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 […]
You’ll no doubt have heard the old adage that change is the only constant in life. Well, given the twists and turns of life in the 21st century, it would seem that we can add \’increasing uncertainty\’ as another. If you tune into world news and events you’ll no doubt
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I’ve heard it said so many times … “life is tough”, “life is an uphill battle”, “life is such a struggle”. Why is it that so many people feel aggrieved about the quality of their life? Surely that’s not how life on earth was intended to be? What’s going on
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The inspiration for this article comes from one of our trainee life coaches who posted a question on our Forum about how to deal with a client of his who was struggling to make changes in her life … and who claimed to be suffering from a mental illness. Let
My thanks go to everyone who commented on the ‘Dream Big’ post written while on holiday in China – and to those trainees and coaches who put up with slight delays in support over the past two weeks or so. Now it\’s back to business as usual again … except
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Posting while on holiday was not part of the plan … but I am excited to share with you my experience of Beijing thus far as I feel it has relevance in this Blog on human motivation. Let me start by being completely honest with you. China is not a
It’s easy to get despondent when you embark on a major positive change in your life only to find you slip back into old ways before you achieve what you set out to. For some, this regression can spell the end of the road as far as pursuing change goes.
This week’s post is a little different from the conventional articles you’re used to on this Blog. I want to take this opportunity to invite you to join what I think is a wonderful initiative that has, as its goal, to inspire change for at least 1,000,000 lives through coaching
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New Insights Africa held its Advanced Coach Training workshop (or ACT) over the course of the weekend just passed at a place called Monkey Valley. The setting is one of great beauty although it has now been seriously impacted by the massive swathe of fires that have swept through Cape
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They say necessity is the mother of invention. Over the last two weeks I have also learnt that crisis is the mother of reinvention! Don’t be alarmed. It’s not as if I have been beset by any affliction or tragedy. No, fortunately nothing like that. But I have spent the
As the year slowly draws to a close, I appreciate that reading personal development style blogs starts to slip down the priority listing for many people. And yet, as we prepare for a temporary interruption in our day-to-day routines, this is without doubt the very best time to sow the
It seems like yesterday – but its actually four years ago now – that I wrote and self published my first (and, so far, only) book, “A Boerewors Roll for the Soul – Awaken to the magic of the life you love.” I can honestly say I did it for
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Let’s face it. Most of us have been brought up to believe that the answers to life’s challenges lie ‘out there somewhere’. “Someone out there will have come up with a solution, it’s just a matter of finding it,” is a common way in which most of us respond to
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My nineteen year old son bade us goodbye at the airport on Monday as he embarked on a five month trip to China where he will be teaching English as part of an internship arrangement during his post school gap year. Just over two months ago my daughter, who chose
Does change (or lack of it) leave you feeling anxious or inspired? One of the things that makes life coaching so effective, is the techniques that coaches use to uncover what it is that inspires their clients and to plant seeds in that fertile ground for positive improvement. I use
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I can’t tell you how fulfilling it is to receive messages from trained coaches explaining how they are using our New Insights life coaching programme to change the world in relatively small yet very positive and sometimes surprising ways! Last week I was contacted by certified coach, Christel Rohrs, who
Not long ago I issued a certificate to a trainee life coach who had used up all but one week of the 24 months available to her to complete our course. \”At least she made it,\” I thought, speculating that she was one of many of us who specialise in
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I remember well the sleepless nights of a student desperately trying to complete a major assignment due in a few days time, silently cursing that I hadn’t started on the project many months ago when it had first been issued. “Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” ― Charles
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Numerous workforce surveys have shown that only about 20-30% of people are actively engaged in their jobs. The percentage who actually love what they do for a living is smaller still. How about you? Are you doing what you love? Or, are you doing what you’re doing because you see
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