Stress - Tip 2

If your child has a ton of homework to do then see what needs to be done first. This will also allow you to help them reduce their own stress levels too. Do the homework which needs to be handed in first. This can also reduce the amount of homework that has to be done in one night. Your children will learn how to prioritise their workload, will learn how to schedule tasks.

How To Relieve Stress - Tip 3

Look at just how many after school activities your children are participating in. If it is more than two things maybe it is time to cut back. This frees up both your child's time and your time. It is important that your children should have some time off from a lot of after school activities. Yes, it is great when they meet and play with other children, when they go after a hobby, when they play sports, and so on. Ask yourself whether you child does have to go for the surf life saving courses, the guitar lessons, basketball, baseball, soccer, rugby and ballet.

How To Relieve Stress - Tip 4

Another important thing to help reduce stress is to make time for the family. Try to plan one evening a week where you do something as a family together. This could be make dinner together or sit and watch a movie or play some type of game. When it comes to sitting down and eating dinner make use of the time. Ask your kids and your spouse how their day went. This gives the person time to 'vent' if necessary and allows you to discover if there are any potential problems lurking around the corner. By making time for your family and being aware of what each member is dealing with you can help reduce family stress. Communication is essential and one of the best ways to deal with stress before it becomes a major problem.

Got Stress At Work?

This is a different kind of stress, that may affect you in your family life. And, in many cases, stress at home does affect your performance at work. Prioritising your workload is certainly one important task you should apply. If you can delegate that task to someone who can assist, you will find that your level of stress will reduce. In general work situations are similar in many ways how many families are organised, or how families work. There is one major difference though: at work you go home with a paycheck, as a family member there is usually no such thing.

One important key is also to have a balance between work and family, or commonly described as the balance between work and life. If you want to get into creating a successful work life balance, maybe our Instant Action Plan is something for you. Try it out, it is free to download for personal use. Contact us for more information. Read the full article

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The link between Emotion and Energy

If you want to start feeling more energetic and getting more done then it is important to think about the way you are managing your emotion. Emotion is widely described as 'Energy in Motion'.

Emotion and energy levels are intimately linked and understanding this connection is the key for many people who want to feel more awake and productive.

Why Emotion Affects Energy

The brain is essentially a large web of connected neurons which psychologists call the 'connectome'. This connectome fires as we experience various things in the world or as we remember certain things and this then creates a variety of different subjective experiences for us. At the same time though, our brain's unconscious processes pay close attention to the nature of what we're focused on and then produce neurotransmitters accordingly. If what you're seeing is important then your brain will produce things like dopamine which make us more motivated and help us to remember things better. If what we're seeing makes us scared and is at all associated with pain or bad things happening, we'll produce norepinephrine (adrenaline) and become more focused and anxious. These same things then in turn affect energy levels. When we're alert and focused, this triggers changes in the sympathetic nervous system that increase our heartrate, our circulation and muscle tone all to make us more switched on and productive. On the other hand, when something seems dull and uninteresting, our brain tells us we're safe and able to go back to relaxing. Thus it will produce GABA and melatonin which settle us down and make us sleep.

The Optimum Emotional State for Energy

Boredom then is absolutely fatal for energy levels. If you find your energy flagging one of the very best things you can possibly do is to switch up your environment or make the task you're performing more interesting. This will immediately tell your brain something interesting is going on and you'll become more alert and awake again. This is also why depression and sadness are so bad for your energy levels. When you're depressed you struggle to be interested in anything or to care about anything. By doing something that makes you happy you can produce serotonin and oxytocin which will make you more positive and interested again. This is why spending time with friends, laughing or even exercising are so energizing. Understand this link and change the way you perceive certain events and you can raise your energy levels throughout the day!

Master Your Emotions to maximise your potential, dream bigger than you ever have before, and achieve your most important goals!

Beat Procrastination, Get Things Done, Reduce Stress, and Achieve More by using 15 Steps to Peak Performance and a successful Work Life Balance. Contact us for more information on how we can help you channeling your energy to set your successful life and business in motion. Or even better, book our Fast-Track Reboot Coaching Program where you will learn everything you need to create a successful Work-Life-Balance, to achieve more than ever before by mastering your emotions and more.     Read the full article

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Kick-Start your New Year for Success

Each and every year just around Christmas time people do reflect on what they have achieved and how they could kick-start the new year. Most of us are working on our New Year Resolutions. Now, I don’t call them New Year Resolutions because they only seem to be valid on New Year's Day. And therefore I would have to wait for New Year each and every time.

