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Road Closed to Your Normal Way of Life
When you hear or read the word “detour,” what’s the primary emotion you experience Do you feel excited, optimistic, and energized? Or hesitant, doubtful, and cautious? I’m going to guess that for most of us, it’s the...
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What Can You Remove from Your Life?
I’m obsessed with Ease. Let me be clear. Here, I’m not talking about Easy. Easy is about doing less, taking shortcuts, and staying inside our comfort zone. Easy says, “I don’t want to do hard things.” Easy seeks...
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Why and How Do You Run 50 Miles?
Growing our commitment muscle is arguably the most significant lever of success we have the power to enforce. Yet so many of us commit to an end goal at the cost of suffering through the journey.
If the process of...
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Why Half in is Half-Ass?
I’ve been thinking about commitment.
Why does commitment have to be such a zero-sum game? Or does it?
Regarding most behaviors, a little bit is better than nothing. The foundation of successful coaching is helping...
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Why is Simplicity the Highest Form of Genius?
Coaching is all about helping my clients get to “simple.” Let me explain. Albert Einstein explained the four ascending levels of cognitive prowess: Smart, Intelligent, Brilliant, and Genius. But do you know what...
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Never Explain!
The more years I collect, the less time and attention I give to arguing, convincing, and explaining. I love Benjamin Disraeli’s advice to “never explain, never complain.” People who have known me for decades have...
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Raising Conscious Children: Balancing Growing Up and Waking Up
“My child needs to grow up!” Nope. Your child needs to wake up. This is my response to parents who confuse “growing up” with “waking up”. And I don’t mean they need to become “woke”! I mean waking up to life’s truths...
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Why Do You Have to Be So Extreme?
When was the last time you heard someone described as being “obsessed” or “intense” in a good way? Intense, obsessed, and extreme are all words that have become weapons. But none of the three is as weaponized as...
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Are You Fed Up Yet?
One crucial aspect of the coaching relationship I haven't shared yet is the most important predictor of client success: how great Coaches choose their clients.
What differentiates “Elite Coaches” from “Good Enough...
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If Life Was a Spotify Playlist, What Would be Your Soundtrack?
In a previous article, When Giving Makes You Exhausted… I confessed to being a thief.
A thief of ideas.
I wrote that everything I share, I’ve heard, read, and learned from someone else.
And whether you realize it or...
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Fear: Friend or Foe?
In a recent conversation with one of my clients, Ruth, we delved deep into the subject of fear—its origins, its influence, and how we can navigate it in our daily lives. As you read along, keep in mind that Ruth is...
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Zielschmerz: The Pain of Pursuing Your Dreams
I engage in more coaching conversations per week than the number of clients I have.
I do this because I’ve learned there’s a large delta between people who want to be coached and those who commit to it.
In other...
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