"Judith Morgan is the best business coach/mentor I know. She sees things others don't (or long before they do), her mind is as sharp as a razor, yet she delivers her wisdom with love and respect for her clients. She is great at listening to one's ramblings, quickly understanding what you're trying to do and has an immense and genuine belief in what you can achieve."
Marion Ryan, ReadySteadyBlog.com
My day in Rochester has been cancelled due to the illness of my client's family. I was up and dressed and a couple of miles round the South Circular before we made that decision together on the phone. So I came home, had a cup of Starbucks, and set to some Money Gym accounting (VAT return), oh deep joy.
Then, over lunch, I thought I would treat myself to watching last night's Wallender on iPlayer before going out to the Post Office and retiring to bed with a novel. My holiday is at last kicking in. My evening (karaoke) has also been cancelled, again not by me. That ol' Universe is conspiring again.
And then Anne Walsh wrote to say how I reminded her of St Teresa of Avila. Some days are just odd, aren't they? I don't think I have ever been compared to a saint before. Here's what Anne has to say about St Teresa (and me):
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This gorgeous testimonial came in today from my little angel client, Bianca:
"Judith’s reputation was what drew me to her. I checked her out, read all about her and had been receiving her newsletter for some time before I took the step of hiring her as my wealth coach. I have to say I have not been disappointed.
It is almost a year since my first 3 hour coaching session. I had been in a very stuck place, not moving forward in my life and I so wanted to. I realised that in order to do so I needed a very good coach. At first I was overwhelmed at the speed with which Judith’s mind works, on most things she is like a speeding bullet and I found that a little scary, perhaps my fear of not keeping up or retaining all that was pouring forth! I didn’t have to worry.
Another lovely message has flooded in from happy entrepreneur:
"Judith, I'm sure you're well aware of how much I appreciate your help, guidance and friendship, but like any relationship, I don't think it hurts to be reminded of the fact. Over the years you've introduced me to some great people, who are not only stars in their field, but also lovely people. I spoke to Claire Raikes yesterday as part of my challenge to have a free lunch at the Ivy and we got on like a house on fire. In fact, we got the business stuff done in 40 minutes and chatted for the rest of the time about motorbikes and life in general - I was conscious of being "on the clock", but we could have talked for ages. I did feel like I was in the presence of Entrepreneur Royalty, but she soon put me at ease. So, thanks for the introduction." Peter Stanley, Property Made Simple.
He's a nice man, isn't he? Have you noticed how nice things just keep on happening to nice people, or is that me being weird again? Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon... (goes off, singing).
PS I'm not sure who challenged Peter for a free lunch at the Ivy or who's paying? Is that me? Peter???
So many of us live to make a difference to the lives of others; I know I do. I am fortunate that my work involves doing this 24/7/365. Here are a couple of lovely pieces of feedback I received on Monday and Wednesday and which I am proud to share as it gives you a flavour of my work and my week.
“Two hours mentoring with Judith clarified my thinking, made me appreciate how far I’ve already come this year, and how (magically) I am already stepping my business up to the next level. Thanks, you’re a star Judith!”
"Thank you Judith, you are amazing! Despite all the stress in my life I was quite positive but after our meeting I am extremely positive and excited and that is all down to you! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the information you have given me and for lunch. The time flew by so quickly and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of our meeting."
Just look at the gorgeous people I get to work with over coffee at Starbucks and lunch at Carluccio's!
Suzanne Doyle-Morris is originally from the States, now happily married and settled in Cambridge. She is an academic turned coach and she works with women in SET (science, engineering and technology). Suzanne is earnest by her own admission and self-motivated and a breath of fresh air. Every month when she turns up to report on her achievements at the Elite Entrepreneurs Club, she blows us away! She has always been a net contributor to the group and she omits to mention that we have nearly got her into property investing as well! Suzanne brings buckets of laughter with her every month, she takes herself lightly and seriously both at the same time which is a wonderfullly refreshing combination in a client. She kindly reports:
"Since I have been working with Judith my pace of development has changed beyond recognition. She gets you to where you want to be, faster than you had anticipated, and with more fun! Before I met her, I had self-limiting beliefs I wasn’t even aware of, but that she helped remove as easily as blowing away cobwebs in my mind.
