Coaches Corner
Like a team of horses, when everyone pulls in the same direction, great accomplishments are possible. When people (or horses) work against each other or don’t support each other, individuals’ efforts are effectively canceled, and the team’s production is a fraction of what it could be.
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Are You Poisoning Your Brain?
Think your brain IQ is a number you’re born with and that stays with you? In fact, there are many ways you can improve your brain health, or damage or destroy it. And your IQ increases or decreases with the health of your brain. We’ve often talked about ways you can improve your intelligence, such…
Read MoreShould You Tell People About Your Goals?
This week we again visit Dr. Benjamin Hardy, discussing how to make your goals more compelling for you. Tell people about them! Not to encourage their comments, but to inspire you to strive harder to achieve them. In keeping with his advice, mine are listed in this article. Benjamin Hardy holds a Ph.D. in organizational…
Read MoreWhat's the Best Investment You Can Make?
Want to have a better life? Who doesn’t? Maybe a masochist, but most of us strive to improve our lives. I hope you’re among those who do. The pastimes that occupy many people's leisure time, and probably some of their ideally productive time, produce nothing more than momentary highs or, when the communication is negative,…
Read MoreDo Less To Accomplish More! Improve Your Worth
Do You Know Your Worth? Want to improve your self-esteem? What better way to do that than to feel productive? When you feel like you're accomplishing something valuable, you feel worthy. When you feel worthy, you're inspired to create more worth. A true sense of self-worth comes from how valuable you feel. Not what someone…
Read MoreVulnerability = The Greatest Courage!
Long-time followers of my writing know that I consider relationships the key to life. The next question is “What’s the key to relationships?” Author Brené Brown recently added to her string of books on vulnerability with the book we focus on today. Read on for the link to the book, and see how solid relationships…
Read MoreHow To React When Someone “Dumps” On You
How do you react when someone cuts you off on the highway or gives you the time-honored “single-finger salute”? You have no control over what that person does or thinks. What you can control is how you react. David Polly got a great lesson on this from, of all people, a New York City taxi…
Read MoreWays to Beat and Stop Procrastinating
Stop procrastinating! We all know our best work is done in a flow state. For some, like writer Tim Drenning, It can be a slow process getting into flow. Probably that reluctance to start is quite common. I find it myself sometimes, though I’ve gotten better at starting. How about you? If you catch yourself…
Read MoreHate to Fail? Try Embracing Failure!
How comfortably do you accept your failures? Embracing failures is uncomfortable. Suppose you meet someone you'd like to get to know better. Unfortunately, all your efforts at ripening the relationship are rejected by the other person. Or you take on a new coaching client. After a couple of sessions, your client tells you he or…
Read MoreDo You Strive To Give Clients What They Want?
Again I found this week's interesting content through my connection with my coach and mentor, Benjamin Hardy. Many of his work will help you identify and meet your client's needs. You will also remember him from previous issues (examples here and here). Benjamin Hardy holds a Ph.D. in organizational psychology. He’s also the author of Personality Isn’t Permanent and several other books…
Read MoreDon't Waste Your Time!
I Found A Gem Recently I've happily discovered Medium.com. It's a refreshingly open-minded site where people can post their writing about pretty much anything. You might find some things there that will offend you with vulgarity, “forbidden” topics, “out-there” opinions, or whatever. Nonetheless, I applaud a site where people can post what they choose. Identifying Time-Wasters…
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