I have worked alongside Terry Lefteri for many years and am pleased to be apart of his journey and his continuing success as one of the top trainers in the UK.
Please look up Terry on Facebook and get done stressing!
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This is Terry’s blog about his success:
‘I recently completed my ORDIT re-registration and was luckily enough to gain a mark of 51/51. I’m writing this little blog for anyone who may be interested in my approach, structure and thoughts about the assessment.
I’ll try to keep things brief, after all if you wanted to read a book you’d go to the library….
Firstly (and I think this is so relevant and important for ORDIT, SC, Part 3 and the L test) I focused on my mindset leading up to my assessment. It’s about self-awareness. I know my ‘inner chat’ can affect me negatively (it has done in the past) So I focused my thoughts on shutting out the negative ones – ‘you’ll mess this up’ ‘they’re gonna finally find you out’ ‘you’re bound to forget something’. If a negative thought crept in I’d shut it down immediately. If you struggle with reframing thoughts and silencing the chat it can be achieved with practice.
That literally was the only prep I did. I’d actually been prepping for this ORDIT since the day I passed my last one. So, I’d had years of practise! – and I always advise this of ADI/PDIs because it works! I’m a firm believer in your training for the next ORDIT, SC etc starts in the very next session you deliver after your SC or ORDIT
The goal we set with my PDI really isn’t relevant to this blog because it’s the kind of goal that’s important i.e., it was a specific goal, we could measure it as we went along, it was something my PDI could achieve, was relevant to where he was in his learning and each attempt at the goal was timed/how many goes limited…….as most goals you’re working towards should be.
I focused on my PDI and his needs and goals. I was curios and interested in his thoughts about how he was doing, so questions were open to allow him to explore his thoughts, feelings and the direction he wanted his learning to go. I just made sure while he was learning I kept the car safe.
During the conversations on the side of the road I made sure I was transparent with the techniques I was using so he could begin to understand how he could use them with his future customers. Always relating the learning that was taking place.
I had a loose plan in my head about where the session would go. A loose plan because you never know what might come up. I was confident that whatever did come up I’d have the skills (because I’ve been practicing for years!) to deal with it.
The examiner was great (well I would say that wouldn’t I!) but he was. The engagement call a few weeks before was really helpful. He came across as approachable and really wanting me to do well. He answered any questions and really helped me feel relaxed about the whole thing. I had some sad personal stuff to go through just when he was wanting to see lesson plans etc and he was absolutely understanding and gave me the time I needed. See, examiners aren’t ogre’s, they’re there to support.
So, I went into it with a positive mindset – especially in the days leading up to the assessment – and I really feel this was vital in getting the score I got.
If I was to offer any advice, to anyone looking for some, would be – believe in yourself, believe you have the skills, you are good enough and you deserve to be where you are.
I’m more than happy to chat with anyone who feels it would be beneficial to them. There is plenty of stuff out there to help with a positive mindset, seek it out. Hope this little blog is helpful.
You are good enough!
Terry Lefteri’
Reframing helps clients who get trapped in negative thinking.
It’s often the case that some clients are unaware that they are thinking in an unhelpful way.
This can make it difficult to for them to catch those thoughts in the first place.
However, if they know what sort of thinking is unhelpful, they may find it easier to spot.
Types of unhelpful thoughts include:
- Always expecting the worst outcome from any situation
- Ignoring the good sides of a situation and only focusing on the bad.
- Seeing things as either only good or only bad, with nothing in between (black and white thinking).
- Considering yourself the sole cause of negative situations
I would like you think how re-framing, could help yourself and your clients succeed. I would like to thank Terry Lefteri for showing how re framing can help create success and of course scoring a massive 51/51 on his most recent ORDIT assessment. Congratulations Terry.
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