Coaching Nuggets

It seems like everybody and their mum is telling entrepreneurs that niching is the most important thing they can do for their business. It certainly is one of the most

What’s your relationship with uncertainty? Do you find yourself trying to control outcomes? Perhaps you work hard to make something happen exactly the way you want it to be, or

“In order to succeed I need to be more [________], and less [____________].” Sound familiar? In some form or other, I hear this statement often. Just today I’ve heard it

How much can you stretch yourself before something snaps? When we stretch a muscle, it strengthens it.When we overstretch slightly, we build muscle effectively.When we go beyond our capacity to

I felt a little smug after I managed to formulate such an elaborate question, skillfully weaving in references to a pattern we had discovered earlier, and inviting attention to a

What does it mean to be “fully present”? I believe it’s much more than giving what or whoever is in front of you your full attention. Firstly, when you are

That corridor between 50 and 60 years of age… Apparently a number of doctors refer to it as “Sniper Alley”. “If you make it to 60, you’re winning!” is how

What makes people happy? It’s a question I have explored at depth. Firstly because it seemed like an important question for pretty much everyone I’ve ever met, and most people

“Uuuh, what’s that?!? … I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something just happened…” It was during a recent supervision group. Something in her voice had changed. Very

“Where do we need to start in your story to understand who you are today?” What an excellent entry point into a rich conversation! While, in some way or other,

I’ve just come off a podcast interview with the highly influential Prof. Jonathan Passmore. Too much in that conversation to summarise in a nugget, but one thing that stuck out

This might well be the end of us… was my initial reaction to the emergence of the recent AI development avalanche. Then I entered a consciously positive space and explored