Executive Coaching Blog: Collaboration @ Work
Straight talk on collaboration, change, motivation, and managing for results, for busy VPs, Directors, and Managers who would rather think it through than go it alone.
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Swap Could for Should for More Possibilities
“Should” is not my friend. This word too often inflames guilty feelings and prompts me to invest precious time and mental capacity doing things and thinking thoughts that…
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A Better Way to Tie Your Shoes
Shoes made from real crocodile skin, in a conservation exhibit at Bristol Zoo, England (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Terry Moore shares a better way to tie shoes to a…
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How Do You Define Possible?
Your personal definition of the word “possible” builds the impenetrable walls of the box of your limitations. Once you create your possibility box, you stuff it with your…
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How to Find Your Life’s Purpose
If you are searching to find your true purpose in life, a great guide and resource is “The Power of Purpose” by Richard J. Leider. You can view…
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What Is the Meaning of Life?
Rembrandt’s Philosopher in Meditation (detail). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are seeking the answer to “What is the meaning of life?” the answer is simply to live a…
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16 Motives Behind What You Crave to Do
Available on Amazon.com Have you ever had a true craving or desire that just won’t go away? According to Dr. Steven Reiss, there are 16 different psychological itches,…
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Can 454 Questions Help Fire Up Your Life?
Image via Wikipedia Questions beg answers. They make us think. As an executive coach, I try to ask thought-provoking questions to help my clients think of new possibilities…
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Pursuing Perfection Is a Unicorn Hunt
Image via Wikipedia Perfection does not exist on earth. Every person and thing is slightly flawed. True “perfection” is God’s exclusive domain. There is good evidence to support…
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How to Be All That You Can Be! How to Live Life to Its Fullest!
Thanks to the marketing jingle of the United States Army, we learned to sing, “Be all that you can be…” Being all that you can be is the…
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Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be a Bad Thing
Image by boliston via Flickr More is Not Always the Best Answer If you are not getting what you want out of how you are choosing to live…
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A Sad Note from Opportunity
Missed Opportunity Opportunity… A stealthy suitor who knocks but once is glimpsed swaying and twirling enchantingly to this moment’s tune. Thrilling in anticipation of leading a brave soul…
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What Was Your Spark?
Image by itspaulkelly via Flickr In my book “Life Matches: Fire Up Your Life!” a book of matches is a physical reminder to use your personal strengths to…
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