Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi
We are all living a story.
A story we create with the help of others and our repeated thoughts and beliefs.
At any time you can shift your story.
Rewrite it.
Be an active and authentic author going forward.
Or you can continue to be safe and small and live out an incremental version of your current story.
One way to understand coaching is that it brings awareness, intelligence and wisdom to your life. Specifically, it does that to your goals, plans – and depending on the client’s willingness to experiment with new practices – actions. So many people go through life reacting to “what comes up” with whatever awareness, intelligence and wisdom is available…
Change is a door that can only be opened from the inside. – Terry Neil Any change that doesn’t come from within, that isn’t freely chosen and authentic, is coerced, and will be resisted. Even if one successfully sustains a coerced change, some form/amount of misery will ensue. * * * Decide who you want…
Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso I love the saying: without sales there is no business. It’s so true. Unless the key activity of a business is done, and repeatedly so, there is no actual business. The same is true of success, and achievement. Without: action; movement; making some mistakes; learning;…
“In preparing for battle, I have found that planning is essential, but plans are useless.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower The true magic of Ike’s words are that they describe who we become by planning. I consider planning a way of honoring our potential and effort. Sometimes, it is best to be spontaneous, to let things go…
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. – Arthur Christopher Benson Where ever you go, there you are. It is rare that a change of address will solve one’s problems. The great news is that when you get to the core of what’s bothering you it can be…
I want to talk with you about gaps. Two gaps in particular. The first is the gap between where you are and where you want to be. We all have this gap, and once it’s closed, we find new things we want. But the gap means we need to change, and we’re hard wired to…