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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Not long ago I was listening in on a conversation some friends of friends were having about their son and the struggles he had been experiencing with schoolwork and exams. The conversation went something like this: “Unfortunately he’s just not a gifted child, so we’ll have to accept that he
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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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One of the most common questions asked by those interested in training to become a life coach is this: “Is there a big enough market out there to support another life coach?” My answer to that is an unreserved “Yes”. Let me explain why. “Sell the problem you solve, not
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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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Life coaching can and should have a profound effect on enhancing one’s level of self-awareness. One of the central principles of life coaching is the understanding that we have the power to – and must bear the responsibility for – creating our own reality, no matter the situation we are
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Happiness is, sadly, a rather elusive commodity for many people. And yet, most spiritual guides and deep thinking philosophers will tell you that attaining a state of happiness is the central purpose in life. So what exactly is happiness and why does it not come naturally to most people? “Happiness
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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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At New Insights, we specialise in training people to become life coaches. So, we get to enjoy the privilege of receiving wonderful testimonials from many of those we train. The practical part of our training programme requires trainees to do extensive practice coaching with volunteer clients. And when those practice
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Life coaching … it’s not the most descriptive term, is it? Perhaps it’s for this reason that life coaching is often misunderstood – and why many people who would benefit tremendously from being coached, don’t give it enough consideration. So, by exposing a few commonly held myths, I’d like to
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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
Understanding how to manage your time wisely is highly relevant, whether you happen to be a life coach or just about anyone else for that matter. Time management is a subject close to everyone’s heart nowadays, given the hectic lives we tend to lead in these interesting times! Today, it’s
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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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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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“Coaches HATE selling” screamed the headline of an advert for an online course that I saw on Facebook recently. It was clearly aimed at life coaches who, well, find the idea of selling their services difficult, to say the least. And I would guess that that applies to most who
As promised last time, here is a follow-up post about Learning Modalities. If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to read Part 1 please click here to open it in a new tab of your browser. Today’s post will make a lot more sense if you have the context from Part
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