The Meaning of Your Communication
“The meaning of your communication is the response that you get.” (Coaching and NLP [neurolinguistic processing] presupposition.) A few days ago I called my sister, like I do, when I need someone to listen and to help me process events in my life. I said to her, “I just need you to listen and maybe […]
Set Yourself Apart
I am a firm believer that there is one thing you can do in your business (and your personal life) which will set you apart from the vast majority of people. And that is — keep your agreements. When I say this, I usually get one of two basic reactions: 1. “I always keep my agreements”; or […]
Who Decides?
“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration; I can […]
Your Beliefs are Stopping You
Recently my coaching group decided to look at ways in which their beliefs were keeping them from having the businesses they want. I said to them, “you have what you believe you can have.” A bold statement, it seemed to me, even as I heard it come out of my mouth. I was reminded of […]
How to Get What You Want
Q: How do you get what you want? A: You ask! ____ Does this seem simple? Maybe I have oversimplified? It is true though that our comfort zones keep us from asking, often, when to ask would have been the thing that worked. Why don’t we ask? Often we are embarrassed or we make up […]
Motivation and Purpose
I like to blog about what I am hearing each week from my clients. Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about “how do I get motivated?” This is not a new topic. But it’s a great question. My first answer is this – what is motivation? Most people describe it as some sort of feeling […]
Language
“Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.” –Rumi ____________ Step into possibility.
“Challenging” or “Hard”?
“All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive safely at death. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don’t tiptoe.” –Shane Claiborne This morning I was thinking how life is a lot like spin class. I was noticing that I can never get through the whole class […]
Ask for What You Want
In my on-going theme about language, I was recently reminded of this quote by Mother Teresa. Nothing more to say. Ask for what you want. Do not focus on what you DO NOT want. And if you are, like many people, having a hard time shifting out of what you do not want, write it […]
Argue for Your Limitations
“Argue for your limitations, and surely they’re yours.” –Richard Bach It’s funny isn’t it? How we talk about certain things are “just not possible?” We don’t have to say, “No” or “I won’t.” We can prove it. We can prove that certain things are just not possible. Coach: So why didn’t you get that report […]
