I was supposed to meet someone downtown, at seven p. m. … The weather was warm and the cars were crawling down the avenue in snail pace. I planned the route so that I could avoid the traffic jam, but in the end I decided I had enough time to get there by public transport….
Some considerations about happiness from a person who has studied psychology entire life. What Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says about the state of flow is exactly what happens in a professional coaching session. The client is aiming his issues and results while the coach fully concentrates on everything that is going on along the entire process. Consequently…
One morning I woke up with a crazy craving for walnuts… That sensation of crisp astringency, mixed with oily soil, lingered in my mouth as I was taking a shower. I went to the kitchen, where I knew I had some walnuts taken last autumn from my mother’s and I carefully broke a few, so…
Interesting! As Dean Brown says, European languages have the same origin – the Sanskrit! Coaching is a process where the linguistic aspect plays a very important role, a fundamental one. Consequently it contributes to eliminating national cultural barriers.
Procrastination is a very important issue for many of us. “Oh, I should go to the gym and do some workout… Well, I’ll do it next week, for sure!” or, “I should grab a book… I have only read magazines and the internet lately… Look, I will make some time tomorrow and go to a…
In a charming way, Sir Ken Robinson demonstrates how children’s creativity is destroyed by today’s educational system! And the system is not at all young! In order to “radically change the way we define intelligence” – as the lecturer says, coaching may be an efficient tool in the educational environment, due to its formative role.
For several days I’ve been haunted by this word: authenticity. It seems to be everywhere: I hear it when I talk to my friends, during my coaching sessions, on the Internet, I read it in a book, well, it is all over the place! Julie Hay, at the opening of the Annual Conference of the…
