Understandably (and with honorable intent) some folks are wrestling with unpleasant decisions they are ‘compelled’ to make just now. Furloughing, redundancies, cost cutting and the raft of other tough calls. What creates a lot of (unnecessary angst) is the assumption that this decision will wreck, upset, upend, finish or ruin...
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Do you know the secret of Being a Good Coach? The secret of being a Good Coach is… ‘Being able to Coach – when you are knee deep in your own shit’ To Coach, add boss, manager, leader, parent, mentor, confidante – in fact, any role where people look to...
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Waiting for our ‘negative emotions’ to subside and be replaced by positive thinking is a waste of powerful energy – and the catalyst for good that energy can become. That anger can eat us up, or, it can move mountains when channeled as a force for change and action is...
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“I resent that,” said Pompey the Great (Roman General & Statesman 29/9/106 BC – 29/9/48 BC) “Well you may resent it all you like, but you will still need to demonstrate that it is not the case,” retorted Cicero (Roman orator, philospher, lawyer, consul) who knew that the surest way to a great...
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When was the last time you figured out how much of your time you spend in survival mode? I’d check if I was you – mostly our survival mode is unobserved by the self. Survival based existence is just getting by, making it to the end of the day, putting...
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Concentrate on building your strength of character versus striving for more power. The point of power is to wield it for ones own benefit. Building strength is for the purpose of standing by the people or bigger ideas you believe in. The former is inherently self centred, the latter is...
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Everyone’s heard of resistance training right? You get on a machine in the gym, load it with with weights and will your muscles to move the stack. The resistance of the load is what make your muscles scream in objection, break down and ultimately repair and become stronger. Resistance to...
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I’m not talking about the self interest that manipulates power so you win and everyone else loses – we’ll leave that to some of our politician friends… The pursuit of self knowledge in continually crystallising your understanding of your inherent skills, values, natural abilities, interests, style and goals is...
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