A Whole New Mind
It takes a pretty good book to keep my interest until the last page. I've started countless books only to put them down after 50 or 100 pages. Fortunately, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink is not one of...
Laughter Yoga
I'm reading a wonderful book, A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink. More on the book later but I wanted to tell you about an intriguing concept that's discussed in the book-laughter clubs as a way of boosting our joyfulness...
Are You The Product of Life Coaching?
A prospective coaching client asked me this provocative question. It spoke to walking the talk, eating my own dog food, and living the results of what I believe in. I have paid for formal coaching. I've swapped coaching with colleagues...
Lowering Expectations, Outsourcing, and Perspective
I had an extraordinary experience recently. I hosted a relaxing Thanksgiving dinner for my family. Yes, relaxing. And no, we didn't have it catered or eat out at a restaurant. It was a home-cooked meal (mostly). My husband and I...
The New World of Marketing
Recently, I came across a link to a video on the subject of fun and creativity. The link came to me two ways--as a on-line posting from the creator of the video, Michael Bungay Stanier, to a discussion group for...
The Science Behind the Magic
On the subject of perception, take a few seconds to see how our mind can play tricks on us: www.patmedia.net/marklevinson/cool/cool_illusion.html Continue reading only after you've gone to the link--otherwise you'll spoil the fun for yourself. I sent this link to...
Asking for What You Want
At the ICF conference, there were several people who I kept running into throughout the week. This is at a conference of over 1600 coaches. So I began to look deeper at what the message might be. One of these...
Chance Meetings
While I was at a coaching conference last week, I had a chance to stop by a booth on Building a Better Blog. I had fun being a guest blogger on a site called Blog Squad Live!, set up to...