Posts Tagged ‘making positive change’
« Older EntriesUsing The Balance Wheel To Achieve Greater Satisfaction
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Balance wheels are a coaching technique that can help you to assess the condition of your professional and personal life.
By using the wheel, you’ll be able to identify leverage points for creating better balance, greater happiness and satisfaction, and more of what you want. You can hear more about working with the balance wheel in my podcast, Getting The Balance Right.
Tags: business coaching, business coaching tips, career development coach, Executive coaching, life coaching, making positive change, motivation in business, self improvement, work life balance
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The Secret To Empowered Decision Making
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
It’s sometimes helpful to remind ourselves that we have choices. A key to good coaching is remembering the power of choice, and reminding clients that they can always make choices. In coaching terms, this is called ‘being at choice’, and it’s a state of mind. Part of my job is to assist my clients in shifting their thinking so that they experience the empowerment that comes with making choices.
Tags: Communication skills, decision making, empowerment, making positive change, self improvement, stimulation and motivation, understanding priorities
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Achieve GREATer Happiness in 5 Steps!
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
I read a fascinating article recently about research into happiness. Scientists have identified that day to day happiness is a simple formula that has 5 ingredients. The good news is that all 5 are within our control.
Tags: achieving happiness, appreciation of life, ideas on motivation, Love your work, making positive change, personal development coaching, positive change, self improvement, self reflection, stimulation and motivation, time management
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Increase Productivity by Creating Space
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
How much space do you have in each day? How much unscheduled time, how many quiet moments, how often are you still? I’m constantly shocked at how much we all avoid empty space at all costs. Yet space is never truly ‘empty’.
Creating space in our day, and crossing a new frontier when we invite space into our lives can be a highly effective way of renewing energy and being more productive.
Tags: Buddhism, contemplation, contentment, introspection, Leadership Skills, making positive change, reflection, self improvement
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Communications Skills: A Simple Tip to Enhance Your Message
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Good communication skills are key to helping you give better feedback, be more persuasive, elegantly disagree, and ensure that your message is clearly heard. This nitty gritty language tip is a useful communication skill – and it’s focus is on your use of the word AND.
Tags: Communication skills, communication tips, giving feedback, handling conflict, Leadership Skills, making positive change, neuro linguistic programming, NLP, persuasion, Presentation skills, self improvement
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The Evolution of Our Decisions
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
‘We cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning; for what in the morning was true will in evening become a lie’ C.G. Jung
I’ve always been a great believer in the importance of being decisive and committing to taking action. For a long time, I’ve followed the belief that ‘you make a decision, and then you make the decision right’. This is a great way of thinking for getting into motion, conquering hesitation, and being audacious about personal and organisational goals. It’s a great way of approaching beginnings.
Tags: career change, career development coach, cause and effect, Dealing with Change, decision making, experiencing resistance, making positive change, personal development strategy, problem solving, responding to negativity, responding to resistance
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My Dad’s Wisdom pt 2: ‘una alla volta’
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
‘Una alla volta’ – ‘One at a Time’ – is one of my Dad’s catchphrases. When I was a child, he would say it to calm me down and get me to focus. Clearly, it went ‘in’ as an instruction, as I catch myself saying it to myself all the time!
What does it really mean to do things ‘one at a time’? I sometimes think we’re more familiar with the opposite way of doing things: everything all at once, doing one thing while thinking about something else, doing something and wishing we were doing something else, speeding life up in general…all great ways of not being present in the moment.
Tags: goals, Leadership Skills, making positive change, priorities, self improvement, stress, time management
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The In-between Times
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
‘Sometimes we are living in the in-between times: when we’re no longer who we used to be, but we haven’t yet arrived at our next stage either.’ Marianne Williamson
Are you living in the ‘in-between’ times? I remember reading this quote about a year ago and thinking ‘That’s me! That’s where I am right now!’ It seems to me that Marianne has a lovely way of summing up what being in a transition is like – we aren’t in the familiar place anymore, and we aren’t fully occupying a new place either. When I really think about it, I know that I make transitions of this kind all the time, prompted either by external events or internal impulses. Many times, these transitions are small, and they feel small too, and when this is the case my awareness of the in-between space is limited.
Tags: career change, career development coach, change, change at work, Dealing with Change, Leadership Skills, making positive change, personal growth, Starting a Business, transition
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How to find your dream career – part 2
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Picking up where part 1 left off, in this video Nick shares more ideas and practical inspiration. Here we discuss some of the thinking that stops people moving forward professionally, and share from our own experiences getting started in our businesses. Nick has a sincere, genuine, practical message – watch and enjoy.
Tags: career change, career development coach, Inspired Entrepreneur, leadership, Leadership Skills, making positive change, Nick Williams, Starting a Business, The Work You Were Born To Do
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How to find your dream career – part 1
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
I recently had the opportunity to spend time with Nick Williams, the founder of Inspired Entrepreneur and a leader in the UK’s personal development community. In this inspiring little video, Nick shares his perspective – 20 years on – of what it’s like to follow your heart and create a business that is personally meaningful. You’ll learn how he came to work for himself, and gain valuable advice about what to think about if you’re considering starting your own business. Watch out for part 2 of this video, coming later this week!
Tags: career change, career development coach, Hero's Journey, Inspired Entrepreneur, leadership, Leadership Skills, Love your work, making positive change, motivation in business, motivation to work, Nick Williams, Starting a Business, stimulation and motivation
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About Kate Warren
Kate Warren is the founder of Brightlife. She is a leader in the field of personal and professional development, and is a sought-after speaker, teacher, and coach. Kate is passionate about helping people to unlock their personal and professional potential. She is an NLP Master Practitioner, a Certified NLP Coach, a Master of Group Leadership Dynamics, and the U.K.'s first certified WealthyMind™ trainer. In 2008 her business success was recognised when she was invited to join ‘Courvoisier the Future 500’, an elite group of the 500 rising stars of British business.
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