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A popular coaching trope is "What got you here won't get you there."
If true, it begs two questions. Here is the first: what must I change?
The famed coach Marshall Goldsmith...
It seems hard to believe, but one of the best selling Zen books for all time, Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, was published over 50 years ago.
There is a chapter on Excitement, where Suzuki...
Roadwork has long been a conditioning strategy used by boxers to fuel recovery and build an aerobic base onto which more interval and high intensity work could be layered. Despite the...
Most are familiar with the tragic story of the devastating onstage attack by a tiger during a Siegfried & Roy show at the Mirage in Las Vegas. The attack left Roy crippled for the rest...
You are dreading an upcoming presentation to senior leaders, or the C-Staff, or the Board. You are dreading it because at least one person has a rep as a egomaniac. Sotto voce: you might...
One night long ago, a camel was freezing in the cold desert. He asked his master if he could just put his nose inside the tent for a bit of warmth. The master thought there would be no harm in that...
Meetings are often more effective when there is a skilled facilitator present to keep things on track, holdup the mirror, create a safe space, etc.
Unfortunately, few meetings have one.
Many have a...
I recently wrote about an experience with my 98-year old mother that touched me deeply.
I know how lucky I am to have had her for so long. She has been a teacher and a role model for me...
Richard Levi had a powerful influence on me early in my coaching journey. He died recently and his passing is a loss to me and the entire coaching community he was a pillar of. These three stories...
There is a well-known Zen story about a rather non-conventional response to impending doom.
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice,...
One of my favorite Warren Buffett quotes is "Only when the tide goes out do you discover who has been swimming naked."
It is of course a reference to investors who get over leveraged or are...
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The Enneagram Personality Typing system is showing up more...
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