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Coaching A Reality Shift With New Eyes

“The voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust How you see things or your beliefs in the certain ways of things can hinder your feelings of freedom and choice and then these feelings limit your actions and it becomes a cycle of reality that justifies…
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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 For Growth & DisComfort

I had the absolute pleasure of coaching a team of corporate sales guys (with one gal) this past week. Over two days of intensive Team Advantage kick-off work (my page linked), we laughed so much that my stomach muscles hurt. This team really knows how to both have fun and work hard (see my prior…
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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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Coaching For Leadership with Creativity & Innovation

A couple of weeks ago I had the good fortune of hearing a great expert on the subject of creativity in the business world. Dr. George Land of the Farsight Group started his speech with a powerful statement from a study done of a large group of CEO’s: “Innovation and creativity are the two most…
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