I’ve been wanting and trying to lose weight. My regimen includes daily exercise including the very difficult ‘pushing my plate away’ and weighing myself every morning. I admit to a competitive mentality so I like to get the score on my weight each morning to see if I’m winning. More importantly weighing in each day [...]
There’s much in the news these days about how professional service firms must evolve. The necessary change will be difficult for many. Here are some hints that may help you if you are managing change.
1. If change is in the works plan to tell people well in advance what is planned. Then when it’s happening [...]
March 28, 2010 – 11:02 am
I saw an interview the other day with two people who had played the “30 Days to Live” game. They asked themselves what they would do with only thirty healthy days to go and then did so. When I thought about it my first instincts were to re-do a couple of travel things I had [...]
As I write this it is a surprisingly warm early March day. I’m reminded that for the next six months my schedule is going to include lots of golf which, while pleasurable, is going to eat up a lot of hours. About 15 each week if I play twice. That means I’m going to have [...]
December 21, 2009 – 9:03 pm
Here are five more ways a coach can help their clients. Underlying this idea is recognizing that ‘coaching’ is a generic term. These concepts are more specific actions.
6. A coach can be an alarm clock alerting their client that it’s time to do something.
7. A coach can be a beacon by shining a light [...]
December 14, 2009 – 7:17 pm
For most of our clients the purpose of coaching is to help them achieve some difference between their current situation and a defined future goal. For example, if a client wants to double their income over three years, we take the difference, [i.e. the increase in their income], divide that number by 36 [months] and [...]
October 1, 2009 – 9:28 pm
In past newsletters I’ve suggested planning tomorrow at the end of today as one of many good time management strategies. Another good tactic I’ve mentioned is getting goal focused at the beginning of each year, month, week and day.
A coaching client, a partner in a law firm who manages a number of associates, told me [...]
My friend Aaron Milrad introduced me to this piece of advice which has a bit of history in a variety of places, like music, financial acumen and religion. The idea is to focus, whether in business, your family life or your personal world. Do a few things well and you’ll be a lot happier and [...]
We received this from our friend Ann Gomez @ Clear Concept Inc.
Have you ever experienced burn-out? If so, you’re not alone.
With too much work and too little time, it can be oh-so-tempting to put in a few more hours to get one more thing done. But this comes at a cost.
Life is a [...]
