
The other day I got into a backward and forward exchange on Twitter with Norcross that was littered with misunderstandings on both sides after I posted the following tweet: “If you wouldn’t do your job for minimum wage, then you’re probably in the wrong job” He responded by saying it was a bullshit statement as it’s almost impossible to…
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I talk a lot about values and specifically value conflicts both to life coaching clients and here on this blog. I make no apologies for doing so, because they are so crucially important to anybody that wants to take control of their life. Over the last week or so I’ve had my very own value conflicts going on that…
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When I’m working with a life coaching client on values it’s crucial before I try and work out the hierarchy I understand what each values means to them Even though every word has at least one literal translation in the English language, we also have a tendency, to put our own interpretation on what any particular word means to…
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Did you know it’s generally accepted that the human mind can only consciously deal with between 5 and 9 pieces of information at any one time? That even though there are currently millions of bits of data streaming at you, you are only aware of about 7 different things at any one time. It’s not very impressive is it?…
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My co-author of How To Be Rich and Happy, John Strelecky sent me this post yesterday to publish on the How To Be Rich and Happy blog. On reflection we both thought it better that it receive a wider audience. It’s not an uplifting tale, but it is one worth telling as suicide amongst teens is the third leading…
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If I could show you a guaranteed way of being more creative, would you be interested? If you said no, then I suspect your creativity is through the roof, so if I could show you a guaranteed way of being more analytical when necessary, would you want to know more? Well I can, so read on. There’s a better…
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What a week! Let me tell you the last few days have demonstrated to me the power of leverage and then some. I regularly talk to coaching clients about gaining leverage to hit goals or make positive changes in their lives. Goal setting is cool, but if you don’t have the requisite leverage you’re either going to fail or…
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I know it’s not de rigueur to say this at the moment, but I really don’t care for all the talk about building tribes. I even find the term mildly insulting, although I realize it’s not usually meant to be. I’m also a tad uncomfortable having just set up a Facebook Fan Page because I don’t want fans per…
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