Over the remainder of this year I’ll be recapping what’s been happening here on Coaching Confidence, the coaching blog during 2014.
In previous days we started by looking at the posts that happened in January, February and March, so today we move onto:
April
Guest Posts
- How to Create Confidence in the Faint-of-Heart By James White
- Coaching and Leadership – Two Sides of the Same Coin By Ben Morton
- When in Doubt, Shut Up and Listen By Suzi McAlpine
- HOW WILL YOU WIN YOUR FIRST GAME….YOUR NEW TEAM? by DeAngelo Wiser Wiser Sports Leadership
Most RT’d quote on our Twitter feed each week:
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
(Winston Churchill)
“Don’t mistake activity with achievement.”
(John Wooden)
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”
(Maya Angelou)
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.”
(Tony Robbins)
TED Talk’s
Each Tuesday we share a different TED Talk.
You’ll notice that some talks will be obviously directly related to personal development and how you use coaching. On other occasions they will be talks where the topics appear more abstract, they’ll be here to prompt new thoughts by coming at something from a different direction – or just because they struck me as interesting/ funny etc
- Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile
- Matthieu Ricard: The habits of happiness
- David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé … or your eulogy?
- Sarah Lewis: Embrace the near win
- Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
Blog posts for coaches from around the web
How do posts appear on this list?
The list is created using two different sources:
Source One
Each Monday on this blogs Facebook page I usually issue the following question and invitation:
“Have you written/seen a blog post in the past week that you’d think is of interest to coaches and that you’d like to share?”
Many of the posts shared on Facebook will then appear on this list.
Source Two
I personally add posts that have attracted my eye for one reason or another. Sometimes this will be because it fits with a request from a reader about what the want to read more about. Sometimes it’s a post that covers a topic I know from working with clients that coaches will find valuable and/or interesting. Then there are also the posts that just really resonate with me personally.
Whilst to some extent I’m reliant on what’s written each week and what I see, I attempt to provide a mix in this list of different approaches. Some of the posts deal with logistics and answering “how to” style questions, some will be coaches sharing their own experiences and approaches and some posts will fall more in a spiritual category.
I’ll guess that because of the broad spectrum of the list they’ll be some posts you love and others that really don’t appeal to you. My suggestion is to read the posts you’re drawn towards – it’s here to inform, entertain and provide value not to create lots of thought about which you do and don’t like.
Posts shared on our Facebook Page:
- “HOW TO ESCAPE THE UNDER-PRICING TRAP” by Corrina Gordon-Barnes (Shared by Sue Revell)
- “HOW TO RESPOND TO OFFENSES” by HT Lee
- “Turning One of Your Brain Quirks to Your Advantage!” by Frederique Murphy
- “The Keys to being a successful coach” by Netball Australia (Shared by Damian Hecker)
- “VERHAALTJE DOOR UIT DE OUDE DOOS” by Marloes van Esseveld (In Dutch)
- “My startup confession: people say no” by Danielle Anderson
- Leanne Lindsey shared two of her posts “3 Simple Steps for De-cluttering a Stressed and Anxious Mind” and “Put yourself on your “to-do” list”
- “The Uncluttered Office – The Workable Home. Are you trying to work from Home?”by Julieanne Steel
- “5 reasons why people can be so difficult” by Maria Varallo
- “When is it Time to Walk Away?” by Sherry Gareis
- “NEVER SAY IT’S TOO EXPENSIVE” by Corrina Gordon-Barnes
- “Feeling guilty about wanting more?” by Amanda Cullen
- “How to Break Up with Your Excuses & Have Enough Time” by Olivia Chapman
- ARE YOU DISHONORING YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF? (PART 1) by H T Lee
- “KEUZES MAKEN” by Marloes van Esseveld (In Dutch)
These are a few posts that also attracted my attention from around the Internet
Bonus posts:
- “Nothing to Fear: The Innocent Origins of Scarcity Thinking” by Molly Gordon
- “The Yellow Legal Pad 90% Solution” by Jason Stein
- “Motivation re-visited” by Dianne Lowther
- “5 Ways to Find 6 Months’ Worth of Fresh Blog Post Ideas in One Hour or Less” by Tammi Metzler
- “Positive, negative thinkers’ brains revealed” by Michigan State University
- “ActionPoint > Great Expectations” by Steve Errey
- “Rule #1 about marketing: set a goal and create a plan to achieve it” by Fabienne Fredrickson
- “How does one heal? (when the injury is ongoing)” by Eric Klein
- “The Morning Rituals Of 15 Highly Successful Small Business Owners” by Richard Feloni
- “What you want is not who you are” by Jennifer Louden
- “Tips For Sharpening Your Rapport Skills” by Andy Smith
- “Time to spring clean your business!” by Michele Christensen
- “The right moment” by Seth Godin
- “16 Leadership Lessons from a Four Star General” by Shane Parrish
- “Why Saying NO Is The Ultimate Form Of Self-Care” by Tricia Huffman
- “Find Your Passion With These 8 Thought-Provoking Questions” by Warren Berger
- “Strategic Thinking: A Head-to-Head Book Review” by Michael Bungay Stanier
- “The Art of the Done List: Harnessing the Power of Progress” by Janet Choi
- “When identity marketing backfires: Consumers don’t like to be told what they like” by UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS JOURNALS
- “‘Getting’ isn’t ‘doing’ coaching” by Glenn Wallis
- “Lost Your Keys Again? 8 Tips for Finding Misplaced Objects.” by Gretchen Rubin
- “His lips were moving but all I could hear was my own voice” by Véronique Pivetta
- “Five Keys to Great Customer Service” by Ken Blanchard
- “Why it makes sense to charge more for some of your services” by Fabienne Fredrickson
- “They’re your words, choose them” by Seth Godin
- “The most valuable ‘thing’ you can give to anyone” by Jenna Phillips
- “Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds” by American Psychological Association
- “There’s Someone I’d Like You to Meet…How To Use Introductions to Strengthen Weak Ties and Advance Your Career” by JOHN CORCORAN
- “Understand This One Brain Filter Today And Be A Better Leader Tomorrow (you use it every day, so make sure it works for you!)” by Frederique Murphy
- “Planning and working ahead” by Michele Christensen
- “Integrity has no need of rules” by Jamie Smart
- “3 Years to 7 Figures” by Lisa Sasevich
- “Ever get that “who am I to?” feeling?” by Grace Marshall
Missed an earlier months recap? Click the month you want to read more about:
January
February
March
Hi Jen,
Thank YOU for including 2 of my articles in April!!!
You’re welcome Frederique, always a pleasure