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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Last night I had the privilege of speaking on teleconference with one of my Personal Mentoring Groups for life coach trainees. I asked the members: \”What\’s holding you back?\” From their responses, I identified two key themes, difficulty prioritising their own stuff, and a lack of self confidence. No surprises
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How often have you struggled with a personal dilemma between taking action to bring about needed change in your life and resisting that action to prevent possible negative consequences? In Make This a Better Year – Part 1 I explained why people find it so difficult to embrace change. A
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One of the questions most frequently asked by those keen to consider life coaching as a career is “What does it take?” My answer is always the same. You simply need to have integrity, a real desire – I call it a passion – for working with people, a willingness
Rod Suskin hosts an entertaining weekly talk radio slot in which he gives personal ‘readings’ using astrological charts. I tuned in the other day to hear him pronouncing on the fact that Jupiter was in an ‘angry phase’. Of late our biggest planet has apparently been occupying a position in
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Let me ask you a question. \”Who is the most successful person you know of?\” Interesting question isn\’t it? My guess is that a whole lot of very famous and talented people spring to your mind? Now try to answer this: \”Why do you regard that person as the most
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Robert Byrne is credited with saying: “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” At New Insights we love to embrace that saying because we firmly believe that life takes on a whole new dimension and meaning once you are living it ‘on purpose’. “You were put on this
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I\’m delighted to have met some truly wonderful and inspiring coaches during the course of the Advanced Coach Training workshop that we ran from Friday to Sunday. One such person was Jacques Gouws who recently gained certification. Jacques is doing great work to espouse the cause of life coaching in
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I am Jenny Volkwyn and I would dearly like to become a life coach. Why? Because, through my experience, I have come to appreciate just how very special life is and why it is a precious commodity that should neither be taken for granted nor wasted. I love to motivate
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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 clicked on the red button, took off my headset and leaned back in my chair, before stretching out my arms and pursing my lips to force out a deep breath of air. I had completed just the sixth in a series of thirteen sessions with a young lady life
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Some years ago, while in corporate life, I was fortunate to be selected to attend a highly regarded leadership training programme, along with about thirty other senior and middle managers. At one point during the course, we were confronted with the somewhat nerve wracking task of announcing to the group
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The Law of Attraction was at it again yesterday … I spent Saturday night at a reunion with people from my era who had grown up and been schooled in the Helderberg basin. What fun it was to reconnect with friends and colleagues after so many years. It was a
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You cannot properly appreciate the external world if your internal world is not in order. For me, this simple statement explains why so many people underperform against their true potential. [box type=\”shadow\”]\”The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person
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Can there possibly be anything more important than understanding, with real clarity, what your purpose here on Earth is? In this post, I\’d like to offer you some simple suggestions for connecting with your life purpose, based on my own experience. But before I do, let\’s get clear on what
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Living a life of purpose – this is probably what we all yearn for deep down. The trouble is, that for so many of us, getting to discover and appreciate our true purpose is not as straightforward as it might appear. Why might this be? “The purpose of life is
Have you ever spent time thinking about what it is you stand for? Put another way, do you clearly understand your personal mission? If my question catches your interest, raises your eyebrows or leaves you scratching your head, then please take the time to read on. I believe this article
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This week’s article draws inspiration from an issue that is regularly brought up by some of our trainee life coaches … clients who just don’t seem to know what it is they want from life. You see, life coaches are specially trained to help their clients crystallise and then realise
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Are we, as humans genetically \’programmed\’ to compete and dominate – or is cooperation and democracy a more natural instinct? And what are the implications for society? You may find the answer inspiring. [box type=\”shadow\”]“Willingness to compromise with others ways of living and cooperation in common tasks, these make living
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