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Even though I am a Master Certified Coach, I still procrastinate. For whatever reason, I put off reading CS Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy (aka Space Trilogy) until I was in my fifties. Once I finally got around to reading it, I was delighted with the books, and I felt like kicking myself for putting it
Every coach wants clients, and to get a steady stream of clients requires something that looks a lot like sales. The very word, sales, makes most of us cringe. In the 1980’s movie, Say Anything, John Cusack’s character Lloyd Dobler is asked by his girlfriend’s father what he wants to do with his life.
I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I was in my twenties before I started brushing my teeth at night. I brushed every morning (who can stand morning breath?!), but I had just never established the habit of brushing before bed. That changed with my first cavity and a conversation with my dentist.
Sometimes coaching can be a frustrating, challenging, and tiresome job. I experienced many of the pains of coaching all in one week recently: Two no-show clients. A client who came ready to complain, but not ready to work. Partners and vendors who seemed hell-bent on making my job harder, not easier. Technology woes that
On our honeymoon, Danelle and I were traveling southeast through southern Indiana on our way to the Smoky Mountains when the road suddenly ended. Looking ahead, the blacktop petered out and an enormous pile of rock lay right in the middle of the road. At least, it would have, had there been a road.
I think it was Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry character who quipped, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” As coaches, we tend to be anti-limitations. Many of our clients are held back by limiting beliefs, assumptions, and perspectives. We often encourage clients to think bigger and to stretch beyond the constraints that they allow
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