I like to set goals and then take pride in achieving them. For me this is a bit more than ticking things of a To-Do list, yet it just explains it the simple way. You can imagine that the harder the goals are, the better the feeling of achievement is. And every year you'd like to end on a high note, on reflecting on your achievements. It makes you feel good and gives you another Kick-Start for the next year. Personal and business goals are related in my opinion. When you had a great day at the office, you go home happy and the rest of the day will turn out well. If you have a bad morning at home, the day at the office may turn out the same.

How can you kick-start your year?

Let me introduce you to 3 simple things that will reflect on your personal and business life.

Write a mission statement.

A mission statement for the year outlines what you are passionate about, what your values are that you live against. My mission statement for 2018 is:  Everyday is a present, where I will have fun - seriously. Good days are when I have accomplished something, and even when a day turns out to be bad, I will have made progress and learned something new. The meaning of it is simple: I appreciate everything!

Create an Environment fostering your Success.

De-clutter your environment. Remove everything that does not support you in your goals. Focus on what is important to reach your goals, to accomplish tasks, remove distractions. This means that you clean out your desk of those old pens that don’t write, either file that paper pile on your desk or throw it away, if it's not important. Clean out your messy wardrobe at home. Make room for the good vibes of 2018, otherwise they can't get in. And don't let social media get in the way of doing something supporting your goals.

Be of Value and Produce Value Everyday.

If you sow, you will reap. Treat people around you the way you want to be treated yourself - in your personal life and in business. If you help others and do something nice for them in the first place, rest assured this will come back to you multiplied. Pay someone a compliment, follow up on a question someone asked you at work, shout that coffee for your colleague / friend, listen to their stories and spend quality time. Business is usually about high-touch/ high-trust relationships. In this age where we are so easily distracted through various channels, it’s especially easy to forget that. People do business with people they trust and people who make them feel special. Perhaps make it a habit to reach out to three possible or current customers every day. And just don't put an emphasis on asking whether you'll get that purchase order, whether you'll be making that deal; this is about adding value and fostering a relationship. The more people you help, the more profits you’ll see. Send them an article relevant to them. Connect them with a business opportunity - even though you might not get anything out of it right now. Relationship building means that you do something to help them close in on their goals or dreams. In return they will soon help you closing in on yours.

Kick-Start Through Emotions

The most important thing is that you yourself should be and act as if you were already in a happy place each and every day. Imagine you are at that point where you have achieved your biggest goal, you have reached that 'destination', the place you feel destined to go to for your success. Feel it, smell it, see it, hear it, taste it in your mind. Maybe prepare a vision board for your short and long term goals and reflect on it every morning. Your subconscious mind will already start working on it, so you will focus on getting there and being there.

Your Next Step

Our team at Project Reboot would love to help you on your journey to success. If you would like to get more information or have a non-obligatory chat about how to set goals and how to accomplish them, how to control your thoughts to always be at that happy place, how to keep at it, what would be the best goals for you, and so forth, contact us. Our post on 'Your Self Development Plan' shows you how to expand from your mission to achievement and success. As you want to be successful, you will appreciate the Peak Performance Reboot - Fast Track Program, that will help you to Beat Procrastination Get Things Done Reduce Stress, and Achieve More by using 15 Steps to Peak Performance and creating a successful Work Life Balance. Book your place in this life-changing program, get started in January and make 2018 your best year ever! The New Year is approaching fast!

Kick-Start Now!

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How Motivation Quotes Can Instigate Change

"We become what we think."  This quote has been proven over and over again. If we perceive something bad is going to happen to us, many times it does. How can motivation quotes instigate change? Read on!

Expectations are key If we expect the best or we expect the worst, we’re usually not disappointed.  Each time we perceive a positive thought it increases our own perceptions of positive expectancy. For motivation to last it requires constant thinking with daily positive reinforcement. Law of Attraction

