Coaching Tips

Perfect, perfection. Those are words that carry a lot of power. They are also an expression of the unattainable. Even if we can achieve perfection for one brief moment, it doesn’t last. And perfection-the striving for it, can really slow you down. While you are working to be perfect you are probably not getting much…

Do these comments sound familiar? Some day I would like to see the pyramids in Egypt. One day we will make our financial goals. For most of us, these types of vague aspirations hang around at the back of our minds, popping up to distract us when they are most intrusive- usually when we have…

Try harder. How often have you heard that expression? At home, school, work, on TV or radio. It is as common as it can be . Yet when you think of it, what does it mean? Trying is not doing. Yoda said it best: “there is no try, there is only do”. Think of a…

Words to strike terror into the heart of a manager. Non-performance. Probably not grounds for termination and at the same time, you know that their heart isn’t in the job. You may have discovered that ignoring it in the hope it will get better is not working. Quick comments seem to have no effect. So…

Change – it’s a word that can send shivers down the spine and yet it is the one unrelenting constant in our lives. We grow up, we age, we change jobs, get married, have children…the list is endless. Yet we often resist change by simple sabotage. Do you believe you are open to change? Here…