When you come to the end of a calendar year, it is a wonderful time to reflect on our past year. What did you accomplish? What were our disappointments? What did you learn? These are a few questions that can get you started on reflecting and evaluating.
I have learned over the years in my ... Views: 602
As a personal business coach in Houston I have the opportunity to work with teams in corporations. In my personal business coaching in The Woodlands, I get to work with small businesses and the teams within the businesses.
Whether the organization is large or small there is a desire to have ... Views: 632
Excerpt from the book "Wings to Fly Your Daily Lift Off To Soar To Greater Heights"
Most people would immediately say, “Yes!” In my book, “Wings to Fly ,” I take a look at how to produce more good luck in your life. This is just one subject. “Wings to Fly” provides daily insights, one for ... Views: 1033
In my book, “Wings to Fly” I tell a shortened version of the following story. The story revolves around how we can set ourselves up for harm and failure without realizing that we are doing it. When we do, the consequences can be disastrous. Here’s the story.
The owl and his friend, the little ... Views: 1116
Coaching is proven to work when two factors are present:
The client is willing to learn, grow, and take action
There is a gap between where he is now and where he wants to be.
That`s all is necessary for a successful coaching relationship where you can develop the right strategy, ... Views: 721
Know your position for a more rewarding life. It is discouraging to have talents and not to have them recognized or used.
In “Wings To Fly” your daily lift off to soar to greater heights I explore how to position yourself for greater success and happiness. Too often, we think we know our ... Views: 1143
In the book, “Wings To Fly” I explore the value of talking positively. At first, you would think that talking positively is straight forward. It is. Yet, with many things that seem obvious including positive talk, we fail to realize that what we may think is positive is actually negative.
An ... Views: 1411
An Excerpt from the Book Wings to Fly: Your Daily Lift Off to Soar to Greater Heights
Why? Because you must be aware of everything that influences your life. If you don’t have this awareness, it will be hard for you to correct your direction to get to your destination.
Successful ... Views: 1276
An Excerpt from the Book Wings to Fly: Your Daily Lift Off to Soar to Greater Heights
There are three possible types of direction exerted on you at any one time.
In “Wings To Fly” your daily lift off to soar to greater heights I discuss the three types of influence that can determine ... Views: 1232
One of the enemies from within that can stop your progress and success is indifference. In “Wings To Fly” I look at the disease that is indifference. Indifference occurs because people don’t think that something matters. That is certainly true of many things. Yet when you start having an ... Views: 1330
Confidence is must to achieve success in your life. You need the courage to face your fears and to conquer them. Believe in yourself – faith in yourself means trust in yourself.
Self Confidence is closely related to self esteem. It is an external behavior that stems from a high self ... Views: 657
In the last post I spoke about some of the foundational components to building a strong culture. It is necessary for people to feel safe and to believe they belong to something bigger than themselves. Also, for a culture to thrive it needs a clear mission, vision and an established ... Views: 548
Ability is your capability in certain areas. Motivation determines what you do with your ability. Attitude determines the quality of your outcomes when you use your ability and are motivated.
In my personal business coaching practice in The Woodlands and in Houston I have observed time and ... Views: 270
Since 2005, I have been a personal business coach in The Woodlands. Whether you are in The Woodlands, another state or a foreign country, all business coaching is personal. Good business coaching is always about a person or persons, in the cases where I collaborate with and support ... Views: 593
At twelve years old I didn’t have a good attitude. I didn’t understand input, output and reward. On this particular day I had a bad attitude. It was normal for this day every year. As a young boy who loved to play there were other things I would rather be doing. Work around the house was not for ... Views: 463
One of the most overlooked attributes in building a good culture, mostly because leaders are not aware of it, is sharing vulnerability. They are not aware of it because it is counterintuitive. You are told that to be a good leader you must be strong. Yet, the strongest leaders are the ones who ... Views: 633
In previous posts I have looked at building safety and sharing vulnerability which are two components to building a winning culture. A winning culture is one where people want to work at the company they are at. It is where, in your personal relationships that people want to be with you.
