Archives for the 'Coaching Tips' Category
Coaching Tip: How to Play the “Integrity Day Game”
Published on 18 Aug 2008 at 3:29 am.
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Years ago when I was taking my coach training, one of my instructors introduced the idea of having an “integrity day.” To demonstrate the power of this concept, several of us personally participated as a group one Saturday. It was a blast.
Here’s how it works
The intention is to schedule a whole day or a half [...]
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Coaching Tip: Identify Your Core Values
Published on 3 Aug 2008 at 9:31 am.
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Filed under Attraction, Coaching Tips, Personal Development Strategies, Spirituality & Inspiration.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of the first places I start with new clients is doing values work. Many people have never even thought about what their values are. Have you? I mean really looked at your values?
Why is [...]
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Coaching Tip: Stop “Shoulding” Yourself
Published on 28 Jul 2008 at 5:05 am.
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“Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul”. ~Max Ehrmann
How often do you begin statements inside your head or out loud that begin with words like: I know I - should, shouldn’t, need [...]
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Coaching Tip: Play From Your Strengths
Published on 20 Jul 2008 at 12:13 pm.
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One of my favorite books is Now Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton.
They describe strengths as being a combination of three elements: talents (innate abilities), knowledge (what you have learned - factual content and life experience), and acquired skills (what you learned through practice, how you bring structure to experiential knowledge).
They say, “The [...]
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Coaching Tip: Being A Great Receiver
Published on 14 Jul 2008 at 4:46 am.
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“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate or value into your life”. -Christiane Northrup
In a prior coaching tip I wrote about “Knowing When to Get Help” and I talked about the importance of asking for help when you need it.
What about the [...]
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Coaching Tip: Creating a “Rough Day” Strategy
Published on 10 Jul 2008 at 7:46 am.
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We all have those days that challenge us to stay centered, optimistic, productive and connected to ourselves. Perhaps the day seems to be going well and something happens that puts a damper on the entire day! Our attitudes can be affected by people and situations that cause us to have a “good or bad day.”
To [...]
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Coaching Tip: Clear Your Plate
Published on 30 Jun 2008 at 7:26 am.
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Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck or do you find yourself procrastinating? Do you typically load your plate by taking on too much and expect to handle it all? Are your goals realistic or a bit too ambitious?
There are times when tipping over your plate and letting things drop so that you can start over is [...]
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Coaching Tip: Are You A Computer Junky?
Published on 16 Jun 2008 at 4:02 am.
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Do you run your own business or have a demanding job/career? If you said yes, you know how easy it is to work all hours including the weekends.
Ok, I admit, I’m guilty of doing that myself. It’s easy to keep going back to your computer for a few minutes (yeah right!) only to find hours [...]
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