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Coaching Your Pause Button

“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” – Unknown I carried this quote around with me several years ago as a reminder. A couple weeks ago I had a harsh reminder of it. I was sound asleep in my comfortable hotel bed when the loud hotel alarm sounded, an obnoxious siren followed by a recording to…
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Doing & Taking vs. Giving & Receiving

I loved learning about this concept from Amanda Owen’s book, “The Power of Receiving.” (her website linked). She explains that if you are in the doing and taking process then you are feeling resentful and greedy or frustrated and entitled. Contrast this with the feelings of gratitude and generosity if you are in the giving and…
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Coaching Perseverance, Patience & Perfection

Keep Going It was both inspiring and daunting to discover that Jack Canfield, famous author of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books had 144 rejections before his first “soup” book was published. Would you have kept trying after that 100th rejection? I think that I would have given up after rejection number 50 or…
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Coaching for Help & Happiness

“Helping others is not limited to providing food, shelter, and so forth but includes relieving the basic causes of suffering and providing the basic causes of happiness.” – Dalai Lama I experienced this directly this past week when a Coach colleague offered to lead a webinar for me that I had already agreed to…
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Coaching Yourself for Wisdom & Power

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” – Lao-tzu My internalGPS coaching model begins with understanding your current location. Looking within is the first step. You need to do this in order to understand the perspective and lens you are using to look at…
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Coaching Your Brain: Mindfulness, Happiness & Being Indispensable

Did you know that you can shift your brain to be happier and by being happier you will be seen as more indispensable to those around you? Your Brain’s Set Point My friend and inspirational Coach, Marcia Reynolds (her site linked) put this article up on her FaceBook post this past week, “Want a Happier…
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Coaching Who You Are

“It’s where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are.” – Joyce Carol Oats It is so easy to get pulled into doing, doing, doing and not realize that who you are being or where you are going is no longer really you. Take a moment and…
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Coaching For Fast Failure

In last week’s post, I wrote about was “failing fast” for strong innovation (linked). It is critical to become comfortable with doing brand new things, taking risks and yes, failing, if you want to be more successful and grow. Experimenting! One way to minimize the negative feelings that come with failure is to take an…
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Your internalGPS is Unique to You

“You are unrepeatable. There is a magic about you that is all your own…” – D.M. Dellinger One of the benefits of getting older is growing into the peace of accepting who you are and letting go of trying to be something or someone that you are not. Of course, keep growing and learning and…
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Coaching the Power of Words

Words are so powerful, especially the words we do not verbalize. My coaching clients consistently have opportunities to become more aware of their internal words and then to change them. This week I learned some great new words for doing just that. Life (and Golf) is At Least 80% Mindset I went to a great…
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