Monthly Archives: August 2014

The most popular quote from our twitter account from week 33 of 2014:

21 August 2014 in popular twitter quotes

Most RT'd quotes last week on @thecoachingblog

Each Thursday I share the most RT’d quote(s) from the blogs twitter account over the previous week. Last week the most RT’d tweet was:

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.”
(John Wooden)
Tweeted on 11th August

The next most popular quote to be RT’d was a tie between:

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
(Henry Ford)
Tweeted on 15th August

and

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
(Greek proverb)
Tweeted on 17th August 2014

thank you

Many thanks to everyone who shared the quotes above and the other quotes from last week. I know that there are various aspects that can influence if a quote attracts your attention – if you saw the tweet, personal style, if it speaks to something happening in your life at that moment etc.

(For those of you as geeky as I am and wondering what tool I’m using to measure individual RT’s this week I’ve been playing with www.twitonomy.com)

Coaching Quote of the Day 21st August 2014

21 August 2014 in quote tagged Einstein / imagination / knowledge / quote

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” (Einstein)

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

(Einstein)

Coaching Quote of the Day 20th August 2014

20 August 2014 in quote tagged breaths / deeds / feelings / live / Philip James Bailey / quote / thoughts / time

"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most—feels the noblest—acts the best." (Philip James Bailey)

“We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;

In feelings, not in figures on a dial.

We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives

Who thinks most—feels the noblest—acts the best.”

(Philip James Bailey)

TED Talk Tuesday 19th August 2014

19 August 2014 in TED talk tagged belief / confidence / Eva DeVirgilis / maek up artist / self image / TED talk / women

This week’s TED Talk clip is from an independent TEDx event:

In my chair — a makeup artists perspective on beauty: Eva DeVirgilis at TEDxRVAWomen

Clip length: 10 mins 52 secs
Prefer to watch on TED.com? In that case you’ll need to click here.

Coaching Quote of the Day 19th August 2014

19 August 2014 in quote tagged conversations / listening / Margaret Millar / quote / witness

"Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness” (Margaret Millar)

“Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness”

(Margaret Millar)

Coaching Quote of the Day 18th August 2014

18 August 2014 in quote tagged Brenda Ueland / create / growth / ideas / impact / listen / quote

"When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life." (Brenda Ueland)

“When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life.”

(Brenda Ueland)

Blog posts for coaches from around the web – 17th August 2014

17 August 2014 in blog posts

share your posts

Welcome to this weeks recap of blog posts for coaches from around the web. 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?”

Posts shared on our Facebook page this week:

““What is wrong with you?!” – The Highly Sensitive Person” by Renée van der Vloodt (Shared by Catherine Robson)
“Coaching Skills for Parents: Resiliency (Part 1)” by Carmen Willenbring Sullo
“DON’T LET SUCCESS GRADUATE!” by sports leadership Coach DeAngelo Wiser
“Coaches are not cheerleaders” by Moyra Mackie
Athletics Coach Eric Hudgens also shared his Tumblr posts

These are a few posts that also attracted my attention either personally or because of readers requests to read more on a particular subject…

Coaching Quote of the Day 17th August 2014

17 August 2014 in quote tagged action / education / quote / result / Thomas Huxley

"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it ought to be done whether you like it or not." (Thomas Huxley)

“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it ought to be done whether you like it or not.”

(Thomas Huxley)

One of the reasons quotes are shared here is to be a catalyst for new thought. So I invite you to consider what thoughts this quote prompts for you – Do you agree or disagree?

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