A Life Beyond Limits: Some questions and answers

A Life Beyond Limits: Some questions and answers

a life beyond limits book

How do you create a life beyond limits? This is a conversation about wealth between Rik Schnabel and Simon Shields after Simon read Rik’s book, “A Life Beyond Limits.” We thought you might find this interesting and revealing…

 Is wishing to be wealthy a good thing?

Simon says: I would like to have a genuine passionate desire to be wealthy. The idea is growing on me. I understand now the reason why wanting wealth is natural and healthy. Though I never thought of it like that before. With a little more reading of your book, I feel that my desire for wanting more of life will come. Read more

Turn your disadvantage to advantage

Turn your disadvantage to advantage

butterfly circusCan we turn your disadvantage to advantage, really? As long as you can learn from your limitations, you will turn your world around.

Over the years I’ve coached and trained thousands of people and I can hand on heart say that those with the biggest obstacles are usually those with the greatest assets. Let me share a couple of stories with you and I will aim to advance your thinking in this context. Read more

7 Beliefs that will change your life

7 Beliefs that will change your life

Excerpt from 7 Beliefs That Will Change Your Life.

Beliefs cause wars and they can bring about peace. They will make us cry just as easily as they will incite us to laugh. In fact, our beliefs determine everything we can do and everything we cannot. The beliefs of our presidents, our prime ministers and leaders determine the state of our nations, their beliefs hold enormous power, as do ours. Yet little time, if any at all, is invested in determining our beliefs or changing them. The Power of Beliefs will give you the tools and the insights you need to move your career and your life forward. You will know your beliefs more intimately and you will also discover how you can change them. Read more

Relationship bliss – it’s all in our love language

Relationship bliss – it’s all in our love language

five-love-languagesCurrent research provides evidence that the relationship between “Appreciation” and our “Emotional” interpretation is directly influenced by our language. Relationship bliss is all due to our love language.

In Dr Gary Chapman’s book “The Five Love Languages” he has identified five different ways in which we all show love, appreciation and feel rewarded. We can get this totally wrong if we don’t know another person’s “Love Language.”

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Overcome fear – surfing with a shark

Overcome fear – surfing with a shark

For centuries humankind has glorified courage as the quintessential ingredient to overcome fear. Like the archetypical hero, courage arrives for many different reasons. For some it was the cause. Names etched in history, such as Joan of Arc, Socrates, Galileo Galilei, Nelson Mandela, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Rosa Parks and Emmeline Pankhurst were driven by a higher purpose. Though for most, courage has a universal purpose — to triumph over fear. Read more

YES! Creates opportunities, NO destroys them

YES! Creates opportunities, NO destroys them

It’s amazing how just one tiny, two letter word can stop a person in their tracks. You guessed it – that word is ‘NO.’ While NO stops us, YES moves us forward.

A courageous women attended our Speaking with Confidence course because she decided to stop saying ‘no’ and like Jim Carey in the movie “Yes Man,” started saying ‘yes’ instead. Her world evolved beautifully and magically as that powerful word increased her courage. Read more