TESTIMONIALS
Life Coaching is about...recognising our own potential, getting out there and doing it for ourselves, whilst knowing we have a confidential, unbiased, honest, friend and cheerleader on our side the whole time! When I commenced 'Dare to be Your Best', I had three very vague areas of my life I wanted to focus on: Relationships, Career and Health. I was astounded when I evaluated the impact after 12 weeks and identified 104 positive changes and personal goals achieved! My perspective on life has changed, and the journey is so wonderful!
Noel Posus Director Performance Achievement
'Dare to be Your Best' has been one of the very best things I have done for my life in a long time. Coaching has been a fabulous opportunity to really find out what I want out of life - in specific terms not just generic 'I wish' daydreams. Having Anthony to listen, encourage, challenge, and most importantly, help you get clear about what you really want has made the life shifts required appear a natural progression rather than the struggle they had been in the past. So, unless you can say your current life is 'truly fantastic' get an Anthony in your life!!
Jenny
OH&S Consultant & Business Owner
I had already done a lot of work in exploring who I am and what I want out of life...'Dare to be Your Best' was a wonderful way to bring together all the personal work I had done and gain a fresh perspective. I have a stronger connection with my 'real' self along with an increased capacity for living consciously every day...just what I came for! Thank you Anthony.
Steven Cavanagh
Artist
Since 'Dare to be Your Best', my life has changed dramatically. My home business is growing fast as I've increased from 3% to a strong 9% Leaders Club, my cash back has increased by a several hundreds of dollars per month, 8 new people have entered my business with another 3 about to sign up...which has taken me to a new level. Through Anthony's Life coaching I have the structure I need, grown in areas where I was weak and gained plenty of understanding of myself.
Tom Perak
Network Builder
Whilst doing 'Dare to be Your Best' I had many liberating moments of self-realisation that brought greater control in my life. I always believed in setting goals but through Anthony's coaching, I gained new understanding that took them from just being ideas to actually becoming a reality. Everything started working for me as I made a persistent, conscious effort to get things in order. Coaching helped me create the life I always thought impossible, including more confidence and changed relationships with my family and friends. I'm more pro-active at work and the positive changes I've made now affect all aspects of my life. I could never go back to being the person I was before.
Tamara Cousins
Personal Assistant
Some amazing experiences and changes came out of our sessions - the most notable being a clear and present sense of purpose, which has given me the courage to take on new challenges and set some very achievable goals. If for any reason, there comes a time in your life, when you are unsure of your path, where you want to be, need objective assistance in formulating goals - then a life coach like Anthony IS your answer... and I hope that many more people have the courage to take that all-important first step to realising their full potential.
Mark Chamberlain
National Film Programmer - Hoyts Cinemas
...thank goodness I found a way to do 'Dare to be Your Best'. I am HAPPY, loving myself for the first time in a long time, and on my way towards a rewarding and fulfilling future. During my 12 weeks I grew, I understood and my way of thinking changed. It all happened so calmly and gradually that I hardly noticed. I cannot thank my Life Coach Anthony enough...I now have energy, motivation, love and gratitude.
Lisa McArthur-Edwards
Project Coordinator NOW Events
"A life guided by clarity and conviction would be a life worth living. Through Anthony's coaching, both of these qualities have intensified and the new understanding I have of myself has taken me to a new level entirely. Our sessions most definitely made and continue TO make a major contribution to the way I live, and influence the choices I make. I cannot recommend this man's work ethic, integrity, intuition and knowledge highly enough. Consider it a gift to yourself."
Dean Carey
Company Director
ACTORS CENTRE AUSTRALIA
They say that moving out of your comfort zone is the first step to making changes and moving towards a goal or sense of achievement. That happened for me when I spoke with Anthony for the first time. And although I couldn't see how this would change my life as dramatically as it has, I'm so glad I kept on that path.
Life Coaching enabled me to learn so much about myself and my values, where I had taken so much for granted and simply let life guide me rather than take control and guide my life.
With Anthony's guidance and coaxing, I have realized so much of my own potential and have learnt to trust myself with decisions and goal setting with so much more clarity and certainty. Learning, identifying and consciously being aware of my values - both personal and professional, allow my day-to-day life transactions to run much smoother and more instinctively without being affected by others around me. This has resulted in more confidence and stability. It's such a nice place to be.
The conclusion to my sessions with Anthony coincided with a change of employment that has since resulted in other areas in my personal life "falling in" accordingly. I now have the tools I need to forge on and make plans as necessary.
Thank you ever so much Anthony, for this transformation and for your kind attention. It wouldn't have been possible without you and I have no regrets other than, I should have done it sooner.
Josie Caruso
Sales Executive
I was at a crossroad in my life where working in an industry (hospitality) I was rapidly losing passion for. This had been going on for years but every time I started a new job I'd say "This is my last hospitality job...then I'm going to do something different!" The trouble was I never took the time to ask myself "What do I really want to do with my life?"
This is when I decided to invest in a life coach (Anthony Venn-Brown) and discover what direction I wanted to really head towards. I was a little sceptical at first but after the first introductory session I was convinced that this was the right path to take.