The ... Views: 665
In previous posts I have looked at building safety and sharing vulnerability which are two components to building a winning culture. A winning culture is one where people want to work at the company they are at. It is where, in your personal relationships that people want to be with you.
The ... Views: 518
As a personal business coach in The Woodlands and also in my business coaching in Houston the first thing I must do to build trust and rapport is to create a culture of safety. This is true in collaborating with and supporting individuals and groups.
Whether it is the small business owner, a ... Views: 539
As a business coach in The Woodlands, I am always struck by the great sense of belonging that this community generates. It is welcoming but not overly so. People there have to get to know you. Yet, there is something special about The Woodlands. And the people who live there are proud to be part ... Views: 380
In the previous two blog posts we talked about building a culture of safety and how it centers on our desire to belong. What are some steps we can take to create that culture? After all, very often it is easy to identify WHY we need to do something and WHAT needs to be done. But, it is the HOW ... Views: 595
In the previous blog post we talked about the personal steps you can take as a leader to build safety and a better culture. In this post we are going to look at the business steps. When I do personal business coaching in Houston and personal business coaching in The Woodlands the bigger ... Views: 447
Today there are a multitude of options when it comes to business coaching in Houston. And, at the very least, that can bring confusion for those who are seeking out business coaching in Houston. The real problem, if you are looking for business coaching in Houston is: Who do I hire and partner ... Views: 571
Commandism and Tailism are boundaries that are on purpose poorly defined. Let’s say you are part of a political movement, or you are working for a company. The leader of the political movement or a leader in your company asks you to do a special task or project. You approach it with enthusiasm ... Views: 538
If you are looking for the magical concept, the short course that will turn your life around or, to create in a few short days or weeks your escalator to success then this is not the place for you.
self improvement takes the creation of a vision. And, it takes time. With your vision you how ... Views: 464
I have observed in my in my practice of personal business coaching in the Woodlands and also in business coaching in Houston that certain concepts become the major focus of the time. Time management was big and coming into its own in the 1980’s and 1990’s. You just weren’t with it if you hadn’t ... Views: 902
Previously, we looked at needs, wants goals and priorities. A personal business coach or a personal development business coach also has to bring an aptitude to help the person being coached to better understand themselves internally. As a business coach in Houston, I believe the following are ... Views: 950
In the previous two posts we have looked at the fear that is based on indifference and indecision. In this post we will look at doubt. And, like the other fears, doubt has a valid time and place. Yet, if you let doubt rule you, your circle of accomplishment and your feelings of self-worth will ... Views: 497
The coronavirus pandemic has caused us to look inward and outward in examining our lives. And, when you do this examination on a foundation of uncertainty it can make you feel worse, not better. But there is something you can examine. And, maybe there is some positive action you can ... Views: 497
Faucets and drains are two things designed to work together. Water comes out of a faucet and goes into a sink. Once in the sink, it flows toward the drain and goes away. Or you can stop up the drain and let the sink collect water. As a personal business coach in The Woodlands and in Houston, ... Views: 240
With the advent of COVID 19, almost a year ago in the United States, there has been a transformation in how we look at ourselves, our relationships, work, and as a society in general. Where pre-COVID we trafficked in a currency of confidence and a “can-do” attitude we now use the currency of ... Views: 393
One of the biggest challenges I have seen in my personal business coaching practice and in life over the past year is how to meet the challenge that fear, surrounding COVID represents. If there were a perfect answer, I would give it to you, and we could all happily move forward. But there is ... Views: 379
Grief is everywhere! Our experience with COVID 19 has and continues to bring us grief. In my business coaching practice and in my own life grief is at the forefront.
Grief is the loss of normal. Grief is the death of something. In the businesses I collaborate as well as many others I know all ... Views: 502
To move forward in business, you or your organization must be good at execution. It sounds so simple, yet time and again the execution of a strategy or change fails. How come?
