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Category Archives: Values
Why is it that we humans are so quick to notice first how we are different to others. We/they are : richer, more intelligent, come from a different side of town, have different beliefs, are better or worse than I..... and so on.
What happens when we look for and ask different questions....
I've had the pleasure and privilege of working with poet, writer, artist, business owner, Pete Carter. As usual, the coaching work was in part around changes and choices. So many choices, so many things that could be created, developed, bought, sold, experienced.
Pete is an extraordinarily talented, smart and creative person. He...
The people I work with are generally high achievers, dynamic, and live in a fast paced world. Their days are filled with making decisions and sometimes- Hard Choices.
The hardest choices, the big ones, are often filtered through the traditional ways of thinking about choices. For example: the pros and the cons, the facts of the...
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One of the biggest challenges in the workplace is building trust amongst teams. Even more of a challenge when there is trust, but then for some reason it is broken. Well, actually, lets expand this. It is not just in the workplace. It is about trust in any relationship between human beings.
When I work with...
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“To be mature you have to realize what you value most. It is extraordinary to discover that comparatively few people reach this level of maturity. They seem never to have paused to consider what has value for them. They spend great effort and sometimes make great sacrifices for values that, fundamentally, meet...
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.
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I was having a significant birthday, you know, the ones that have a zero at the end. It was a perfect time I thought to set some new goals. Sitting with my husband, he suggested we take off, buy a sailing boat and float around the north of New Zealand for a few months. 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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So you have achieved the goal that you have worked so long and hard for. Exhilarating isn't it? But then, a month or two down the track, have you then ever experienced that so what feeling? That little voice that says 'yeah, great, but what is next'? And off you go in pursuit of that...
This is the second in a series of interviews with experts. The people I will be interviewing are experts in fields such as Positive Psychology, NLP, Neuro Science and other disciplines that I draw from in my coaching and training work.
About Tal Ben-Shahar
Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer, teaching at the Interdisciplinary Center,...
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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. Richard Bolstad. I have asked Richard the questions I most commonly get asked about...
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There are 2 critical aspects for you to know when you are making decisions...
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Sometimes it is is refreshing to pick up a book that is not pure fiction but is just a fun read. That is what I thought when I decided on this book to relax into. This is a fun read, and they are true stories. The other thing about this book though is that every...
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You no doubt have heard the saying that expecting a different outcome from doing the same thing is a bit insane, and yet, in my work with people I hear this kind of thinking time and again. For example, a company (read ‘human being making decisions within a company) sticks with a particular action that...
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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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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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