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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Buyer beware: choose a business coach carefully to get the results you want
- Consider this scenario. A colleague suggests you get a business coach. Via the Internet, you find one close-by. The woman says she'd love to help. She charges $300 a month for two 30-minute calls. It seems like a good deal, so you eagerly sign on the dotted line.Next, you are sent to a website to learn your Enneagram type. This personality quiz doesn't seem to connect with marketing your bu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How could choosing to not do it all enhance your impact?
- How often have you heard yourself say, "I've got so many balls in the air I don't know how I can possibly keep track of them all".We may be managing to keep the balls in motion, but how good is our juggling performance really? Are our movements controlled and rhythmic? Or are we merely gritting our teeth and hoping to catch the next ball before it falls on the ground?Recent...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Where to begin?
- January is the king of months for those looking to make new beginnings. After the reflections and indulgences of December, the excitement of a new year unfolding brings contemplation of better days ahead.Unfortunately for many, contemplation is where the party ends. As the clock ticks over into February and then unwinds into March, hopes of transformation begin to fade, the habits of old re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choosing the right coach
- Coaching has become a very popular way for people to get the ongoing support they need to accomplish their goals. However, choosing a coach can be tricky. There are so many METHODS, models, and approaches. Coaches come from every background possible -- from counseling to consulting to corporate America. And each individual has a PERSONALITY, communication style, and temperament that is going to ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A call to do better
- I'm calling you out. Issuing a Challenge. Relax, It's not to a dual or anything quite that complicated or dramatic.Here's what I'm thinking...The thought has occurred to me how much better the whole world would be if I, in my own way were able to be a better person myself and get 10 others to focus on themselves and do the same. What do I mean? Glad you asked. Listen up--There...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Self-defense within martial arts training demands a real-world perspective
- This story is being offered in response to a request made by my teacher, Soke (Grand Master) Masaaki Hatsumi, during a recent training visit to Japan. During one of the training sessions, Soke was suggesting that everyone, regardless of rank, should make it a point to talk to those with actual combat experience and to learn from these people. The point was, if you do not know what a real fight is ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great advice
- It never ceases to amaze me that every time I give a speech, do a seminar, or talk with people one-on-one, I get inundated with questions seeking the almighty answers to all that ails them. However, when I press them to come up with an answer to their own situation, they usually respond by offering their own solution right back to me.They say things like:"I know I should do ----...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The self development tool box
- Do you have a self-development toolbox? Do you have a standard set of instruments or mechanisms that you use to delve into your inner self? Just asking yourself those questions makes you think, doesn't it? That is because questioning is the most powerful tool in your self-development toolbox. When we start on the self-development path it is usually because we have asked ourselves a question: who a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The fastest way to ruin yourself
- I don't know many people who would admit to wanting to ruin themselves, but there are a lot of people who are doing everything they can to accomplish that very goal. They certainly don't see it that way, but if you look at the way they live, you can see it happening.I knew a man who was very strict on his daughter. This strictness was more than simple discipline. He felt he had to control e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why bosses dont get all the news
- Not long ago, a friend who works in television complained that the industry has no interest in real business stories. And, I had to agree with him, since we don't see much coverage that doesn't involve stock prices or some sort of scandal.But, there has been one important exception. A few years ago, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began airing a business show that became as popul...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Its not what you think
- My work in organizations involves dropping habitual ways of perceiving in order to contact a fresh and subtle perceiving "under the surface" of what is going on. That deeper sense of perceiving allows the emergence of what I call the Engaging Leader, or the genuine expression of myself and the collective.If we want to develop a deeper, subtler, way of perceiving situations, we nee...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can you say no?
- As a manager you are constantly being asked to do things - by your boss, by one of your fellow managers, by the head of another department, by one of your staff.Your working life is a constant bombardment of requests coming from all quarters.Your boss will ask you for a quick report on something or other in time for his upcoming meeting with the directors or his visit to see overseas...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Strategic checklists
- I've been through a couple of checklists in the past few days, and it's reaffirmed my faith in their effectiveness as a communication tool.Now, there are at least a couple of ways we can look at checklists in a communication context. First, in the strategic sense, and second in the tactical sense. You'll probably recognize the tactical advantages of using checklists: a clear and logical, as...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Good communication is easy - isn?t it?
