Coaching Quote of the Day 21st May 2011
“It is better to allow our lives to speak for us in our own words” (Mahatma Gandi)
What are the traits of successful coaches? In today’s guest post Andrew Ferdinando, who runs Hubworking, shares his thoughts. Successful Coaches – Observations From An Outsider By Andrew Ferdinando Having never experienced coaching, the coaching industry was new to me when I set up my business Hubworking (www.hubworking.com) in 2006. Based in 3 locations in … Read more
“I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptulized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies” (Bruce Lee)
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” (Martin Luther King Jr)
At some stage in a coaching conversation it’s not at all unusual for me to ask a variation of the question – did/does it work? I’ve written before about different types of questions (you can read that post again here) and you may recognise that “did/does it work?” can be labelled as a closed question. … Read more
“If someone hands you a million dollars, best you become a millionaire, or you won’t get to keep the money.” (Jim Rohn)
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say it is brave.” (Mark Twain)
“Thought is free.” (William Shakespear) This week I thought I would revist a piece I wrote a couple of years ago: For the last few days I’ve had a couple of lines of music stuck in my head. It started when I heard a brief clip of it on the TV and after that it … Read more