One of the most appealing things about a career in life coaching is the flexibility that it offers you. Remote working is a big part of that. Not only can you work from home and avoid all of the expense, time and travel fatigue that we have all come to […]
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“Everybody lives by selling something.” This simple but profound statement is attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson in the late 1800s. Few people will claim that selling comes naturally to them. Most would profess to be ambivalent about selling and a number of us would even recoil at the idea of
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Quite recently, an old school friend who I hadn’t heard from for some forty odd years made contact on Facebook. To my surprise it turned out that he had been living around the corner from us for many years. The ease with which we were able to reconnect after all
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We certainly live in interesting times! Confucius would have a very wry smile on his face if he could witness the political, economic and social turmoil of the world we live in today. This Blog is not an appropriate forum in which to express political views but I have to
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Be honest. Are you a people pleaser? There’s no reason to be shy in owning up to this practice as you would be one among very many. And as we all know people pleasers are just the nicest of people. They will go out of their way to help –
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A defining moment is, as the term infers, an event of such importance in your life, that it literally defines or re-defines who you are and what you stand for! Such a moment or event can be looked at as a fundamental milestone in your development as it causes you
There’s no doubt about it. Coaching is currently a hot topic as celebrities, leaders, business people and the general public like you and me begin to appreciate the true power of professional coaching to improve performance and life in general. The term ‘coach’ originates from the 1830s and is believed
Life coaching is one of the most rewarding and fulfilling careers that there is. It is also one that allows for great flexibility. Set up costs are very low by average business standards. There is no need to manage a workforce with all the stress that goes with that. There
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There are good reasons for the title of this week’s post as you will see shortly. But let me make a blatant admission right up front. One of the reasons was to see what effect it might have on the email ‘open rates’. The percentage of subscribers to this Blog
For most of us, making a career choice is one of the most profound yet difficult decisions that we experience in life. First off, it’s a decision that the majority of us first need to make early on in our lives when we are still in – or just out
I have written at length about why I believe life coaching is such a fulfilling and meaningful career but is it really a commercial proposition? I mean we all want a business that makes us feel fulfilled … but if we can’t make enough money from it to survive then
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It’s that time of the year when the idea of ‘renewal’ is foremost in many people’s minds. After the re-energising holiday period, the advent of the New Year seems the ideal time for re-thinking, re-prioritising and re-growth. Unfortunately if you’re in employment, that’s exactly what your employer will be thinking
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There’s no getting away from it … the level of happiness and fulfillment you experience is directly linked to your ability to communicate effectively with those you interact with. It is true that life coaching focuses on helping people to ‘go within’ to connect with their special talents, strengths and
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If you\’re in employment are you truly doing what you love? Probably not, if numerous recent surveys are to be believed. In one global survey of 30 000 workers, between 28% and 56% said they wanted to find new work. [box type=\”shadow\”]\”If you do what you love, you\’ll never work
I\’m sure you\’ve heard the saying: \”If you\’re going to do something do it properly or not at all\”? Perhaps your parents said that to you as a child … or perhaps you say that to your own kids if you have children? Wise advice It\’s wise advice, but advice
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[box type=\”shadow\”]\”When you say \’yes\’ to others, make sure you are not saying \’no\’ to yourself.\” – Paula Coehlo. [/box] It may have escaped the notice of many people but South Africa recently played host to the global coaching convention that aimed to build the profession of coaching and the