- My name is Steve Brummet and my business is to speak to businesses, teams, schools, churches, non profit organizations and just people about improving their communication skills. Most communication experts agree that good communication starts with understanding.If we develop skills that help us better understand people, wont we be able to become better teachers, coaches, parents, salespeopl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - New definition of retirement
- A new definition of retirement is evolving. It's one that's focused on continual exploration, learning and growth. Where the old retirement promised no pressure and stress but left you with no personal growth, no stimulating interaction and no sense of achievement, the new retirement promises life meaning, personal fulfillment, and realization of long-held dreams and 'fun'. It's a time for discove...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 tips for a great summer - developing life & business while having a blast
- As the last day of school arrives I feel the same tendency I had as a child... to drop everything and scream "let's go play!" After all, extreme self-care is so important. I also wonder if we tend to use the summer as an excuse to procrastinate. So here are a few tips to integrate personal and business growth with a whole lot of fun.1- What do you want to achieve by Labor Day-...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Communicating with case studies
- Not long ago, I made a partnership pitch, on behalf of an organization I represent, to another organization with similar interests. If the idea had come to fruition, it would have radically changed our organization.So, you can imagine my impatience when I didn't hear back from the person to whom I'd made the proposal. She had welcomed the idea, but told me the decision would be made by a co...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The power of visualization
- Professional athletes and other highly successful people use the power of visualization technique on a regular basis. Why? Results of a 20-year study of the effects of visualization on results revealed an amazing discovery. Humans see pictures on the screen of the mind when thoughts are being processed; i.e. when they think of things.For example, if a person, let's say, George Right, stoppe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The best things in life are rarely things
- Have you ever noticed this to be true?The best things in life for me are those things are not things at all. People and experiences make the biggest mark: a wonderful relationship, time with family, or a fantastic vacation that stays in my mind for years.It seems funny to me that we spend so much time on this planet chasing "things" that we lose focus on what matters most. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Our perception determines our experience
- Not long ago, I traveled back east to Ohio and Chicago. While I was there, I was amazed that the friends I made along my journey seemed to have completely different observations of the state in which they lived.For example, when I asked what the winters were like in their town, I got completely opposite answers from people, depending on where they originally lived. When I asked the question...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Belief management - the missing ingredient?
- "Joan, I'm working so hard and I'm not getting anything done!" I have heard some version of this cry of frustration by many an entrepreneur. It's a common complaint voiced by those of use who sought the freedom to have complete authority over our schedules, only to find ourselves unwittingly shackled by old ways of operating.It does not appear to matter that we are independent professionals...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - We are exactly where we choose to be
- The idea for this month's newsletter came from an unlikely encounter: I recently had lunch with a new friend named Rick Rockwell. You may remember him as the bachelor from the first-ever reality TV show, "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?"During our meeting, Rick described some of the knowledge he gained from doing the show, along with a few of past his experiences in business, ethics,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overcoming work addiction
- Why are you so busy? Do you really have too much work? Is work so important to you that you'll sacrifice just about anything in your life to get the job done? Even if it's at the expense of your health and your relationships?If you find these questions disturbing then see how you rate with these ones:Do you work more than 50 hours a week?Do you dream about work?Do you f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make a decision and take action!
- How are you progressing with the goals you set yourself this year?Have you made a start? Or are you still thinking about it or caught the very popular "I'm too busy" epidemic?Mary's StoryMary runs her own publishing company employing 5 people. She is married with two teenagers.When I first met Mary she told me how stressed out she was trying to juggle work and home effe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The pitfalls of procrastination
- We all put off making decisions and taking action sometimes (yes, me too). It's okay to do that occasionally but if you are a regular pontificator then it will constantly cause you pain, even if you aren't aware of it. By putting things off on a regular basis you hold yourself back and instead of progressing in your life, you'll regress.Mary's StoryI've been coaching Mary for over th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get a grip on your money
- Most people have no idea where their money goes. They earn it and they spend it.That's fine if you want to live from week to week and are not concerned about your financial future. However if you want to increase your wealth and have more options, action needs to be taken by you otherwise you could end up like most people further down the track, totally dependant on a pension.Karen's...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Unleash your true potential
- Some time ago I attended a birthday party and met a young guy who just happened to be 30. I say young because when you're 47, that is a young age!He told me about his career in a major corporate company where he's been working for the past 3 years.John was complaining about the extremely long hours he works?sometimes from 7.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. weekdays and often on weekends. He bem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Beware of psychic vampires
- I am often asked how I stay happy and motivated all the time. The answer has two parts to it; positivity and self-talk.Many years ago I had a colleague who was forever complaining about everything and everyone in her life. Each day when she arrived at the office, it would start, "you wouldn't believe this... can you imagine he did that...this will never work, I'm so tired..." and so on....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What does it take to have it all in life?
- Many people have asked me why I wrote my book, 'The Street Kid's Guide to Having it All', and I realized that some people simply do not believe that it is possible to 'have it all'. Well, I am here as an ambassador to dispel that rumor once and for all.If you are serious about learning what it takes, then read on and I'll take you on a short journey.Let's suppose that at some point i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to crack a daunting task!
- If you have a daunting task and the mere thought of it overwhelms you, it's probably too big to implement directly and should be broken down into actionable parts. I find this happens to me frequently -- I see the big strategic goal that I want to achieve, but become paralyzed thinking about the size of the project. To accomplish my overall goal, I need to crack this task into small doable pieces....