I’ve just decided to hire a coach. This may sound a bit odd coming from a coach, but coaches need coaches as much as anyone else. In my case, I am seeking to…
Personal Development
What’s on your mind? I often ask this question at the start of coaching meetings. I am lucky people don’t tell me what is actually on their mind. By the time they would…
I’ll admit it, I have been carrying a heavy burden the past week. I said something to a good friend that didn’t come out or turn out as I expected. It didn’t appear…
I’m taking some college classes in architecture and I’m learning a lot about myself as well as architecture. The least useful of the two classes has me questioning if it is a good…
I had a climbing lesson the other day and my instructor pushed me to try a route that challenged my ability. It didn’t turn out well, my fear got the better of me….
I wrote recently about finding your purpose. Many people are searching for their purpose but if they let it, their purpose will find them. If you believe this is true, it raises an…
You’ve seen those people whose purpose is very clear. They know where they are going and they seem to have everything figured out. While that is inspiring, it leaves a lot of people…
One of the most telling words I listen for when I coach is ‘should’. It usually shows up as the statement ‘I should…’. What follows is a variety of things we feel obligated…
What are you leaving behind? This is the question I was left pondering after reading Bill Bridges excellent book ‘The Way of Transition‘. In it Bridges describes his personal experience of a major…
Should I take this role? This was the question facing one of my clients. They were very successful in their current role and they were ready for bigger things. The new role was…