Personal Enhancement
personal enhancement, growth, personal development, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), life coaching and much more...
Stevie Kidd is passionate about helping people change aspects of their lives that are holdeing them back... "you can achieve your dreams with the right tools and approach, and I can help you get to your end goals"
NLP Techniques - Timeline
Timeline is a way of displaying a list of events in chronological order. It is a way of exploring challenges and opportunities from different perspectives of time.
It can be easier to come up with a plan to meet a challenge or opportunity from a perspective in the future when it has already been solved. It can be easier to resolve an issue which happened in the past from the perspective of going back to that time.
In business, timelines are incredibly important as different scenarios must be planned for in advance to ensure operations will run as smoothly as possible.
At Stevie Kidd People, we very much believe that “Failure to plan is planning to fail!” Timelines help us to plan for the future and make us more aware of the timescales involved – at present, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year or in 5 years!
It is also important to set goals for yourself and this can be achieved using timelines. Visualise your goal - when do you expect to achieve this? How long do you have to make this happen?
Visualising your goal on a timeline will help you to imagine the feeling when you achieve it and the milestones on your journey to get there and in turn, gathering useful experience and learning; bringing it all back and integrating it into the present day.
We all ultimately learn from our experiences in the past, enabling us to make changes for the future. By using timelines, we can visualise these experiences and map them onto our lifelong timeline - separating the significant experiences that will stay with us forever, to those we have learned from and left behind us.
“In my own timeline I have now conditioned my mind to focus on a 80/20 split on my timeline, 80 being focus on tomorrow’s agenda and 20 on today’s, my mistakes from the past float beside me unconsciously and when we reach a map reference of a previous timeline it comes to my focus so I never make same mistake again.” – Stevie Kidd
Posted by Lynsey Mackay on 31 October 2011 in : KDS Training, Personal Enhancement, Training corporate, Training employability
The youth of today are tomorrow’s entrepreneurs
Very often life’s greatest lessons are learnt in our youth. Some of these lessons can be harsh and painful; others can be inspiring and heartening. These lessons undoubtedly leave an imprint on us and may shape us into the adults we become. As a young person it is important to be open to all that life has to teach us but to be wise in how we apply those lessons. My lesson was that it is not the circumstances of my life which determine my success but my attitude.
To ensure success tomorrow we need to invest today. The leaders of tomorrow are the young people of today and this is where our effort must focus. Young people need to learn the lessons which will set them up to be the successes of the future. We need establishments and programmes which nurture entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity. If our young people are inheriting something that is not working then surely we must look at new solutions and new ways of being, doing and thinking.
Very often all that a young person needs is an insight, a role model or a conversation to enable them to see the limitless opportunities at their disposal. At KDS Group that is what we do…and we don’t merely deliver theories or vague and impossible concepts. We deliver bottom line, tangible results. We commit, we build relationships and we provide opportunity. At KDS Group our learning programmes ask some tough questions but they equip youngsters for the future. We change mindsets, and attitudes. We create dreams and futures. We create a world without limitation.
Why do we do what we do? Take a look at the list below. It is an excerpt from The UK Rich List.
Jamie Oliver, Delia Smith, Sir Alex Ferguson, Eric Clapton, Sir Sean Connery and Billy Connolly.
Many left school with no qualifications but went on to show that degrees and academic success are not the only route to riches. Some are still involved with the industry where they gained their original qualification and they are all self-made success stories.
Ordinary people achieving extraordinary things. We may wonder who were their role models in the early days, who were the people who devoted their time to them or gave words of encouragement.
As a company we are proud to invest in the next generation of success stories and we would urge other businesses, enterprises and learning establishments to do likewise. Investing in young people, our future workforce, is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity George Bernard Shaw rather cynically but comically said ‘Youth is wasted on the young’. However I prefer the following less well known but much more generous quote: ‘Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind’~ Samuel Ulman.
Youth is a time for adventure, for dreams, for risk taking, for thinking big. Who knows who will feature in The UK Rich List ten years from now?
Posted by Stevie Kidd on 25 October 2011 in : KDS Youth Training, Personal Enhancement, Training employability
Stirling stars shine!
13 candidates graduated in style at the Stirling Highland Hotel this afternoon. 7 of whom had only just finished their final exam to pass the challenging IOSH certificate. This final week of the Stirling Retail Academy has stretched, frazzled and pushed candidates further than they ever thought they could go. Some were on work placements, others completing the IOSH health & safety course. However it all ended in exchanged numbers, smiles and a celebration of just how far each one had come. Certificates were presented and photographs taken, and a recognition that this was the start of a new chapter, despite being sad the course was complete.
Roger, KDS Trainer for the Retail Academy summed it up, "This course hasn't been about changing one big thing, but getting better at improving lots of small things." Now it's up to the canidates to pursue their next step."
Posted by Roger McGeachin on 14 October 2011 in : KDS Training, Personal Enhancement, Training employability
The Academy Magic: David’s Discovery
We love to receive feedback from our candidates and we know you all love to hear it too! KDS Staff are always telling partners, employers and prospective candidates about the “MAGIC” that is created within, and as a result of, the Academies we deliver!
But we know that the message is all the more powerful when it comes directly from someone whose life has been changed as a result of their being on the Academy and that often the full realisation of what has changed for them and the journey they have been on hits them after they have completed the Academy and moved on! This is why so often we get feedback from candidates after they have taken time to reflect!
Read what David has to say about his time on the Academy and judge for yourself the great experience, change of mindset and dedication from staff that have affected him greatly!
“Hi its David D here. Update is I am working for national archives through Pertemps agency a job which I really enjoy. Working through the agency will help me to eventually get the right job. Rob managed to get me a foot into Edinburgh airport. He was great, always on the lookout for me. Roger gave me the confidence to do something about my life. It’s not until you complete the course and sit back you realise the course could be about any subject. I feel it’s all about who you are. KDS changed my approach to unemployment and a lot more. As I said this was only possible through Roger, Rob, Stewart and Ali. Also the main man himself Stevie. All that's left to say is thanks to you all for a fantastic experience and carry on the good work. A lot of people out there are going to benefit from what you do.”
Just goes to show, if you take every chance and drop every fear you will take advantage of the opportunities that are awaiting you!
Posted by Kate Sutherland on 28 September 2011 in : KDS Training, Personal Enhancement, Training employability
Stirling Retail Academy: Week one in their own words!
Last week saw the Retail Academy in Stirling complete their first week. This is what they had to say, in their own words:
"At the beginning of the course we felt a little nervous & wondered what to expect. When we came in, we immediately were made to feel at home. Everyone in the group is great and the feeling in the group is excellent. There was no need to feel so nervous!
So in our first week we covered, Attitudes & Behaviours, Communication Skills and an Introduction to the Retail Sector. We also covered Branding and completed a Mystery Shop.
We found the Mystery Shop experience a hands on, enjoyable experience, and got to see the shops through different eyes.
Although we're all from diverse lives, we've all gelled together like one big family, enbjoyed meeting like minded people - all with the same aim of getting into the Retail Sector. Roger has made it a brilliant learning experience for us all to come back to next week - Roll on employability. It rocks!"
Posted by Roger McGeachin on 25 September 2011 in : KDS Training, Personal Enhancement, Training employability