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, March, and April so today we move onto:

May

Guest Posts

• Are we talking the same language? By Amanda Clegg
• 7 Things Confident Coaches Do by Annie Ashdown
• Design Your Business Around Your Lifestyle By Susan Tomlinson
• 3 Systems to Set Up When You Don’t Know Where to Start by Tracey Lawton
• Step Up As A Coach By Leveraging Your Weaknesses By Frederique Murphy

Most RT’d quote on our Twitter feed each week:

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”

(Stephen Covey)

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.”

(John Wooden)

“He who angers you conquers you.”

(Elizabeth Kenny)

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”

(Marilyn Vos Savant)

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

• Nigel Marsh: How to make work-life balance work
• Diébédo Francis Kéré: How to build with clay… and community
• Caroline Casey: Looking past limits
• Simon Sinek: Why good leaders make you feel safe

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:

• “Why multi-tasking makes you less productive – and how to let go of your To Do list”by Jane Minton
• “Judo Values” by Judo coach Mike Callan
• “YOUR TRIBUTE – WHAT WOULD BE SAID OF YOU?” by HT Lee
• “Embrace anger. Screw peace.” by Carmen Willenbring Sullo
• “EIGHT QUESTIONS THAT KEEP COACHES AWAKE AT NIGHT” by Sports Leadership Coach DeAngelo Wiser
• “Danger! Asking your loved ones for advice about a new job may be a recipe for disaster” by Amanda Cullen
• “A negative focus creates a lousy mood…” by Jo Davidson
•   “Why I love fertility coaching – this may surprise you” by fertility coach Kate Davies
• “La necesidad de reconocimiento” by Ivan Jose (In Spanish)
• “The Life Long Impact of Being Born – How our birth stories affect our lives” by Sam Neffendorf
• Lawrence Polsky shared two posts: “The CEO Effect: 4 Brain-Train Strategies” and“Are Bossy Bosses Bad? Secrets from Notable Leaders”
• “Perry auf dem Weg zum Zeitgestalter! Folge 1 …” by Heiko Andreas (In German)
• Cricketing coach Matt Thompson shared two of his posts “THINKING ON YOUR FEET: COACHING DECISION MAKERS” and “KEEPING IT SIMPLE: DEVELOPING WORLD CLASS BASICS”
• “Are you playing at “building your business”? (+ my early days’ confession)” by Maria Arredondo
• “Making adversity your friend…” by Jo Davidson
• “Tools of the Trade: The Therapist’s Voice [VIDEO INTERVIEW]” by Renée van der Vloodt  (Shared by Catherine Robson)
• “HIGH PERFORMANCE – WHY PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO BE AT THEIR BEST (PART 1)” by HT Lee
• “ORGANIC LEARNING” by Alexandra Telluselle
• “Coached by a 7 year old” by Carmen Willenbring Sullo
• “WHAT’S THE CULTURE OF YOUR TEAM?” by sports leadership coach DeAngelo Wiser

These are a few posts that also attracted my attention from around the Internet

Bonus posts:

• “Payment plans: how to make installments work for you and your clients” by Fabienne Fredrickson
• “The Depression Fairy is Imaginary” by Judy Sedgeman
• “4 Tips To Help Millennials Find Meaningful Work” by Adam Smiley Poswolsky
• “5 time wasters that are actually highly productive” by Grace Marshall
• “Ever feel like you’re ready to LEAP to your next level of success but keep getting stuck in “barriers” like mud and other yucky stuff?” by Nadine Nicholson
• “What I Learned From My Daughter About Decision Making” by Dan Pontefract
• “For Some Executives, Doing Less Means Getting More Done” by Alina Dizik
• “Dancing in the Darkness – Embracing The Uncertainty of Being an Entrepreneur” by Monica Shah
• “Has a “Clean Slate” Ever Led to a Major Habit Change for You?” by Gretchen Rubin
• “How to Make the Best of the Worst” by Bud Bilanch
• “Five Ways To Relax Instantly Anywhere” by Andy Smith
• “Stories, Truths and Lies” by Karen Williams
• “HOW TO TALK ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS” by C.J. Hayden
• “Study finds increased employee flexibility, supervisor support offer wide-ranging benefits” by AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
• “To Create a Real Connection, Show Vulnerability” by Michael Simmons
• “What My Dog Trainer Reminded Me About Leadership” by Michael Hyatt
• “Giving Feedback a Different Feel” by Michael Bungay Stanier
• “After the jump: How we define ourselves as creatives” by Grace Bonney
• “Are You Ready to Lose Control?” by Eric J. McNulty
• “5 Secrets to Better Life Habits” by LearnVest
• “The benefit of the doubt” by Seth Godin
• “What does it mean to focus on ‘structure’ rather than ‘content’ in NLP?” by Andy Smith
• “What to say when someone asks ‘How much do you charge?’” by Sharla Jacobs
• “The 5 Levels of Buyers” by Charlie Gilkey
• “What it *really* means to reach more people” by Mark Silver
• “Why Wait?” by Michael Neill
• “5.5 Success Mindset Boosters (the 0.5 brings it to another level!)” by Frederique Murphy
• “23 SURPRISING WAYS CONFIDENCE CHANGES YOUR LIFE” by Steve Errey
• “Asking or announcing…” by Seth Godin
• “Everything Counts” by Gary Ryan Blair
• “Rekindle, Reinvigorate, and Recharge—It Works at Any Age” by Ken Blanchard
• “Turn Inspiration Into Action” by Leo Babauta
• “The kings of concentration” by Brian Dumaine
• “Google Design Minutes — Search: The beauty of speed” [YouTube video] by Google developers
• “Change for change’s sake: What about tradition and stability?” by Tony Nicholls
• “Why Being Happy Makes Good Business Sense…” by John El-Mokadem

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