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What will keep you safe?
Tweet That might appear to be an odd question, but it is an incredibly important one. I have been spending precious time of late working with some people in a small and very special drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, learning a great deal. It is not a closed unit and the clients could walk out […]
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What Do You Want? – a very good coaching question
Tweet ‘What do you want?” sounds somewhat materialistic – new shoes and car, live in a better area, more money… But it need not be, in fact it can be the question that gets you or one of your clients back on their real track, the track where they are fully in touch with themselves […]
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What Will Your Perfect Business be Like?
Tweet Or, if you are not in business, try substituting ‘life’ or ‘career’ or whatever other important life activity is uppermost in your mind and it’s still a very useful question. It is Gerard Jakimavicius’ coaching question in Good Question! and it’s a very helpful one because it points to the importance of having a […]
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Good Questions for Coaches
Tweet If anyone has ever asked you a question that has helped you to stop, take stock and do some fresh thinking then you know the value of good questions. Us coaches know that they are essential, as do counsellors, therapists, managers, parents, friends and just about everybody, really. Some of my very favourite ones […]
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Are You in a place of ‘I Can’ or ‘I Can’t’?
Tweet This is Sanjay Shah’s question in my book Good Question! The Art of Asking Questions to Bring About Positive Change, which is full of good questions for coaches and for anyone who wants to improve life at home, at work or in business. Faced with the English Channel on a grey day, any day […]
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What’s the difference between a job and having your own business?
Tweet After many years of self employment I’ve got a part time job as well as running my own business and I am enjoying it, even though it’s quite tough work with recovering addicts. All my coaching skills come into play, but in a framework set up by someone else. Though I love the freedom […]
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What is the big deal about questions? And 5 good reasons for asking questions.
Tweet After all, we are told that we live in an information age and that if only we can package it up nicely and reach the many we can make our fortunes by sharing our individual, unique knowledge with the world. And questions are the antithesis of information aren’t they? They reveal we don’t know […]
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How to make a good decision
Tweet In this century many of us are faced with more decision-making than in any time in history. Just choosing what to have for dinner can be a big decision with the whole of world cuisine to consider along with the tastes and dietary needs of each diner! Staying or not staying is much more […]
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Addiction issues
Tweet I have taken on some work with drug addicts and alcoholics in recovery. It is early days but it is fascinating work and already I can see the huge potential of bringing Life Coaching, NLP and Clean Facilitation into this area. Alcoholism and Drug addiction are ENORMOUS problems in the world. So many people […]
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The BOOK a celebration
Tweet We never know the future, but is on-demand printing as revolutionary as the first printing presses? Books once had a print run and then went out of print unless reprinted. If they didn’t sell they sat in a back room. Print on demand has changed that. I can order wholesale copies myself, ten or […]