In my coaching practice, I work a lot with Personality Types. I use a purely Australian system called Dreamtime Personalities, which divides people up in four basic groups with similar preferences in life, a similar way of looking at things.

Knowing someone's personality preferences makes me able to cater my coaching to exactly that person. It may be that the person involved desires to strengthen already existing powerful preferences, or wants to be challenged to develop and strengthen their somewhat weaker personality aspects, or as I jokingly call it "The Dark Side of The Force".

Whatever the client's wish, by using the Dreamtime Personalities Type Indicator I am able to quickly assess where to take my coaching skills, so we can cut through the chase, and get to the core of the issue quickly.

There are times, though, when even catering my skills to specific needs using preferences will not do "the trick". Something else has got to be done!

I was the prime example of that at one point in my life.

In 1999 I came to the conclusion I had to quit what I was doing, which was practicing real estate and criminal law. It's a somewhat long story, but the upshot was that I KNEW I had to get out. I also knew what sort of person I was, and what the appropriate action was to take, given my preferences in life. I had all the answers, and just needed to jump.

It took me more than six months to do so....

I had all sorts of excuses, all sorts of reasons, all sorts of justifications, all sorts of arguments why NOT to jump just yet. It takes too much to go into them all, but being a lawyer I found I had a pretty strong case!

All of that was B.S., of course; Belief Systems. I was terrified. That was what was going on. Plain F.E.A.R.: False Expectations Appearing Real.

Now understand me correctly: there is nothing wrong with fear. Fear can be a great motivator for action, and keeps us from a lot of harm as well. On the other hand, fear can become a huge handbrake on your personal and spiritual development if you buy into it too much.

This is the place where some affirmative action is needed, and you can use the Law of Attraction to do so.

How does it feel when you are in your fearful state? Probably pretty lousy. That means that your beautiful guidance system is telling you are focusing on and attracting "stuff" you do not want, in this case the experiences you fear. In my case they were: loss of money, loss of health, loss of joy, loss of income earning ability, loss of car, house, dignity, and so on.

How does it feel when you think of the state that you DO like to be in, the New You, so to speak? Most likely that feels a lot better! Again, your emotional GPS is telling you that you are now focusing on and attracting the "stuff" you DO want. In my case, it is a lifetime of travel, preferably overseas, doing something I can do anywhere in the world, and assisting people with becoming more fulfilled in their lives.

Life is pretty simple: your thoughts guide you towards your intentions, and your feelings will tell you whether you are attracting what you want, or the exact opposite. Simple equation. Nevertheless, knowing what sort of personality type you are, knowing what to do and knowing what feels good and what feels bad is all great and useful, there will come a time that you just have to trust and jump. Sitting still and feeling good or bad will not bring about much change straight away (it can do that in the end, but that is another story), so courageous ACTION is the only way to get rid of the inertia rapidly.

DO something. Do it NOW. Don't be silly like I was, and wait more than six months to jump off the cliff. Just jump.

It is that simple analogy I used in an earlier article of you standing in a door frame. You are about to close the door on the "old you". Before you is a huge gaping hole called "The Unknown". A bit further is another door, pretty much leading to the same experiences as within the room of the "old you", but within a different context and with different people.

Amazingly enough, truckloads of people will settle for the other door, reaching and reaching........until they grab hold of it. Only THEN are the willing and able to let go of "the old" and cross the void....to find out in time that behind the new door nothing is new, really......just slightly different. But at least they think and hallucinate that they are "safe", until they find out that they still don't feel great....

I teach my clients to increase their levels of trust and confidence, and to jump towards "The Unknown". Let go of all door handles, and make a free-fall. Know and trust that you will be led to whatever it is that you desire, as long as you feel good about it. You will, believe me.

This is where the true power lies, where having guts comes into play. This is what I did (albeit a bit tardy), and boy, did it pay off! Now I am not saying that I am "better" than anyone who doesn't jump. We're all the same. What I do say is that I have been in the same position as you now may find yourself, and that it is definitely worthwhile to breathe deeply and fall. When you understand the workings of the Law of Attraction, and can fall with faith, you will absolutely thank yourself later on.

I have written an e-book about my story and about how to jump, and you can get it from my website. It may be a source of inspiration for you, if you are ready to jump, that is.

Please don't settle for more of the same, if the same doesn't fulfil you. You may feel -sort of- safe, but in the end you will kick yourself for not having taken the leap of faith. Ask for help, get a coach, form a team if you don't want to do it alone, but always go for your highest potential. I will be there to cheer you from the sideline!