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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I’m sure you’ve read that saying that goes something like: “If you enjoy what you do, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” A poll released by Gallup in 2013 showed that a meagre 13% of people worldwide actually get enjoyment out of going to work. Perhaps
Building rapport with others is a fundamental skill required by anyone wishing to develop more effective and beneficial relationships. And that pretty much means all of us! Of course, this skill is a foundation requirement for any would-be life coach. After all, how can you help someone to be the
Life coaching is, without doubt, one of the most fulfilling and rewarding careers that exist. After all, what can be more inspiring than helping other people to find their passion, rise above mediocrity and achieve things that they otherwise would not? Yet many life coaches have difficulty marketing themselves and
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One of the fascinating concepts that we deal with in the Communications module of the New Insights life coach training programme is that of Projection. It’s something that most of our trainees struggle to grasp, perhaps even resist, at first. But when they ‘get it’ they are often quite overwhelmed
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The problem with the term ‘life coaching’ is that it’s just not terribly descriptive. The net effect of that is that members of the public tend to hold very different preconceptions of what life coaching is really all about. In particular, life coaching often gets confused with counselling or mentoring,
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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
At this early stage of the year with the holidays and New Year\’s celebrations still fresh in the mind many people have lofty ideas about what they\’d like to achieve and the changes that they\’d like to make. Sadly, most New Year\’s resolutions are simply that – ideas – lacking
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A very happy new year to all readers of Life Coaching Insights. May it turn out to be a very special one for all of us! Over the weekend that just passed I began thinking about what might be appropriate as the first blog post of the new year when
Thank you for being a loyal reader of Life Coaching Insights. The year is winding down and this will be the final post for 2014. Even my keyboard deserves a break! I thought I would leave you to enjoy the festive season with something to contemplate as you consider the
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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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We have something to celebrate today (along with a special offer for aspirant trainee life coaches!) Jerry Cox is a journalist who writes for the New York Times. He was tasked with creating an infographic, listing the Top 100 Life Coaching related Blog Sites in the world. We are extremely
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Abraham Maslow developed what is now commonly known as ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs’. He postulated that human needs are arranged in a hierarchy starting with our most basic physiological needs for food, water and air, to safety, to love, to esteem and finally to our highest need, namely self actualisation.
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Those of us in the industry are regularly confronted with the question: “Why life coaching?” The reason why people hold such different – and often poorly informed – views about what life coaching really is, no doubt has much to do with the rather generic and non descriptive nature of
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Loyal readers of Life Coaching Insights may have read the many previous blog posts dealing with different aspects of life coaching and been left wondering exactly what qualities are required to be a really good life coach? When asked what the prerequisite qualities are for becoming a life coach, my
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At a specific stage in the New Insights life coaching process coaches will introduce their clients to the concept of RAK – or random acts of kindness. These are selfless and spontaneous acts and gestures that brighten the day for others. They generally require very little effort but the joy
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As you might well imagine, one of the important roles that I am accustomed to playing as the head of New Insights, is to promote the advantages of life coaching and becoming a life coach. The problem, of course, is that that’s what people expect to hear from me so
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Have you every stopped to consider that the type of questions you ask yourself can have a significant impact on your life? Your first reaction to this may be that your questions are reserved for other people … but take some time to reflect on this and you might be
The Toltecs, who flourished in central America between the 10th and mid 12th centuries CE, were described by their successors, the Aztecs, as the ‘epitome of civilisation’. It seems only fitting, therefore that we should be guided by their ancient wisdom! Photo of a typical Toltec style vessel by \’Madman\’
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