Category Archive: Coaching

Jan
26

Why you should abandon Hope

Hope is an interesting concept – on the face of it, it seems like a really good thing. But what is hope exactly and what does it do? The first thing I’ve noticed is that hope is often a substitute …

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Aug
25

Dare to take that step now

Right now, I see a lot of people who are so nearly ‘there’ – they really could be where they want to be if they just dared to keep going and take that last – seemingly risky – step. This …

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Aug
02

When Less Can Be Better Than More

I’ve just been re-reading Tim Gallwey’s “The Inner Game of Work” and it has been interesting to note how well my ideas about learning dovetail with Gallwey’s principles. For those of you unfamiliar with his work, Gallwey spawned a revolution …

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Jun
13

Different Thinking – Part 1

It’s interesting how much you can gain from just a slight change in perspective. The innovators are those who have better insights than their peers, ranging from slight improvements to game-changing realisations. As an NLPer and therefore a modeler, I’m …

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Jun
01

Why Discarding Solutions Can Lead to Better Problem-Solving

problem solving cartoon

Imagine this: You’ve solved a difficult problem in an important area of your daily life. Is it time to celebrate? Of course. However: Is it time to stop looking for a solution? I’d like you to consider that the answer …

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May
18

Achieving your Goals 1 – The Desire Matrix

Welcome to session 1 of my Achieving your Goals course – ‘The desire matrix’. Just click on the video below to begin. Right-click on the links below and select ‘Save Target As’ to download the audio or text versions of …

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Mar
25

The Truth About Motivation

When reading about NLP and personal development, we see a lot of different statements about motivation. For a start, what is motivation exactly and where does it come from? More importantly, what is motivating and what is not? In NLP, …

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Feb
28

NLP Influence and Metaprograms

One of the major realisations that comes from learning NLP is that we all experience the world in different ways. In NLP, one of the ways in which we describe this distinction is through ‘metaprograms’. In practical terms, metaprograms are …

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Feb
17

NLP Techniques, Psychology and Problem Solving

Do you still try and solve your problems by replaying and analysing them? You may actually be intensifying the issue according to a recent study.

Feb
07

Small Change – Big Change

Where does change really begin?

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