“n.othing i.nside c.ares e.nough” to tell the truth. The responsibility of a coach is not to be n.i.c.e, but to assist you to find the truth. This includes asking unpleasant questions, holding you accountable to agreed-upon actions and provoking thought, change or new beliefs that help you to move towards your desired outcome. It is [...]
There are many explanations what coaching is and what it isn’t. What coaching is not: it is neither counselling nor therapy or training, although it might contain parts of all and compliment them beautifully. Recent research has confirmed that training that contains coaching elements is much more effective and sustainable than training without them. So [...]
WINK is a modern day parable of a nine year old boy being raised by his carpenter father who is sick and tired. Every day for the last 20 years the carpenter has visited the Well of Wealth and spent a dollar, believing that if he gives generously to the Well, it will give generously [...]
Apart from being the title of one of Amanda Marshall’s wonderful songs and the motto of another great (German) website, this is the rewarding feedback when people choose to take themselves to the next level in their lives through coaching. We all have a different environment we live in, a different “map of the world”, [...]
Now, if you are a woman, you probably already know what I mean by that. Men – bare with me and I will explain.
A beach day is one of these days, when you have the burning desire to be at a beach, on a mountain, in the desert – anything, that is wide an open and allows your mind to expand. We women experience these kind of days more often (and sometimes even regularly) than men and as much as they sometimes start out being a curse, they almost always contain the potential to become a blessing.
Recently I added another recommendation to the books in the Well-Being category.It is a book that I bought a while ago in Germany, not long after I got my certificate for Nuad Thai (the traditional Thai massage – a must have treatment!!) When I browsed through the book, I remembered how intrigued I was at [...]
Accidently, coincidently or however you want to call the circumstances – I recently watched a wonderful movie called “Kinky Boots”. It is the story of a young man, Charlie, who inherits his father’s shoe factory. The declining need for the kind of shoes they usually make and the loss of a big contract prompt the [...]
Thanks to my Accountability Coach Shiona Long from “Authentic Success” I had my values elicited again today. (18th of May 2009) There have been significant changes on my list since I had done the values work last time, with some surprises and ‘aha’-moments.
What have values got to do with who we are?
Well, short and simple: everything.
Let me explain:
Values are …
The Talmud says:
Sow a thought and reap an action
Sow an action and reap a habit
Sow a habit and reap a character
Sow a character and reap a destiny
I would love to add:
Know your values, because they determine your thoughts.
A value is something that is important to you. They are what our unconscious mind is striving to live by 24/7/365.
Trouble is,…
It is impossible to describe the relief that I just had, pressing the “Send” button in my Thunderbird, which will transmit an e-mail with the final part of my Diploma assessment to my coaching school.
Whether I pass or not is not at all important at the moment, but that I did send it away, finishing all required tasks, answering every question to the best of my ability and giving the best that I could, was.
Are you sometimes procrastinating to do the things that, if you did them, would propel you towards achieving your desired outcome, reaching your goals or simply doing what needs to be done anyway straight away instead of postponing and risking unpleasant consequences?
If you are a bit like me, getting closer to a deadline helps. There is enormous power in a cut-off date, especially and even more if there is money involved. To trick myself, I have simply brought forward my deadline in addition to an easy and down-to-earth 3-step process to overcome procrastination:
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