Two recent vacations left me thinking about the ways in which coaching can help people focus on the most important things. On both trips, we were fortunate to have great tour guides. Our tour guides asked us lots of questions to get us engaged in the learning process. Similarly, effective coaches ask questions to open… Read More»
Several years ago, Dr. John Perry, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, wrote a wonderful little book called The Art of Procrastination. The subtitle of this tiny 92-page book is “A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing*” (*“or getting things done by putting them off”). Before reading this book, I had a primarily… Read More»
Most of my coaching clients think they have a lot less control over their time than they actually have. Part of the problem is that they have very little idea how they are managing time. So I ask them to set up a Google Calendar that they share with me and to enter fixed, repeating… Read More»
As you have probably noticed, people vary widely when it comes to how ambitious they are and how often you see them taking initiative. In fact, if I asked you if you know someone who demonstrates little or no initiative, I bet you would think of several people! Perhaps it would be a co-worker or… Read More»
Attention is more than just the first word in ADHD. It has to do with the target of your focus and the intensity of your focus. When you focus really hard, to the exclusion of other things around you, you’re hyperfocusing. Wikipedia describes hyperfocus as “an intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses… Read More»
When it comes to real estate, it’s about location, location, location. When it comes to decisions we make in our lives, it’s about timing, timing, timing! And poor timing leads to missed opportunities! Read More»