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It is disturbing when you find out your beliefs aren’t true. Our reality is often determined more from our beliefs than from objective truth, and surprisingly we don’t always know the difference. These beliefs are mostly developed during our youth when we are the most impressionable. For me, the hotbed development of my beliefs was
Coaches provide clients new awareness, and sometimes it is the coach who needs the awareness. The most frustrating aspect of coaching is not the coaching. It is everything else. And who knew how much “everything else” there would be? Unfortunately, it is the rare coach who has clients knocking at all hours on their door.
Okay, so the year has not yet concluded, but I’m already thinking of the books I’ve enjoyed and/or benefited from this year. Since I love reading other peoples’ lists of favorite books, I thought I’d compile my own. Some of these are not new, many have little to do with coaching, and others may be
Recently I had a family member get scammed. I won’t share exactly who (out of respect); suffice it so say that it was a close family member, but not a member of my household. After clicking what appeared to be an interesting Facebook link, she immediately got a warning on her screen notifying her that
A client calls, and his topic is Time Management. He is pastoring part-time, working on a degree, holding down a full-time job, and caring for his aging mother. Nothing is getting his full attention, and so he’d like to figure out how to squeeze one more drop out of that already parched clock. I yell
Every coaching conversation is different: different client, different context, different topic, etc. Coaches have to be able to flex and adapt to all those differences in order to provide valuable coaching. But while every coaching conversation will unfold in its own unique way, there are some things that need to happen in practically every coaching
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