How To Seek Great Advice

Doesn't it seem like everywhere you turn someone is willing to tell you how to get rid of your problems - whether they know what they're talking about or not? The danger is when you start to listen to it. You'll usually find that your advisor/critics rarely, if ever, follow their own advice.

Practical Spirituality—The Second Force

In our last article we discussed centripetal force. Centripetal force was the pull that every individual has to go inwards, into their inner-self, in order to make sense of the world and to maintain healthy social boundaries. We talked about how healthy need often drew one outside of oneself into social interactions. Healthy need was associated with the individuals psyche needing to grow and expand its ideas about reality and the world. This pull outward is what we call centrifugal force.

How To Choose A Life Coach

Do you know how to choose a life coach? It is a relatively new profession so how do you go about choosing the right life coach for you?

Do What You Love

Love and Passion ... are two words that bring to mind deep feelings for something or someone. For instance, the type of feelings that begins in the pit of your stomach and radiate outward, exuding brilliance, warmth, and joy. Do these words represent how you feel about your job and or position in life?

Practical Spirituality - The Fourth Force

In our previous articles we spoke about three of the Four Forces. We spoke about centripetal force, the movement of the attention inward, centrifugal force, the movement of the attention outward, gravity, the movement of the attention downward. Lastly we will discuss the fourth force, electro-magnetic energy.

How a Life Coach Can Bring Out the Bill Gates in Your Kid

Gallup studies show that 70% of high school students want to start their own companies. That’s great news. But here’s the problem: almost none of them know where to start. Believe it or not, maybe they need a life coach. Before you dismiss the idea, think of what a life coach can actually teach your children.

Get More Out Of Life

We all can. And enjoy life so much more! It takes work, but that work is largely fun and there is an established track to run on.

How Do You Support Yourself?

Is it better to go it alone or navigate life with a support system of friends, colleagues and people in your community who care about you and what you do? Most people probably nod their heads and say, “Yes, of course; establishing a support system is important.” But in practice, our tendency is to believe that operating alone shows resilience, strength and a stiff upper lip.

Career Transitions: 4 Preliminary Tips That Will Get You on the Career Path to Success

Not happy in your current job? Thinking about making a career change? Dynamic lifestyles and an uncertain economy are just two of many reasons to consider a new occupation, or even an entirely different field than the one you're in now. Trust me; as a career counselor who has helped many people reinvent themselves professionally, I can assure you that you're not alone!

A Mentor And Your Business

A mentor is more than a business adviser. A business mentor is a skilled professional who possesses what the business owner wants - the knowledge, business experience, wherewithal and skill to improve the business performance and profit of an organization. Discover the benefits a mentor could bring to your business.

What You Condemn Or Admire In Others Talks About You

What you don’t have inside yourself, you can not see in others! The human psyche seems to have a pendant for projecting our shortcomings onto others, but also our good traits. Without the other we would not be able to know the self: they are our mirrors. What you condemn or detest in others are your own qualities that you don’t want to face, but that you should be working at. In the same way, the good traits you admire in others are your own qualities that you don’t know you have.

Four Ways to Motivate Your Team

Regardless of the team’s level – youth, high school, college, or the pros – players need to be consistently motivated to be successful, even winning teams. Teams that are not motivated are flat and, unless they can totally overpower their opponent, unlikely to succeed. Motivation is giving players a reason to perform to the best of their ability to achieve team goals. This responsibility falls on the coach and the players. It takes a team effort to be mentally and physically prepared to play and to maintain a level of interest that puts your team in a position to win. Try these four ways to motivate your players.

Do You Allow Yourself to Win?

You cannot win unless you allow yourself to win. That means creating an environment in which you can win. It means surrounding yourself with people who help you win – coaches, trainers, teammates, parents, and friends. And it also means instilling in yourself – and others – a positive attitude that reinforces winning and success. These five tips will help coaches and parents create athletes that allow themselves to win.

Change AKA New Beginnings

How do you experience change? Do you resist it or see it as a new opportunity? How can we optimize our experience of change? Learn new ways to master your response to change.