Blast from the Past: Best of August 2006
Looking back, it’s hard to believe that come October Life Coaches Blog will have been running for 2 years! I can’t even believe the amount of stuff I wrote myself! Just so they won’t be lost in the past, I’ve dusted off the best of Life Coaches Blog from this time last year.
Secrets of Changing Minds: What’s Your Story?
In case you haven’t noticed, my dear, telling a story is a wonderful and unsuspecting way to sell someone your point, especially if it’s someone who’s being as stubborn as a mule. Why?
9 Steps to Transform Stress into Strength
So how do we thrive in the midst of stress? How do we transform stress into strength so that when the going gets tough, the tough get going?
NLP 101: 10 Plus 3 Beliefs That Create Wild Success
In the 1970s, Richard Bandler and John Grinder set out to answer the questions: ‘how do wildly successful people create their success?’ and ‘can these methods of success be replicated?’.
Never Feel Bad About Looking Bad Again
This essential key has been emphasized hundreds of years by the Zen buddhists and is summed up succintly in the concept of shoshin, or beginner’s mind.
Have a Blog That Makes an Insanely Great Dent in the Universe
To make a great dent in the universe with your blog, either increase the time you put into it, the value you create from it, and your scalability or the number of people who visit it. To make an insanely great dent in the universe with your blog, increase all 3.
I agree that a key to self management is self esteem. I would offer that true life inspiration happens when you find something you love to do and make it a part of your everyday experience. Here’s an exercise:
1. Write down 10 things you love to do or that bring you the most joy. I call this the “You List”
2. Then record how many times a day you do one of the things on your list
3. Give each day of the week a rating from 1-10
4. Your best day usually comes out to be the day you do the most things on your “You List”
I can easily relate to the first part of the story, in the past I was one of those people pretending you have done something and then be very uncomfortable when someone asks more detailed questions.
It is not a good feeling and being upfront from the beginning really saves you the embarassment later.