Posts Tagged ‘self-development’

9/11 Anniversary: Time to Bring Peace into Your Life

Today is the 8th anniversary of 9/11, that fateful day when two planes demolished the World Trade Center in New York.Everyone remembers just where they were when they heard the news. I was working in the City of London at the time and watched the world-changing events unfolding on a screen at a hairdressing salon. There was an eerie silence all around as we watched in shock, hardly… Continue reading

September 11 2009 | By Arvind | Tagged: change, difference, diversity, forgiveness, growth, peace, self-development | 20 comments»

Can You Be Truly Honest?

Honesty, we say, is the best policy. And yet, it’s hardly news to anyone that in much of our lives, dishonesty rules. Salespeople lie about the benefits of one product over another, or about how useful those “extended service plans” really are. Partners lie about whether they liked dinner, or about what they did last night after work. Employees lie about the reason a project is overdue, or about how… Continue reading

September 8 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: fear, honesty, people, relationship, self-development, self-improvement, trust | 26 comments»

How to Ditch Meekness and Walk Tall

Are you a meek person?If so, your life may be ruled by others, and it's time to ditch meekness. Sounds easy, doesn't it? But it's not. Because meekness is a habitual response to the challenges of life. And it takes time and effort to change ingrained habits.The root of meekness is low self-esteem. When our self-esteem is low, we respond to the challenges of life with doubts and fears. And… Continue reading

April 6 2009 | By Mary | Tagged: confidence, personal growth, self esteem, self-development | 7 comments»

Organization Session: A Weekly Check In Practice for Ultimate Development

Creating a weekly retreat gives yourself a delightful space to reconnect, review, and readjust, where necessary. It is a big picture look in which you set up the blueprint for your week. This frees you up so that you can relax into it and trust that you have already implemented the wishes of your highest self. Everything works more beautifully as you get better at being more aware of what you want while setting up your time. Continue reading

February 16 2009 | By Danielle Marie | Tagged: blueprint, clarity, daily, opportunity, organization, perspectives, planning, priority, routine, self-development, thrive | 5 comments»

Just Listen To Yourself

How often do you have a really strong gut instinct and it proves to be wrong? How often do you override that instinct and then kick yourself later on? My guess would be that if you’re anything like the people that come to me for life coaching the answers are hardly ever and always.Everybody knows intuitively that they have solid instincts. I have never met anybody either… Continue reading

November 17 2008 | By Tim | Tagged: coaching, consciousness, instinct, self-development | 15 comments»

How to Make Yourself Indispensable

Let me ask you a question: could you disappear? If you didn’t show up at work tomorrow, if you weren’t home at 6:00 for dinner, if nobody ever heard from or saw you again, would it matter?

OK, these are depressing things to think about, but that’s exactly how many people feel, day in and day out, in their jobs and even at home. They feel unappreciated, unchallenged… Continue reading

June 16 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: difference, growth, indispensable, self-development, social | 26 comments»

How to Admit Your Mistakes

OK, you screwed up. Something's gone horribly, horribly wrong, and it's all your fault. And now, it's time to pay the piper.

Maybe you lost your company's big client. Maybe you forgot to do a critical part of that big project. Maybe you weren't there for someone when they needed you, even when you said you would be. Whatever the situation, someone trusted you to do a job and you… Continue reading

June 2 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: apologizing, failure, learning, mistake, responsibility, self-development | 11 comments»