She has helped get me to a place that I might have reached in 3 or 4 years time in just 7 months, encouraging me to be bigger and bolder than I thought I could be. I am now speaking professionally to corporate clients, writing a book on career development for women in male-dominated fields and blogging regularly – none of which I would have anticipated before meeting her.
I am grateful to her for all her help and routinely sing her praises to others."
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Here is my first audio testimonial. It's from Sarah Rourke a.k.a. The Cleaning Biz West Hampstead, The Audio Pod Artist and the Rat Race Escape Artist and soon to be property investor. As you can see I've got my hands full with Sarah AND we are working on a new project too, what fun although it can all get pretty overwhelming at times, which is where I put my delicate little coach's foot down.
Listen here as Sarah shares how I help her to be an even more successful businesswoman. She's already out of the day job and feeling the authentic fear and doing it anyway. Like me, Sarah is "non bollocksy" as she says, she likes me to support her in channeling her jamminess and she's right, I do have utter faith in her. Anyway, listen and find out what our shorthand SGS stands for!
I was revisiting my own website yesterday and invited my current batch of twenty or more clients to help me re-fresh my testimonials. Here's the first which has flooded in, as Terry Wogan would say. It's from Janet Swift of SwiftlySorted.com:
"Under Judith's all-seeing eye and exceptional tutelage, my career has been remodelled, my income has trebled (and rising!), my thinking and expectations have expanded beyond measure and I am now set on a path of achievement and abundance.
So, how has all that happened?" I can almost hear you ask.
Judith's encouragement of total honesty, the nurturing of self-esteem and confidence and keen awareness of the person I didn't know lurked within me, mixed with humour and a liberal dose of navel-inspection has carried me towards a future I hadn't dreamed possible just months ago. Generosity of spirit, exceptional intelligence and insight, humour, warmth and humanity are the qualities which define Judith and I hold her in the very highest regard, both professionally and personally.
Oh, and she loves pink...!"
Just a final thought from me about Janet and why she has achieved these results. She has come to everything with an open mind and an intention to learn and work - from the Wealth Conference to the Money Gym to the Cashflow games to EFT and to the Elite Entrepreneurs Club and more. Janet is motivated and diligent and she puts in the work and goes out of her way to become the successful businesswoman she wants to be. As far as I am concerned, she is and always was a successful human being. She is also a gifted manifester. Watch out for Janet Swift as we have only just begun to scratch the surface! That woman is going all the way.
I met with a new client yesterday, Sarah Rourke, and she has given me permission to share with you the email she sent me when she got home from our session. It was entitled Thank You.
"Hello Judith
I'm not very good at saying appreciative things to people (something to work on another day I think) so I'm just writing to say how relieved I am to have picked a brilliant coaching option! I feel a good sense of calm that I'm going to be able to do this and I don't need to panic. And I'm glad to have reaffirmed my belief that coaching really does not have to be as bollocksy as some would have it (and this from a fellow coach!). So, onwards and upwards - I'm going to turn my massive mindmap into a broken down set of tasks this week, with deadlines and everything."
Sarah and I have been working together informally for some time. She has a branch of The Cleaning Biz in West Hampstead and she has been coming to Cashflow games for a goodly chunk of 2007. And here's the exciting news...
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My client, Anne Jackson, who lives in Crete, has a blog called Living Your Dream. And she kindly blogged about me over the weekend and wrote to tell me so, only one of two who did so over the weekend, which was lovely to get up to this morning.
Anne is a joy to work with and I bet she's a stonker of a coach herself, and not least because she is already living her own dream in Crete. Anyway, here's what she has to say about coaching, coaching with me and whether or not it works.
