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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to coach yourself!
- Some people are not in a position to work with a coach right now. Some are stretched financially, while some are still using the "lone ranger" method. Other people might be uncertain about trying something new.So here is a brief, simple process I often use with clients that you can apply to you own situation i.e. coach yourself! And at the end of the article I will mention how you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make your life easier?
- 'Have you read the Art of War?' someone asked me once. Fighting someone to get your way is definitely a valid strategy. But you don't need me to tell you about that one - we've all been arguing and manipulating to get our own way since we were born! And you may have noticed - often when you push, the other person pushes back! Wars have been fought, relationships lost, and many ulcers create with t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Learn to say no!
- How many times have you agreed to do something that you actually didn't want to do? For someone at work? Your friends? Even your spouse? All you had to do was say no, but the word didn't come out. So you end up doing it?and later resent it.A coaching client said to me she was agreeing to things she didn't want to do, but for some reason, she felt obliged to do them. Instead of taking enjoym...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Whats next syndrome
- Terms like Postpartum, Post Traumatic and Post Gulf War are all well-known Syndromes - mysteries no longer to the medical community or even those of us who count ourselves among the great unwashed. We hear and read everyday about the negative outcomes from life-threatening trauma. The 9/11 attacks in New York City demonstrate all too clearly the psychological devastation left behind long after ups...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - More money & less stress?
- At 2pm last Wednesday, I got a call from one of my clients. Before I could barely utter my "hello," she launched headlong into her story - "I am so frustrated! I have this client who has been dragging her feet at every stage of our project. I'm working on a branding campaign for her company and expected to be finished nine months ago, but every time we get to a stage in the project where the ball ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Saying no to good opportunities!
- Tracey started her video production company 2 ½ years ago, and after struggling through the start-up phase, she was finally reaping the fruits of her labor. When we talked, it was clear that she was ready to move onward and upward but didn't know how to go about doing it."I am so busy these days, but I'm still not getting the level of work I want," Tracey told m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get out what you put in!
- During a recent coaching session with Mark, I was briefly reminded of how it feels to give your all to your business and have it spit in your face."I just don't get it! I'm putting all my time and energy into this business, and I'm still scraping by. I'm so tired of fighting to 'just to make it' but this is what I really want to do.""Tell me about what's happening in y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Managing performance every day
- The scenario?The company has decided it needs to eliminate costs. Hundreds of jobs are on the line. The executives of each division have been directed to cut costs by 35%. The tension throughout the company is so thick you can cut it with a knife. You know some departments will be totally eliminated because the work can be outsourced to save money.You are a manager with over 20 years...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Email etiquette 1
- I thought it might be worth visiting some email etiquette for all as the majority of the readers of this newsletter are now on email.It is important to consider that when emailing people you are on show, whether you like it or not, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This is one of my 'pet' subjects on which I speak when giving a public presentation about the Internet. I am constantly amazed at ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - After july 8, pay this amount
- You undoubtedly go through this, too. A few times a month you gather up the bills coming due and write checks or pay them online.As I was doing some bill payments recently, I noticed the tactic one company uses to get its customers to pay by the due date. It was very simple: "If you pay by this date, pay this amount. If you pay after this date, pay this amount."Now, this was a small ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Coaching for success
- Coaching is perhaps the most effective method of increasing performance available to managers, team leaders, and colleagues. This article defines coaching and outlines a process for effective coaching.Coaching DefinedCoaching is perhaps the most effective method of increasing performance available to managers, team leaders, and colleagues.If you wish to improve the skills of y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Becoming an empowered consumer
- How many times have you said to yourself?"I just wish that company would treat me like they appreciated my business!"?For many years I trained Customer Service Reps at a large corporation. There is no doubt that it was during those years I personally became a consumer with rather high standards and expectations. It was also during that time that I realized my only point of power (as a consu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The harvest: shared power
- The fall harvest comes upon us once a year. The farmers collect the sometimes-scant rewards of their heroic efforts begun months before. For those of us who are hobby or family gardeners, fall is the time for us to pluck the firm orange pumpkins, the deep green flowers of broccoli, and the plump red tomatoes from their vines. As we reap our rewards of months of work and waiting from the backdrop o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mind the gap
- The underground train in London can get you anywhere when you know how to maneuver all the options. Like our subways, London under ground is a busy place. When your train arrives and comes to a stop, you move forward with the crowd, waiting for your turn to get on the train. A man's voice drones from overhead, warning you over and over: "Mind the gap. . . mind the gap."There is a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Surviving the workday in your organization
- Most people suffer from stress at some time during the day. When you recognise your own peak and low energy levels, you can work with your body clock to maintain high productivity and alertness. It makes sense to tackle the hardest tasks at high-energy times, and when you're feeling low, do simpler tasks like sorting the mail or filing. If you force yourself to do difficult tasks when your energy ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get coached!
