Ah…. One of my favorite topics.  How many times a day do we make assumptions? And sometimes, I’ll admit, we are ‘bang on’, accurate and correct.  And we feel oh so pumped up because our assumption turned out to be true… and we were right… and that feels good. And so we develop a pattern…

So often we can get stuck in a rut about what we believe to be true.  And that belief doesn’t much serve us well. I think that long ago, I used to believe that when a rainy day appeared all my plans were ruined and I’d have a boring kind of a day. But not…

I recently read an article about the ratio of play time to study time for children. Unless you too have read the item, you probably weren’t aware that in Finland, school children are given a 15 minute recess break EVERY HOUR.  And it’s been proven, in study after study, not to mention the anecdotal evidence…

The Ladder of Inference is one of those wonderful ‘models’ I learned about when I studied to be a Coach back in 2005.  I hadn’t heard of it before, but once I absorbed the diagram it all became oh so clear. It’s a useful model to know about.  It helps us in our own self…

“OMG, don’t get me started on self talk”, said a coaching client to me the other day.  “I am so sick of how I sabotage myself, day in and day out.  Why am I so hard on myself when I’m not like that with my friends and colleagues?”  Great question.   WHAT prompts us to be…

 I often get asked what’s the difference between an Executive Coach, a Career Coach and a Life Coach?  Here’s my take. It’s less about the Coach’s specialty and more about the kind of coaching being requested and by whom. I’m the kind of coach who coaches the whole person. No matter what position that person…

Worrying is using your imagination to create something you do not want!!!  I loved this quote the first time I saw it.  And then I started thinking about how I’d been a pretty good worrier all my life.  And yet I never thought of myself as particularly imaginative.  So it turned out that I have…

Here’s my one piece of advice right now about BRANDING…  Personal Branding that is. Make damn sure it’s authentic. Establishing your personal brand means zilch if it’s not really you.  Here’s a short story that may help you keep it simple when you are trying to figure out what you stand for in relation to…

I’m going to make this real quick and simple, because I do appreciate that you read my short blogs-but since I didn’t know all of these FACTS, and hey, I’m a Coach… I figure you probably don’t know most of this either. So, I invite you to take 45 seconds and I guarantee you’ll learn…

I’ll bet you know someone who wakes up every morning with a smile on their face because they get to work at what they love. It’s like a perfect fit. Whatever their work is, this person is doing what they were meant to do… this person is so lucky, because they get to work at…