The 5 Minute Rule (#831)
From time to time, people who learn about the inside-out nature of the human experience begin to feel guilty if they partake in any sort of outside-in action designed to improve the quality of their lives. As one of my own mentors said to me, “taking action to improve your plight is like carrying Dumbo’s feather – it’s just a way of tricking yourself into allowing what would happen naturally of it’s own accord”…
How I Spent My Summer Vacation (#830)
Many of you will know that this is my first piece of new writing over the past month or so. I’ve spent that time at home with family and friends and on the road in Oregon and Mexico. But what some of you might not know is that until seven years ago, the idea of taking four weeks off work would have struck terror into my heart…
In Praise of “Average” (#829)
I was talking to the supercoach Steve Chandler once when he said to me, “Have an average day!” A bit taken aback, I asked him what he meant. After all, isn’t the idea to have “great” days, or even “exceptional” ones?..
How Transformative Coaching Actually Works (#828)
My son Oliver and I were talking the other day when he commented about how cool he thought my job was, and I had to agree with him. After all, I spend my days talking with people all around the world about their lives and the nature of life itself, and as a result of those conversations, I get to witness their well-being and wisdom bubble up to the surface as their lives begin to soar.
But even while we were speaking about that, I recognized the question he was likely too embarrassed to ask, as I’ve seen it in the eyes of many people in the past and heard it spoken aloud dozens if not hundreds of times:
What do you actually do?…