- Coaching is a hot trend at a growing number of companies, from IBM and Dow Chemical to entrepreneurial start ups. According to a recent survey by The Hay Group, an international human resources consultancy, between 25 percent and 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies use executive coaches. A coach is defined as being "part advisory, part sounding board, part cheerleader, part manager and part s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Action not reaction
- Do you feel you are in charge of your life do you really believe that you control your destiny? Or you are of those people who feel manipulated all the time, they are doing things and they don't know, why? Do you have the sense that you are a wooden puppet that someone else pulls the strings?I have an answer for you.Psychologists have proven that human decisions are based on emotions...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you want to impress others? then don?t talk ?listen
- Recently my friend Michelle was concerned about a professional conference she was planning to attend with her husband, a veterinarian. She has no background in veterinary science, so she did not think she would be able to effectively communicate with the people at the conference. I asked her why she thought she had to use technical jargon when she spoke to the other conference attendees. She respo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Body language speaks louder than words
- Has it ever occurred to you how much you are saying to people even when you are not speaking? Unless you are a master of disguise, you are constantly sending messages about your true thoughts and feelings whether you are using words or not.Studies show that your words account for only 7% of the message you convey. The remaining 93% is non-verbal. 55% of communication is based on what people...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Coaching - an adapting tool for attaining fulfillment in the global economy
- At a time when the global economy is bringing innovation, new ideas and new opportunities into the marketplace, outsourcing and the elimination of white-collar jobs has left many of us feeling anxious and insecure about the future. It is increasingly apparent that the American Worker can no longer look to the corporation for a sense of security, place, benefits or loyalty. As reliance on old struc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cause and effect! choose a path
- Three steps to your Personal Transformation:Awareness and PerceptionLaw of Cause and EffectLaw of AccumulationThese categories are what you need to understand in order to be in total control of your being!Most go through life never reaching their potential because they never take control of all their faculties or abilities.This in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Seeing your energy at work
- Our bodies are made of pure energy. With Quantum physics we learn that the cells of our body are made of molecules, which are made of atoms, which are made of sub-atomic particles.These sub-atomic particles are not actually particles, they are pure energy and also "probabilities of existence". It is when we give our attention to this energy that they become particles and go on to become rea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What rules!
- There are things that we do automatically internally that we don't even realize are the things that make us who we are. Our own rules for living that we hardly ever question, and even less frequently examine.A few months ago I made a statement in a small group of co-workers concerning the fact that somewhere along the way, as a mechanism (as in "clear the... " (from the movie 'For the Love ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hows your self-talk?
- You know, what are you saying to yourself? There's always something going on in there. Do you make positive statements about yourself to yourself or are you beating yourself up with your own words?"Know thyself" is a statement that comes to mind. Know what it's going to take to get and keep you moving onward and upward.You know one of the most telling things about Jesus was that he k...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You can get there from here
- But first you've got to raise your standards.I know at some point you had big dreams. You felt and believed that you were going to change the world in some significant way. Make things better, safer for our kids. Something.You knew deep down that you had a special gift that no one else has.You know what, come a little closer I want to make sure you hear this--You did ha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Crisis: danger or opportunity?
- I have often heard motivational speakers say that the word crisis in Chinese means both danger and opportunity. In investigating the facts, I have found running arguments on the web as to whether or not this is true. I personally do not speak Chinese and am certainly not an expert on this matter.But whether itâ??s true or not, this I know to be true; a crisis is an opportun...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Receiving thanks and praise - the view from the other side
- We demand more from those who provide to us and because we are frequently in roles which deliver goods and services ourselves, we are on the receiving end too - of complaints, frustrations and generally poor behaviour.Why is it that when we are on the receiving end, we miss the fact that we ourselves, when we hang up our service-provider-hat at the end of our shift, often end up as ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Take a chance, win a prize
- I think that we're all probably familiar with the fairground rant 'take a chance, win a prize'. Whenever I hear this call to action, I immediately break out into a cold sweat. Whether the test is to knock down 6 cans in pyramid formation or to throw a dart at a balloon, I'm there, almost hypnotically, pulling coins out of my pocket. And it doesn't really matter what prizes are on offer either. It ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Nourishing your network
- It takes less effort to keep an existing customer than to gain a new customer.This is Business 101. Corporations focus on acquisition, but they must also focus on customer service and retention in order to be successful.So why don't people apply this philosophy to their personal network? For some people the word "networking" conjures up events where people pass out business...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you mind if someone screams at you?
- A headhunter was on the other end of the phone. He was looking for an assistant to a CEO/Owner for a small, but very successful business. Essentially, he wanted someone at his disposal night and day. That didn't seem like a huge deal. And then the next question came..."Do you mind if someone screams at you?" As soon as I could get past the sirens going off in my head, and visions of Dilbert comic ...