Coaching Nuggets

I remember sitting on a bar stool at a US airport connecting to some random dude who I had just walked into the place with. As we sat down he

“It’s a leap year”, my colleague pointed out to me this week.  To most, what that means is that February’s got an extra day to balance the scores of the

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

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

“Wer’s nicht im Kopf hat, muss es in den Beinen haben” Since I became a dad, many of my father’s sayings come back to my mind. This latest one (which

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

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

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

I remember my wife giving me that particular look of hers. It was the kind of glance I get when I say something that feels alien to her psychoanalytic perspective,

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

“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

We’ve all been there: You’ve got a meeting. You’re ready. It’s time. Nobody’s showing up.  You give it a few minutes (as someone who’s married into a Mexican family I’m