
If you have spent more than 5 minutes on this site or watching any of my videos you’ll have heard the word reframe at some stage. Reframing is possibly the single most important self development tool I have in my bag. And not just for work with clients either, because I use it myself on a daily basis. What…
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There are all sorts of weird and wonderful Life Coaching and NLP phrases I use on a regular basis that are alien to the majority of people. If you are a regular here you probably already know what anchoring and reframing are, so today I wanted to share with your four slightly more obscure phrases that nevertheless come up…
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As you know, the entire blog and website are being overhauled and the beginning of June will yield a fresh start. Gone will be The Discomfort Zone name (although I now think I’m keeping A Daring Adventure) and the cartoons. As it’s a new start I’d really like your input. I have concocted a very short survey and really…
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The previous post, “Do SMART Goals Suck?’ created some really cool conversation in the comments and some strong opinions and well thought out arguments. Today I wanted to take some time today to dispel some of the myths, or at least what I think of as myths, of goal setting. I think some people quite naturally got wrapped up…
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Firstly, if you have reading this via e-mail you may have seen it earlier this week, SORRY! I have no idea what I did, but I managed to send out the draft version without even knowing it, as well as an old post too. Worry not, I have given myself a damn good thrashing and warned myself that if…
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About 10 years ago I was in a sales meeting with a customer who happened to be a Life Coach and psychologist. I can’t remember how we got onto the topic, but I was telling him about my sisters severe phobia of snakes that she’d had most of her life. When I say severe phobia, I mean really, really…
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I don’t have many heroes when it comes to life coaching and/or self development. There are people I admire and respect, but few that would make be more excited than a 13 year-old schoolgirl at a Jonas Brothers concert. In fact, off the top of my head I can only think of two and they are the co-developer of…
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Do me a huge favor will you please? This post really wont work if you don’t go and read this review of How To Be Rich and Happy first. Go on, humor me it’ll only take a couple of minutes, but please do NOT read the comments before you pop back here to finish this post. This is not…
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