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Reverse Engineering Your Brain

I must admit to being a bit of a zealot when it comes to the correct use of language in a Life Coaching environment.

I wrote an entire post, subtitled Stop Whyning, on the reasons the word ‘why ’as the first word in a question is almost never useful in a coaching environment, with the possible exception of discussing core values.

It’s also the reason I almost always point out when clients are using

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How Do You Know What You Know?

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You know a lot of stuff, right? But how do you know the stuff you know is right?

What if isn’t, are you prepared for that?

A few years ago whilst on vacation there was a heated debate going on between my mother-in-law and my wife one evening.

Kate my mother-in-law, was telling a story at dinner that was at odds with how Helen remembered it.

It was obvious that even though both people

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Who Are You?

Rarely these days do I read a non-fiction book that blows me away.

I’m not sure whether that’s a product of reading so many self development and Life Coaching books, that I seldom find anything truly unique. Or that I’m just becoming more cynical as I age. Maybe it’s a bit of both.

David Rock’s brilliant book Your Brain At Work (AL) was a rare exception and probably the best self development book I

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The Meaning Of Life Explained

Monks

What do you get when you ask a Buddhist questions about Margaret Thatcher, Meditation, Macs, Mountains and the meaning of life?

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A Buddhist, Plain and Simple.

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If you are even slightly interested in knowing what a Buddhist teacher thinks of George Bush, tolerance and mosquitos this interview with Bodhipaksa will be right up your street. You’ll also learn what a seiza stool is and whether seasoned Buddhists ever get nervous or anxious.

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Buddhism, Beatles & Brilliance

In my highly controversial (no seriously it was, you should read the comments) review of Steve Pavlina’s book I made the rather rash statement that I hated doing book reviews and would probably never do one again.

Yet here we are just a few days later and I’m doing not one, but two book reviews in one post. Can you spell hypocritical? Well of course you can because I just wrote it for you,

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