In coaching sessions, clients often discuss struggles or frustrations they’re experiencing. Struggling is characterized by that feeling of trying to place a round peg in a square hole. It’s a stressful place to be. It’s also energy draining, time consuming, and it distracts you from the goals you’re working on. From Struggle to Acceptance Struggle [...]
When people make requests of you, how do you respond? Often, people can become very upset, angry – even irate - when asked for favors; when people at work ask you to do things or to take on projects; when family asks questions that are intrusive; when neighbors ask to borrow; or kids ask you to [...]
I’m reading a book titled The War of Art. It is all about the struggle for the artist, or in my case, the writer, to, well, write. The monster we battle is what the author calls “Resistance” and he goes on to describe all of the faces that Resistance can make. Resistance comes in many [...]
If I asked three people around you – perhaps your boss or coworker, a family member, and a friend – to describe you, what adjectives would they use? Knowing how people know you and how they would describe you is important feedback for learning whether you are living true to your values and guiding principles. [...]
Do you apologize for anything and everything? Do you apologize for things that are completely out of your control? How about apologizing for other people’s behavior? Do you tend to apologize just to see if the other person will apologize? An apology can be a very cathartic act. It can mend fences and build bridges. [...]
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