In a few days I will be in Brazil for two weeks. Since this is a vacation for me I have decided not to take my laptop along. However, the beauty of an internet business is that I can still stay in touch. There is this wonderful feature of being able to predate my [...]
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I will start with my favorite quote by Goethe “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it”. What I like about this quote is that there are no built in limitations, the focus is on BEGIN IT. So often we limit ourselves by saying I [...] One of the certainties of growing as a person is that temporarily there is a period of uncertainty. How we handle this “uncertainty” has a lot to do with taking our life forward or staying where we are. Right now I am coaching a woman who finds herself in such a transition point in her life. [...] Does a financial incentive inspire people to take their medications regularly? I just read about a study in Philadelphia where people were being paid a certain amount in order to take their medications regularly. Apparently non compliance is a big problem and accounts for more than $100 billion in health costs annually because those patients [...] Has this happened to you? You are in a good mood and then your partner says something and “puff” your mood changes. This is the relationship effect. It can show up in many different ways but invariably is reflects abdication of control over oneself to someone else. Let me share an example. Here is the scene. [...] I am frequently asked “what in the world are boundaries?” This comes from people who have heard that it is important to have boundaries but they have no real understanding as to what that means. Here is how I like to think about boundaries. Boundaries are the imaginary lines we have drawn around ourselves. They are [...] When we build a strong personal foundation we believe that we are capable of more. There are usually habits, lack of knowledge, or beliefs we have about our self that hold us back. As we start strengthening these areas we see that our picture of who we are begins to change. I [...] People who keep growing realize they have to change some habits. Many of our habits make life easier while we may have others that get in our way of getting what we want for ourselves. It is our habits that keep us repeating life in the same way. In order to make changes we have [...] When one person in a relationship starts making changes and the other doesn’t there is an effect on the balance of the relationship. Whenever I am coaching someone at some point this balance struggle arises. This does not just happen to the people I coach but it is a universal phenomenon. As one person starts [...] How can we take care of our emotional well being when there is so much to be worried about? There is the swine flu alarm, the economic slow down and the always present threat of terrorism just to mention three major external factors. Additionally, we all have to deal with what ever is going on [...] |
 
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