I’ve written a few posts on “how coaching works” and wanted to combine them in one easier to find/read place; three of them are “mashed-up” below: ********** The below post was originally published on August 8, 2011, here DOES COACHING WORK? YES. “Coaching is hot.” “Coaching is in.” “Coaching is how smart people achieve goals…
There’s something you can do 1% of the time, that will utterly – and positively – transform your life. I call it the 99/1 Practice. * * * One of the, if not the most, important things you can do to live well and achieve important, meaningful goals is to regularly plan and strategize. But the vast majority…
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. – Lao Tzu How much peace do you feel? You can feel more . . . . Get present. Be where you are.
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. – George Bernard Shaw I’m sure I’ve blogged on this quote before, but it’s worth repeating. Ask yourself about your “circumstances:” Are they what you want?…
That might seem like an odd title, or perhaps a not very helpful one. But it will soon make sense. A mentor of mine sent me a message that contained the following line: If I am on the wrong road it doesn’t matter how good I get at speeding down the road. It’s the wrong…
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. – Albert Einstein Success is an abstract, relative term. It’s a made-up thing, it doesn’t actually exist anywhere, like “time.” (You can show me a clock, but you can’t show me time . . . .) And it…
Between a recent meeting I had with a wise and generous colleague and a Robin Sharma video I just re-watched, I was inspired to create a four-part list of key things we need to identify, understand and integrate into our lives. Please take some time to read, and think, about these four things as they…