Have you ever wondered what the role of a coach really is? Do you have a clear definition? Do you use words such as facilitate, support, challenge, be a sounding board, or perhaps even mentor? What words do you use — and do they really capture what great coaching does? One of the most powerful tools a coach can useContinue reading “Coaches and Camels..!”
Tag Archives: life
Getting to Grips with Work Life Balance
People today talk of their Work-Life Balance, which is good, but not entirely accurate; it suggests a split between work and life, a choice between the two which can be remedied by information or techniques that will enable them to co-exist in harmony: you can have work and life! However, work is part of life and the split is not two ways, but three, and it is the invisible ‘third’ element that makes all the difference in the world to the other two.
The Meaning of Life
We have this double problem, don’t we? The first is: what is the meaning of life? That’s pretty tricky to answer; and if that weren’t enough we have the compounded problem here in the West: we are not allowed to ask that question, or at most we are expected to skirt around it. Why isContinue reading “The Meaning of Life”
Chess and Motivation
Chess can be a very motivating game – at least, I find, when you win! But it’s very painful when you find yourself being ground down and inevitably in a position where you are going to lose. You know it – you can see it from far off – you try to stop it –Continue reading “Chess and Motivation”