Any time you seek to execute a change in the strategy you are asking yourself and others to change your human ... Views: 780
In the previous post I related an experiment that was done to highlight aspects that create a good culture in which teams can be productive. As a self-improvement business coach in the Woodlands one of the areas of focus in corporations and small businesses that I collaborate with has been ... Views: 502
Do people possessing high self-esteem achieve greater success in life?
You may have heard from many people that they want to increase their self esteem. They believe that once their confidence and self esteem is high, they’ll be able to achieve more and greater successes.
While that’s a ... Views: 820
Do people possessing high self-esteem achieve greater success in life?
You may have heard from many people that they want to increase their self esteem. They believe that once their confidence and self esteem is high, they’ll be able to achieve more and greater successes.
While that’s a ... Views: 260
One of the biggest aspects of the COVID 19 experience is the loss of connection with others. As a business coach, I have witnessed first-hand the challenges and some of the benefits that have come to the various businesses I collaborate with.
Obviously, COVID 19 has disrupted the way we do ... Views: 430
In the last post I started with three questions to ask yourself on your path to having your best year yet.
1.What did I accomplish in the past year? Or what did I accomplish in the last 12 months? You can start having your best year yet at any time.
2.What were my major ... Views: 510
In the last post I shared with you three more questions to ask yourself on your path to achieving your best year yet. Altogether here are the six questions presented to this point.
1. What did I accomplish in the past year? Or what did I accomplish in the last 12 months? You can start having ... Views: 372
Indecision is the second enemy or fear that comes from within. Success, in business and life, more often than not, is not as much about circumstances and things as it is about how we see ourselves.
Once again, just like the first enemy, indifference, in the previous post, there is a time ... Views: 553
We are not born with courage. And, we are not born with fear. Both courage and fear are acquired through our business and life experiences. Collaborating with and supporting clients as a personal business coach in The Woodlands and as a personal business coach in Houston we encounter fears that ... Views: 586
There is a song by the musical group, Alabama, “I’m in a Hurry.”
All of us appear to be in a hurry. Is that something that benefits us? At times we are in a season of hurriedness. That is understandable. But, if your whole life is that way I suggest that you are missing many things.
The ... Views: 305
Hope’s power energizes us with excitement and anticipation as we look toward the future.
Self Improvement Tips is one of your most valuable possessions.
It’s been said that a person can live forty days without food, four days without water, four minutes without air, but only four seconds ... Views: 495
There is some gold to be mined during the Holidays in discovering your keys to success in life. For most of us, the normal routine is gone. It disappeared during the Christmas. And it was good. Now we have entered that twilight zone.
What is the twilight zone? It is a time and place where the ... Views: 627
Networking is something all of us do in one way or another. It could be with business associates, the checker at the grocery store and the list goes on and on. When collaborating with small businesses as a business coach in The Woodlands one of the things that is brought up is ... Views: 1092
As we saw in the previous post, the word “network” was first used in England in the 1550’s to describe a finished product, a fish net. A fish net was a piece of network.
When you think about it, a nice piece of network is about catching more fish, and as time went on, bigger fish. In ... Views: 465
In the last post, we looked at the terms intuition, discern, solutions and environment and their definitions. In this post, we will look at shifts, leaps, and strengths. All the terms we have addressed and defined so far are important. As a personal business coach or a personal development ... Views: 679
In the last post we looked at the terms shifts, leaps, strengths and their definitions. In this post, we will look at symptom, motivation, and vision. Looking at how these four terms are defined will give us greater insight into what a personal business coach or a personal development coach may ... Views: 767
In the last post, we looked at the terms of symptoms, motivation, and vision. When understood all three can provide the fuel for the engine of your self-improvement. In this post, we will look at tolerations, tolerations, strategy, strategize and attraction. These four terms will conclude our ... Views: 670