In the book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne it says great teachers have taught us that the law of attraction is the most powerful law in the universe.  Like attracts like and whatever you’re thinking, the law requires that like thoughts are attracted back to you.  In other words, you get what you expect as your thoughts become real so take care to expose yourself only to positive thoughts. Positive Affirmations Surround yourself with positive affirmations and you will initiate change in yourself, in your life and in the lives of others.  Positive thoughts enable you to achieve self-confidence and self esteem.  With these qualities you can motivate and inspire yourself. Believe in yourself and others will believe in you and you in them. Motivational Quotes Most motivational quotes come from learned and successful people and they’re useful in the work place and at home today and throughout the rest of your life.  Just as happiness is contagious as you surround yourself with happy people, positive thinking is derived from surrounding yourself with positive quotes. Change the way you motivate yourself Many find it helpful to print up several of their favorite motivational sayings and place them where they’ll be seen frequently each day such as on your desk, your computer or on your mirror.  What you see each day contributes to what your mind thinks and if you’re thinking it, you are consciously or subconsciously working toward that end. Daily Motivation View motivational quotes day after day, night after night.  Lucretius said, “Constant dripping hollows out a stone.”  If we persist each day in some small way to achieve our goals then some measure of success will be ours.  An old Chinese proverb cautions too, that, “Talk doesn’t cook rice.”  Too many times we’re all talk and no action. Hope and Dreams and Goals St. Clement taught, “If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.” We must hope and dream but we must also work toward our goal. Constant reminders such as these ever-visible quotes steer us on an unwavering path to completion.

Get Your Daily Motivational Fuel

Perhaps one of the strongest motivators and risk takers ever was General George S. Patton who said, “Take calculated risks.  That is quite different from being rash.”  Quotes to motivate deliver the mental fuel to improve your life’s implementation.  Expose yourself to these thought daily.  What touches you becomes a part of you. Take action now and start your new journey to success. Change the way you see the world. Change the way you approach your every day life. Be persistent in what you do to make this change stick. Build up new habits. Our Affirmations Journal will help you to initiate the change in yourself. Use the Gratitude Journal to motivate yourself and capture your thinking all the way. Setting your goals and achieving them will be the best reward for yourself. Perhaps an Instant Action Plan could help you to change your motivation towards a successful work-life balance. Contact us or attend one of our workshops and seminars to become a Peak Performer. Our team of coaches are supporting you on your journey of change for the better. You deserve a change. You only can win! Do it Now! Read the full article

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How To Motivate Yourself

The one question...

If you were to climb to the top of the mountain and finally reach that all-knowing guru who holds the secret to life and are granted one question, what would it be? Some would ask the secret to great wealth.  Others would seek to learn how to live a long and healthy life without aging.  A select few might want to know how to motivate themselves and others.

What is required to motivate ourselves?

If we acquire the skills to motivate ourselves and others then we have the basic tools to acquire almost everything else that a good life requires.  It might be disappointing when the old man at the top of the mountain answers simply, “To know thyself and be kind.”

The Answer?

Usually you do not get the one and only answer. However, the response from the old man on top of the mountain being "To know thyself and be kind", though disappointing to many, are wise words and hold much truth, but it’s a pretty broad answer.  To motivate or be motivated requires learning and dedication.  Motivation is a skill that can be easily learned if you possess dedication.  We use motivation daily at home and at work.  Subconsciously we’re striving to motivate ourselves and those we come in contact with.

To Motivate Is a Balance Act

We use our innate motivation skills to acquire the results we seek.  We use these skills on our spouse, our co-workers and our friends everyday to get our way.  It’s a delicate balance between communication and persuasion.  Maybe the sage knew what he was talking about when he advised to know yourself and be kind to others.  It’s long been said that we attract more flies with honey than vinegar. Use Rewards To Motivate Offering rewards is an often used motivational tool.  If you dangle a reward on a stick whether it’s dangling in front of you or someone else it can be quite an incentive.  The greater the reward usually the more productive you get.  Not many people toil for the sheer love of working anymore. Set a deadline Not only do people balk at working for nothing, they must have a deadline or it will never get done.  Would you pay taxes if you were allowed to pay them at your own discretion?  Many still won’t begin a project until the deadline looms near.  You’re more likely to complete a project if you impose a deadline. Set goals Setting a goal lets you know where you’re going.  It’s hard to hit a moving target and a goal helps you focus on where you want to be and at a certain time.  Use both short and long term goals.  The short-term goals can be steps to reach the long-term objective.  Each time you satisfy a short-term goal, you’ll feel your inner motivation swell. Expectations Expect the best and settle for nothing less.  If you’re doing the task or someone else is doing the task for you, insist on the best results or at the very least demand improvement over the last task.  Pride should motivate you to do your very best. Enjoy Enjoy your work by making it fun and stimulating.  Work that’s fun doesn’t seem like work at all.  Stay stimulated by doing various projects that take you a step closer to the major goal.  Stay happy and productive and you’ll stay motivated. The Next Steps You may want to ask some questions on how you can motivate yourself in your specific situation. Contact our team of

motivational coaches, certified in Emotional Mastery, who can guide you on your journey to become a peak performer. Our coaches are happy to show you how to motivate yourself, how to get on top of things and live a life of fulfilment and achievements. Read the full article