The documentary The Secret (The Law of Attraction) and the book by Rhonda Byrne came out in 2006. Depending upon who you talked to it was either the key to a life of awesomeness and wealth, or a high-order scam based upon the elementary mantra, “Thoughts are things!” On one measure of awesomeness and wealth […]
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What holds a lot of people back from money is just the fear of asking for it. This happens on many levels. Including asking for more of it. There’s fear that if you have a business or offer a service and you raise your prices—and we encounter this constantly with business owners we coach—people will
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Pay close attention whenever you are frustrated by anything. The things that are frustrating you about your business, and the things that are frustrating you about your life as a consumer, could be the very things that cause a wellspring of success. Frustration is where attention needs to be paid, rather than wishing that part
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“You do not merely want to be considered the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones that do what you do.” ~Jerry Garcia When you can specialize in something you’ll speed up on your road to success. A lot of people are coaches today. And recently we went to a
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When Steve Chandler and I were developing our book, The Leader and The Coach: The Art of Humanity in Leadership, we emphasized the need for leaders to show up with some “feeling.” I recently read the following, written by Christopher Weber-Fürst, “We are moving towards a more holistic and integrative approach in many areas of
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Your teammates don’t do good work when they surrender and become unhappy. They don’t think of fresh ways to help you. They don’t make the customer want to come back. In fact, if you get enough unhappy players on your team, the whole mission can fall apart. So their happiness comes first. Before money, before
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This is Part 3 of thirty questions that leadership coaches should be prepared to discuss with their clients. The first ten can be found here https://theleaderandthecoach.com/home-%26-blog/f/leadership-coaches-should-prepare-for-these-10-questions The second ten are here https://theleaderandthecoach.com/home-%26-blog/f/ten-more-questions-leadership-coaches-should-prepare-for Whether raised by the executive coach or by the leader, here are some questions that may arise. These are phrased as questions by
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This is Part 2 of thirty questions that leadership coaches should be prepared to discuss with their clients. The first ten can be found here https://theleaderandthecoach.com/home-%26-blog/f/leadership-coaches-should-prepare-for-these-10-questions The rest are here https://theleaderandthecoach.com/home-%26-blog/f/even-more-questions-leadership-coaches-should-anticipate Whether raised by the executive coach or by the leader, here are some questions that may arise. These are phrased as questions by the
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Whether raised by the executive coach or by the leader, here are some questions that may arise. The second ten are here https://theleaderandthecoach.com/ten-more-questions-leadership-coaches-should-prepare-for and the rest are here https://theleaderandthecoach.com/home-%26-blog/f/even-more-questions-leadership-coaches-should-anticipate These are phrased as questions by the leader, but can be “turned around” by prefacing each with, “Do you ever have a concern about…?” or “Would
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[This a guest blog post from Chris Nelson, the editor of our book The Leader and The Coach: The Art of Humanity in Leadership.] The Leader and The Coach: Editorial Review – – Chris Nelson As one of those so-called “artistic” types, my stereotypical biases kept me from recognizing that the business world is as
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