Dream Shrinkage

I received an email from a new client. I had asked him to fill out a form with a series of questions like, "If life were as good as it gets, what’s there?" These questions help the client express his deepest desires and dreams. This client’s comment after filling out the questionaire was startling: "Can…

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The Path to Reinvention

A client of mine pointed me to an article in the current issue of Newsweek: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16608336/site/newsweek/from/ET/ The article is entitled, "The First Day of the Rest of My Life."  The author, Sara Davidson, is a baby-boomer, established as a writer with several published books, and a recent transplant from LA to Boulder. A few notes…

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It’s About the Question

Jodee Bock has a great post entitled, "Change Your Questions, Change Your Life."  She was solicited to give input on the following question (sort of a question about questions):    What is the ONE important question a person should ask himself or herself in 2007? Questions do matter, more than answers. Because questions can cause…

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Reflections on the Year

Here’s a great exercise for looking back on the year from my coach, Shirley Anderson: At year’s end, I generally ask my clients to list 25 things they are most proud of accomplishing in the past year.  And also, what do they regret or wish had turned out differently. I think you’ll find it totally…

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Stories With Meaning

An article in the Wall Street Journal reported a new type of speaker for corporate retreats.  In the past, companies hired management gurus like Peter Drucker or Tom Peters or Jim Collins to speak.  Now they are hiring speakers at rates fit for a Drucker or Peters or Collins, who may have no business experience…

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