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 […]
Courage
This is for all my clients, present and past. This is also for my brave friends and family. This is for all the people I know who walk to the edge of their comfort zone and then lean over. Then step out. Then walk all the way out. Then sometimes come running back. Then walk […]
When to Let Go? When to Push Harder?
I wrote a blog post last week about letting go (http://www.mclarencoaching.com/let-something-go/). The week before I wrote a blog about giving it everything you’ve got – don’t give up even when you feel you cannot go any farther (http://www.mclarencoaching.com/how-far-can-you-go/). What has arisen from the feedback is this – how do you know when it’s time to […]
Start Where You Are
“Start where you are Use what you have Do what you can” –Arthur Ashe ____________________________________ We are nearing 2016 and some of you are getting ready to say what you want for next year. New beginnings are so fresh, so hopeful. I really believe that you can create a new beginning any time you want. […]
More on Accountability and Choice
Here is your quote for the week: “Our past experiences and our present circumstances have absolutely no power other than [what] we choose to give them.” Bob Proctor, from The ABCs of Success. It is so hard at times for people to see beyond their past experiences and their current circumstances. It is easy to […]
Invictus – The Power to Choose
My son just finished 7th grade. At the closing ceremony, his class recited this classic poem: Invictus –William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced […]
Check out my Podcast on Lawpreneur Radio!
A couple days ago, I was interviewed by Miranda McCroskey for Lawpreneur Radio. “Lawpreneur Radio” comes out of the recognition that lawyers need to learn how to run their practices as a business. Therefore, Lawpreneur Radio is a community where members are both lawpreneurs who’ve figured out how to hang their shingle and thrive, and […]
Beware Your Interpretations
“We don’t see the world as it is; we see the world as we are.” –Anais Nin I had a client once who came to many of our calls concerned that sh e was going to be fired. She loved her job and she felt completely out of her depth much of the time. Coaching […]