The blog’s twitter account regularly shares quotes that are there to spark inspiration, provoke action and generally interest coaches. I haven’t done this for some time but here are the most popular quotes that the blogs twitter account tweeted during the month of July.
Tweet with the most impressions overall
“I don’t want to be interesting. I want to be good.”
(Ludwig Mies van der Rohe))
Tweet with the most RT’s
Two quotes got equal amounts of RT’s
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”
(Mark Twain)
The second quote was also the Tweet with the most favourite stars
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
(John Quincy Adams)
I know many coaches like quotes and we also generally love questions so in no particular order I thought I’d share some questions prompted by these quotes. You’re welcome to share your answers below if you so desire but I’d love for you to actually take any relevant action that occurs to you from answering.
How will you know that something you’re working on now is good?
If it didn’t matter if you felt fear, what would you do?
How would you define courage?
What would inspire you today?
What occurs to you that would allow you to: dream more?
learn more?
do more?
become more?
What does leadership mean to you?
Remember, just because you have an answer does not mean you have to immediately take action. This is an invite to explore, play and if you want take action. It’s not an invite to beat yourself up because you didn’t take action on something not appropriate to your situation or simply because you didn’t want to – there’s no pressure to get “the right answer” or do anything with anything that occurs to you.
Feel free to comment below with any questions or thoughts these quotes and the post generates for you. Alternatively, if you prefer you can email me at he***@*******************co.uk
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, if you feel it’s something that will resonate with your own followers. Many thanks if you’ve taken the time to RT, clicked favourite, and generally interacted with the quotes on the twitter feed.
(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 and Twitters own analytics system)
P.S. Wondering how to use quotes in your coaching? Back in 2012 I wrote a couple of posts around using quotes in coaching, Do you use quotes in your coaching? and a follow up one answering a readers question Using quotes in coaching – remembering them in the first place.
About Jen Waller
Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond.
As an experienced coach and trainer Jen is happy to utilise all skills at her disposal to assist clients from getting out of their own way and making a difference in the world with their coaching. One of the aspects of her role Jen loves the most is seeing individuals find their voice, grow their confidence and take the next steps so that they make a massive positive impact and difference with their coaching.
In her spare time Jen is a volunteer for the UK based charity The Cinnamon Trust who support elderly and terminally ill pet owners provide care for their pets. As a volunteer, Jen regularly walks dogs for owners who physically often find that more challenging then they once did. As a pet owner herself, Jen finds it really rewarding to be able to assist an owner stay with an animal that has become part of the family. (Plus it’s a great aditional motivator when working from home to get out and get some fresh air and exercise)
Jen also loves theatre and has been known to watch certain popular science fiction films and TV shows!