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Category Archives: Mindfulness
This is part of a series of interviews with experts. The people interviewed are experts in fields such as Positive Psychology, NLP, Neuro Science and other disciplines that I draw from in my coaching and training work.
This interview is with Dr. Norman Chorn. I have asked Norman the questions I...
There is much talk about Mindful Leadership and using Mindfulness in the workplace. But how do companies really use mindfulness as a tool and how does it really benefit the company and its employees?
I was listening to the interview with David Gelles, a business reporter for the New York Times about mindfulness and meditation in corporate life.
He referred...
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Have you ever been criticized for being a Pollyanna? Then read this to learn how you can change your brain to change your mind to change your brain. ...
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I had this short story sent to me as part of National Friendship Week 2014. It touched my heart and made me a bit teary. It is a story of generosity and caring. But thinking a bit deeper it is about so much more.....have a read and then ponder on the questions below the story.
The...
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This is the view from my back yard. It is Kapiti Island off the west coast of the north island of New Zealand. These pictures were taken just a few hours apart. Every day is different....
This is part of the series of interviews with experts. The people I interview are experts in fields such as Positive Psychology, NLP, Neuro Science and other disciplines that I draw from in my coaching and training work. Today's expert is Dr Ryan Niemiec.
Ryan M. Niemiec, PsyD, is Education Director of the Read more
There is a lot of talk about learning to understand self, your intuition and what makes you happy. You might have been doing some reflecting, journaling, or mindfulness exercises. Perhaps you are starting to see some patterns or trends - maybe the odd epiphany!
As a leader be it in your own life or that, plus...
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There are 2 critical aspects for you to know when you are making decisions...
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The word mindfulness seems to have become a bit of a buzz phrase lately. It is often linked with discussions about leadership, neuro-science, focus, high performance and clarity. I don't know about you but I have almost become a bit de-sensitized to that kind of language. After all, we all KNOW about that stuff don't...
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If you visit here regularly you will have seen there is quite a lot of discussion about 'Happiness' There are arguments for and against the usefulness or not of using the idea of happiness as a tool for living. Some commentators say we are over simplifying this happiness stuff and it is causing people to...
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From time to time I come across some stimulating articles that are worth sharing in my opinion. This week a friend sent me a link to this article "The Happiness Plague” It’s fascinating how a great title can draw you in, as this one did for me. However, once...
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This book is about Happiness pure and simple.
For many though these days happiness is a concept rather than a reality.
Or it might be that happiness as such comes in fits and starts.
Or maybe when you are happy, you feel guilty for some reason.
If there is any part of you that has experienced the feeling that...
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I recently had the privilege of being interviewed by Patricia Hirsch on her 'Design Your Life' radio show.
My topic was about the importance of leaders understanding what really makes them tick. In other words, what is that they really value? How do they 'live' those values each day? What happens when their personal values are...
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A book that applies a groundbreaking new way of thinking to an ancient truth. NLP is the study of how successful people use their brains to achieve the results they do. It provides tools for working out how successful people achieve their results then tools for leaning how to do that yourself....
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This is a book full of strategies for overcoming distraction, regaining focus and working smarter. This book is written for workplace situations and offers research about the brains functions, limitations, and capacities.
It teaches us how we can direct our own brain chemistry in order to achieve fulfillment and success. David Rock is expert at taking...
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A stress management programme that is practical and simple to apply. A very powerful approach not just for leaders but anyone wanting to get more clarity of thought, calmness and back in control of their wild mind. ...
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How is it that even if you do plan and prioritise your day, and you think you stick to it, you still don’t seem to nail that big issue you have to think through, you still have that niggling problem that you started with in the morning?
It might be about a product or service that...
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Today leaders need to know how to ‘lead’ themselves through their own life and their daily responsibilities as leader at work.
We have a frighteningly fast pace of change and innovation, changing expectations, demands and concerns for staff and their well being and development, not to mention new ways of communicating, selling, distributing to make a...
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In my work as a coach, often with leaders in corporations or private companies, I see in their eyes a look of panic. A look of being trapped, or of waiting for the rescue vehicle to arrive and 'fix' their lives. The rescue that is going to get them out of their extremely busy, and...
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