Gorgeous Forties

You Know You Need to Change Your Career When...

Anne Walsh says:

1. You fantasise about working in a tollbooth on the M50

2. The highlights of the day are tea breaks and lunchtime.

3. You know you have said all this before but you can’t remember when.

4. You keep ringing the talking clock because you know the clock in work is slow by a few hours.

5. You go to work and when you return home you have no memory of what happened in between.

6. You wonder what the new person at work is so enthusiastic about.

7. You volunteer to do the photocopying for everyone.

8. You wish your customers would leave you alone…they always seem to want something.

9. You pretend to be on the dole when people ask you what you do.

10. You create a calendar that shows how many days you have until retirement.

Everyone Hurts These Days

Being a victim is the thing to be these days. It's the place where you can complain about being "hurt" (like the Garda Commissioner on publication of a report that lambasted them for corruption, incompetence and general mismanagement...PLLLEASSE!).

It's the place where you get lots of sympathy for what you have suffered, where you are not encouraged to move on and transform what you have learned for the benefit of others. It's the place where you are encouraged to tell your story over and over and wallow in your suffering.

I think acknowledging our misery and pain is important, but then we need to take responsibility, stop looking for someone to blame and MOVE ON. Let's face it, most of us have people in our lives who seem to be constantly in victim mode...no matter where they go or what they do. If it was raining gold, they'd complain they got bruised by a big nugget.

My Guilty Friday Pleasure

Every Friday I have a little routine. I go to the local shop and purchase a copy of the Irish Times (for the jobs, you know) and Now. For those of you not familiar with Now, it's a celebrity gossip magazine full of interesting information about how much Victoria Beckham really weighs (7 stone apparently - about a bag of spuds), who is lurving who in Big Brother (just about everyone) and how to dress like a soap star.

My brother in law has read through this and commented on how nasty women are to each other and how trivial the information is. I then point out thoughtfully that at least this is about PEOPLE. Men think that sports are serious and that's just a GAME.

Apparently, it's serious to spend hours discussing whether or not it was worth paying X millions for some twit to move to another football club but NOT serious to find out if Kate and Pete are on or off. I mean, really? And of course the biting, kicking, gouging and general assaults on a playing pitch are NOT cruelty?

Meet Anne Walsh

I am a trainer, writer, coach, Life Blueprint  facilitator (see the work of Laura Berman Fortgang), computer lover.

I adore crime fiction (John Connolly, Elizabeth George, Jeffery Deaver, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Henning Mankell) and personal development.

Most people comment on my sense of humour..dangerously dark. Friends say they feel great after talking to me, that I’m practical, honest, straight, easy to talk to. They also tell me that I’m a great person to brainstorm with as I can always see options. My strengths are my warmth, my enthusiasm, my can-do attitude, my desire to serve others.

I’m willing to take risks. My first job after University was in West Africa…as a teacher, when I had never taught. I left a job I was miserable in (with no job to go to) and found work I really enjoyed…I left a cushy job in Dublin to move to the west coast of Ireland…again with no job. I’ve been self-employed since 1997. My weaknesses are that I’m impatient, not VERY detail-oriented and can be a bit of a martyr from time to time.

I’m too short for my weight (I’m really 7 foot tall and a supermodel). I love technology. I love everything to do with learning and growth. I live in Connemara on the west coast of Ireland, where I can see an island with a 5^th century stone church on it. I can walk to a deserted beach in 10 minutes. When I have my morning cup of coffee, I can see the Twelve Bens from my window. I also work as the Irish partner of a European project UNEC and am having a ball working in a multi-cultural group. The plan is to make it a course to deliver to companies all over Europe to give trainers/educators the skills to work successfully in a multi-cultural environment.

I’m married with one son. My son has believed (until recently) that I was 21. I had him when I was 12. Of course that is slightly inaccurate…

My vision for the next year is to “make my spiritual self strong”. I’m embarking on a course to be a spiritual director in September . I also plan to build up my online presence so that I have 1,000 subscribers to my website www.annewalshcoach.com and convert my other website www.vision-reach.com to a membership site.