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More Personal Development Quotations
More of my favourite motivational quotations: The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust In the field of observation, chance favours only the prepared mind - Louis Pasteur In times of change the learners will inherit the earth, while the learned will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with [...]
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR ?
All my Christian life I have been trying to find the way to do that. It has been a challenge to love the neighbor who allows his dog to bark at two o’clock in the morning or in rush hour, being cut off or tailgated. There are just so many opportunities to learn how to [...]
HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE ?
The past posts have been speaking to the emotional aspect of our lives. Today I wanted to begin the journey into the health of the body. It has a definite relationship to the emotional side of our lives. This is very apparent when the blood sugar is high or low. In both cases there is [...]
When NOT to Live Your Destiny, Part 2
This series was originally written by Tony Stoltzfus– a well-known author, coach and coach trainer who runs an on-line Christian coaching bookstore at Coach22.com. This is part 2 of 4. : : : Picking up where we left off, it may come as a surprise to hear that living your destiny is often NOT the will of [...]
When NOT to Live Your Destiny? Part 1
This series was originally written by Tony Stoltzfus– a well-known author, coach and coach trainer who runs an on-line Christian coaching bookstore at Coach22.com. This is part 1 of 4. : : : As life coaches, we are all about helping people find and follow their God-given callings. It is easy for us to assume that moving [...]
I Can See Clearly Now – Creating Personal Vision
So often we focus on goals that reflect a change we’d like: lose weight, stop smoking, change jobs, plan a vacation. How often is the same degree of planning applied to the very ‘big picture’ concepts, the kind that don’t often come up in conversation? Concepts like: What do you want for yourself, [...]
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT – JEALOUSY
Are you jealous? Jealously is a negative trait because there is nothing positive about it. When you express it, you’re basically telling yourself that you want something that someone else has. If you express jealously to others, it would sound something like “I don’t understand what he sees in her!”, “How did she get all that [...]
Coaching Cancer Sufferers
My name is Christine Miljkovic, I am 46 years old and married with three sons. As an adult I have lived in England, Russia, The Netherlands and Singapore, where we recently returned after many years away. It will come as no surprise, then, that my core business is coaching expats, but [...]
For All The People Who Claim NOT To Be Creative: The Imagination Quiz
Do you believe that creativity is a quality that only ‘creative people’ possess? OK, so you may not be the most creative person in the world ever but can you honestly say that you have zero creativity? This doesn’t necessarily mean artistic skill; it’s about imagination. Are you an imaginative person? Here’s a short quiz to [...]
Too Much, Too Soon? The Facts of Life
Having been involved in SRE teaching in inner city schools I felt I just had to comment on the story that a new Government programme is expected to be added to the curriculum that will require primary schools to give all pupils sex education lessons under Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education. In association with [...]
Are Sound Tracks the Background of Our Lives or Do they Set the Scene?
“Shake it, shake it, baby” was the “ABC” beat that walked me home – through a transister radio – from high school. Michael Jackson and his 4 brothers were 5 sparkling sticks of dynamite in every way: their sound, their colorful clothes, their dance moves, the expressions on their faces. Led by Michael (although Jermaine [...]
Dealing with Distractions
On any given day, in any given life, there are distractions. I am always amazed that I will lay out my plans for the week and look back and find that all I have accomplished is dealing with distractions. I am dealing with a couple right now that could impact my business quite a bit, [...]
Would You Rather Have All the Questions or All the Answers?
Well, this may mean nothing to you however in the coaching world, it was long thought (and, take a moment to reorient because ‘long thought’ in a 20-year old industry isn’t much) that clients have all the answers and coaches provide the questions. If we do it well enough, our questions will stimulate a provocative [...]
Unconditional Positive Regard
‘I like only half of the idea of “unconditional positive regard” - the positive-regard half … Unconditional positive regard is not contingent on anything your child does. Mastery, in stark contrast, is conditional, defined as an outcome strictly dependent on what your child does.’ [...]
Huge Time Waster and Stress Inducer!
Huge Time Waster: Looking for Things! An easy way to create space in your day is to stop wasting time looking for objects. How much time do you waste looking for the same items, every day, over and over? Keys, cell phone, Blackberry, etc. How much time do you spend looking for what you need every time [...]