At each session, Anthony made me feel important and that I could achieve anything that I put my mind to. I wanted to be a cocktail pianist on a cruise ship and travel the world extensively meeting different and interesting people. I had played piano before but had always lacked the confidence to do anything about it. During the coaching sessions, my confidence increased, I began to get to know who I really was, my dream of playing piano was resurrected and a plan was put into place to achieve that dream.
I am now on standby for Princess Cruises as a cocktail pianist and in the next few months will be leaving Australia. I look back to where I was 3 months ago before meeting Anthony and think "how great the journey of being life coached was, I feel totally fulfilled and am embarking on the job of my dreams".
Thank you eternally Anthony for the your commitment to my success and I will be emailing you photos of the many wonderful destinations I will be cruising to.
Michael Burokas
Entertainer
I was born with a silver teaspoon in my mouth. In my past 30 years, I have never been challenged, motivated or had any initiative to better myself. Everything was provided to me without much effort, all appeared good and my friends were envious of me. Pleasant it may seem from the outside, it was a different picture on the inside. I had no purpose/direction in life, always settled for second- or even third-best, and just tagged along in my own comfort zone.
During the 12-week PSA program, I gained a new perspective to what living was all about. I began to understand that there will be struggles during my journey to better myself, and I will have to face each struggle head-on. The program used quite a lot of quantitative numbers to evaluate my growth and understanding of myself. More important was the qualitative benefits I received from coaching which brought out my subconscious beliefs and identified my hidden values. These beliefs and values have now evolved to become my ultimate dreams and goals in life. My coach assisted me in working out how to achieve those dreams and goals.
I now believe that there is a whole world out there waiting for my sincere and personal contribution. No one is going to take me there except myself and I now have the hope, courage, belief and tools to execute changes that I initially thought was unobtainable.
Paul Wong
Commercial Property Consultant
I have always been a very happy and bubbly person, content with the hand that I had been dealt. However, my life had become stagnant and I was stuck in a rut. I avoided making important decisions about the direction my life was taking and allowed others to make these decisions for me. Hence, I lacked focus, direction and any real purpose in life and it just wasn't good enough anymore. I needed to gain some accountability, direction, clarity and more substance to my life.
I decided to do the 'Dare to be your Best' 12 week life coaching programme. It turned out to be one of the smartest moves I had ever made. With Anthony's support and guidance, the course enabled me to unlock my dreams again. I now understand, not only what makes me tick, but also why and how. By the end of the course I had made over 150 positive changes to my life and was ecstatic that I was beginning to the live the life that I had chosen.
Through this life altering experience I have managed to lose a life that was defined as 'ordinary' and gain one that is filled with the 'extraordinary'!
Ann Brodie
Property Consultant
Dear Anthony,
Yesterday was my 41st birthday and for me, my birthday is a time of reflection. I like to reflect on the year past and look to the next year in the future. I think this tradition is rooted in the common practice of blowing out the candles on the birthday cake. I feel that I have only one wish per year when I blow out the candles and I make sure the wish is a good one.
In my 41 years of blowing out candles, yesterday was the first time that I ever wished for the future to be as happy as the present! This is an incredible advance for me since the last several years have been my unhappiest. While I have a magnificent wife, two healthy, beautiful children, a good job and a healthy bank account, my life lacked the simple happiness that humans need to survive. I recognized this deficiency in my life many years ago, but despite multiple attempts with self help books, psychologists, mentors and coaches, I failed to establish myself as a happy, confident adult.
While I realize that there is no single person or event that changed my life, it was through your coaching that I was able to face some VERY difficult issues and identify what I REALLY wanted in life and what I needed to do to try to get there.
I want to thank you for having the courage to talk to me directly especially when what you had to say was difficult and unpopular. Even though you were direct, you were never disrespectful. I always clearly understood that what you were saying was driven by your desire to help me.
I want to thank you for your patience and putting up with me when I was very difficult and negative. It was very easy for you to allow me to quit the process, but you continued to push me and allow me to recognize that quitting was no answer.
I want to thank you for focusing on results and offering to coach me for free if I didn't feel that I got the results I desired from our sessions. This offer demonstrates your commitment to the coaching process and your commitment to results.
Finally, I want to thank you for your friendship. I understand that as a professional, you try to keep a professional distance from your clients. It enables you to be more objective and protects you from getting too involved in your clients' challenges. At some point however, I felt it was our friendship that allowed us to reach a higher level in the coaching process.
I am looking forward to working with you again in the future and meeting you face to face.
Sincerely
Name withheld by request
It is a year since I started working with Anthony. I delayed writing a testimonial until now because I was not looking for a quick fix, rather a long-term direction.
The catalyst for me to work through the 'Dare to Be your Best' program was an anticipated career change. My early expectations of the program were that I would discover my calling and transition into a new career position. This did not eventuate during the program, though the back to basics approach allowed me to build a strong foundation and map out my path. I have exceeded my own goals and continue the processes that were put in place during the program. These include setting and managing goals, meditation, visualizing my future, developing good habits and regularly taking stock.
Anthony brings his significant life experience to the sessions and is an excellent listener, very balanced and never judgmental. He pushed me when I needed to be pushed and picked the right times for reflection. I would recommend Anthony and the Personal Success Australia program to anyone.
Timothy Roberts
Marketing Director of Catalyst Communications and Training