In this, the first blog post for 2019, let me start by wishing all subscribers a very happy and prosperous New Year! Cynics will smirk and say that’s a rather hackneyed phrase that we trot out, ever hopefully, at the commencement of yet another year! The point in the earth’s […]
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Lewis Carroll’s rather zany poem, The Walrus and the Carpenter, is the unlikely inspiration for today’s post. And though I happen to love oysters it has nothing to do with the odd duo’s unsuspecting victims! “The time has come,” the Walrus said,“To talk of many things:Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–Of cabbages–and
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By all accounts our beloved planet is in a real mess at the moment. And it’s all thanks to us. Have you heard of the so-called ‘Doomsday Clock’? It was designed as a symbol to represent the likelihood of a planet-wide man made catastrophe. Midnight on the clock denotes the
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The person who has the most flexibility to adapt to life as he or she experiences it, will be the one who will have the most control and power over his or her life. “Adopt an attitude of flexibility. If there’s one emotion to cultivate to guarantee success, it’s the
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Today I want to break with tradition and offer you a blog post that is not a blog post! This blog post is in fact a podcast, or at least it will introduce you to a podcast – organised by a gentleman called Paul Lowe – that I hope you’ll
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A few readers have enquired as to why there was no blog post last week. The reason is that a week ago today, our young son, Casey, left to take up a job opportunity in London. As you might imagine, my wife, Jenni, and I found ourselves otherwise preoccupied, helping
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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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“In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” So said Benjamin Franklin in a letter he wrote back in 1789. In the twenty-first century Franklin’s reflection still holds true – except that there is now a new addition to his list … uncertainty! It’s
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2018. It has a good ring to it don’t you think? The number eight has something of an exciting quality to it, shaped, as it is, like a vertical rendition of the mathematical symbol for infinity. Infinity denotes an infinitely large number. You could also think of it as the
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Wow! It’s almost time to wave goodbye to yet another year. As I look forward to a few weeks break from writing, I offer you a final post for the year – one that could honestly change your life. 🙂 Depending on your hemisphere, you may be preparing for the
If you’re like most people, you would probably love to be able to change your life for the better … but it just seems so hard, right? Actually, though it may seem hard, it’s really rather easy once you understand and can apply a few simple yet powerful concepts. “You
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Recently, we had cause to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the launch of New Insights in South Africa (and fourteen years since the brand was originally established in the UK). A good friend asked me about how the business had changed over the years. He looked curious when I explained
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New Insights is unique in offering a structured 13-session coaching system for its trainee coaches to use in practice coaching and – if they choose – in their professional coaching endeavours after certification. When the system is properly followed, the coaching process takes coach and client around six months or
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Our planet is both a wondrous and downright scary place to be right now. We humans are naturally predisposed to seek the safety of the status quo rather than embrace change. Yet, just about everything around us is changing and there’s no sign of that letting up. Whether you take
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Life coaching is particularly effective for those people who, though mentally well and fully functional, are simply \’stuck in a rut\’! Let’s face it, we all have that stuck feeling at some stage of other in our lives. But that’s not to say that it isn’t hugely frustrating and debilitating
It seems like just a few days ago that I was writing a brief review of 2016 and looking forward to a few weeks break. And now, here we are, well into a brand new year! Well, they say time flies while you’re having fun! How true. Welcome to another
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This will be the last Life Coaching Insights Blog Post for 2016 as I join many of you esteemed readers in taking a well deserved break for a few weeks! As the year draws to a close there will surely be no lack of pronouncements by the various media on
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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
Mainstream media would have had us believe that although the Brexit vote would be close, there was little doubt that, come the 23rd June, the British would opt for the ‘safe’ option and choose to stay in the European Union. Likewise, we were assured that in the US, despite Donald
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