Category: Coaching Nuggets

The Paradox of Good Rapport

One of the biggest mistakes I see coaches (and people in general) make is that they’re being too nice. They hesitate to disagree, challenge, confront or otherwise try to avoid

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Is this working?

Ever wondered if you’re doing it right?  Well, duh, I fucking hope so! If you haven’t, I’d be seriously worried.  Excessive self doubt is a serious toxin for relationships, and

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End of Year Nugget

My priorities these days are still firmly focused on family. Also, the value I attach to time has risen exponentially since a toddler is making demands on my attention, so I’ll

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Christmas Priorities

My dad always used to say: “Zeit hat man nicht, Zeit muss man sich nehmen”, which translates roughly as “Nobody has time, you have to make time”. Marrying into a

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Simple question – huge impact

What makes a question a powerful question?  Is there such a thing as a “magic question”? Arguably some questions are more powerful than others. And some questions can feel like

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Lean into your “weakness”?

Sometimes it’s pretty frustrating to observe my mind at work.  Today was one of those times. Still quite productive I’d say, but in some considerable tension with what the experts

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The dilemma of authenticity

“Just be yourself!” “What a terrible piece of advice!”, I heard someone say once, and it took me a moment to grasp the enormity of the challenge that was being

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