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Live the Life you Love!
By ‘ultimate personal freedom’, I don’t just mean living in a liberal democratic society where your human rights are entrenched and protected. I’m talking about the feeling that comes from living a life that’s characterised by inner peace and happiness. So, what would it take to achieve ultimate personal freedom? […]
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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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“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
2018. Year of Suppressed Dreams or Infinite Possibility? Read More »
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
One thing we try hard not to do at New Insights is to be overly rigid about expecting our trainee life coaches to embrace the principles that we advocate. After all, one of the foundation stones for effective life coaching is having a deep tolerance and appreciation for the different
The Golden Rule of Life Read More »
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
Five Simple Things That Will Change Your Life Read More »
I watched a reality TV show last night featuring couples who are experiencing marital issues. At one point I found myself nodding my head and smiling wryly. One of the partners in a couple featured on the programme was engaged in a one on one discussion with a relationship coach.
Know Your Values, Increase Your Happiness Read More »
Your beliefs will have a profound effect on the actions you take and the consequences you expect – and will most likely get – from those actions. Rather like a pair of spectacles, your beliefs act as lenses through which you view the world and decide on how to react
Are Your Beliefs Holding You Back? Read More »
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
Life Coaching: A Career for the 21st Century Read More »
“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
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
Commitment, the Secret to Success Read More »
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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You might find it interesting to know that each of us has a unique preference for the way in which we like to receive, learn and internally represent new information and experiences. This knowledge can be particularly helpful in relationships and in careers that involve educating, helping or motivating people
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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
Life Coaching that Transforms Read More »
Is there anyone who can say, with hand on heart, that they are not in awe of – or at the very least inspired by – the amazing diversity of scenery, climate, trees, plants, animals, fish and even insects that we are so privileged to be surrounded by on this
Respect for Diversity Read More »
