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Get More Done in Less Time for Success

Time is the commodity that can not be purchased and once it is gone it is gone forever. Managing this precious commodity has a significant impact on navigating to success in both the short and long term. Here are some of my coaching tips for managing this precious commodity: Schedule “thinking” time. Scheduling time on…
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Transform Your Ability to Navigate to Success With the Tipping Point of 3 to 1.

Three positive emotions to one negative emotion; this is the scientifically proven tipping point to go from floundering to flourishing. It sounds easy enough but unfortunately studies consistently show that 80% of us have a ratio of 2 to 1. Think about the number of times that you feel impatient, angry, frustrated or fearful versus curious,…
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Coaching Your Strengths: Delegate or Outsource For Success

If you have a real “can-do” attitude and strong work ethic then you may be tempted to do it all. In order to navigate to success with less stress, know your strengths and then delegate or outsource the other tasks as much as possible. The site for myinternalGPS was outsourced to Sprout Strategies; they specialize…
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Coaching to Create Space for Success with Less Stress

What does coaching have to do with creating space? Well, I have found that creating space both physically and mentally will enable you to be more innovative and productive. I tend to create small paper piles on my desk (sometimes they grow to be big piles). When I look at the pile I get the nagging feeling…
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Coaching Through the Holidays: Presents of Prescence

The holidays can be a joyous time and a stressful time or a stressful time with no joy. It is so easy to get caught up in all the things we feel we must do: shopping, wrapping, year-end tax decisions. My holiday coaching challenge is to stay present in each moment. Focusing on the current…
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Coaching For Navigating to Success: It’s the Little Things

I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. Do you remember yours from last year? Are they the same ones you made the year before? It is better to have annual goals than not have any at all, but I have found more success by focusing on daily habits versus annual goals. If you want…
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Technology Thanksgivings in China

I am thankful for so many things; this is a list of a few technology items that are especially apparent to me in this fifth week of my time in China. Skype This is by far the internet technology I am most grateful for today; I can not say enough positive things about the skype…
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Coaching Common Challenges in China

Things are so different here in China and yet there are so many things that we have in common. There were some common themes from my coaching sessions with the young Chinese women this week. I think we can all relate to them, so I thought I would share them along with some tips. How do you…
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Stretching for Leadership Growth & Success

Can you picture one of those medieval machines used to stretch and torture? Periodically I picture this terrible device and although I am in no physical pain whatsoever I still feel like I am being stretched on it. The level of suffering in my mind is consistent with the level of torture I imagine. Of…
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Are You an Energetic Leader?

I read this blog post earlier this week and loved it, “Three Tips for Becoming an Energizer” by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for Harvard Business Review. She emphasizes the importance of this overlooked leadership quality and lists three characteristics of energetic leaders (see the link for more): A relentless focus on the bright side. Redefining negatives…
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