Effective coaching can make the team grow fast through self-reflection While a Leader focuses on the here and the present, the coach is concerned with focusing on the future (what do you need to do) and the past (what could you have done better). Think of a good sports coach – they will discuss strategies with their team before they take the field and talk to them on the bench, but when they are on the field, they are not running beside them telling them what to do, that’s the role of the on the field Leader....

Although many won’t notice, all of us face challenges on a daily basis which we overcome thanks to our reasoning skills. While calculating the prices in the supermarket, just to check if we can get everything we need for a lower price, or while trying to fit all our obligations into a single day, our thinking machine spins its wheels to find the perfect solution. However, if you find yourself lost at the register, well, you might need to work on logical thinking development....

The thought goes like this: What is wrong with me? What am I doing wrong? You expect and want life to go a certain way, you want to fulfill your dreams and you want success, but it’s not happening. You feel stuck in a cycle of desperation, alienation and futility. Your life circumstances are such that you’re having trouble coping and returning to normal. The good news is there’s a kind of counseling called psychotherapy; you can use it to make a real difference in your life....

Your life may be going great, but deep down you know you can be doing things better or improve in certain areas. Yet, for some reason, you just can’t understand why you keep doing some of the things that you are doing, which may at times be holding you back from achieving what you really want. Wouldn’t it be great to learn to master your internal thought processes and make more intentional decisions within and around you Rather than react robotically to the circumstances in your life?...

Every one of us has to deal with this fear on a day to day basis whether we do it consciously or subconsciously. However, one of the most vulnerable professions when it comes to facing rejection is usually direct sales. In a lot of industries, “cold calling” is done to attract prospective clients towards using a product or service. There are a lot of reasons why “cold calling” is difficult but what we need to focus on here is how to deal with the fear of rejection....

When you get together with a certain someone, you feel like the third wheel or the last one invited to the party. You are the plus one. Maybe you suspect you are some last minute arrangement. Sometimes you may feel like you are being edged out by some invisible force, like a new, more interesting version of you with more time or more money or fewer problems. I’ve been there, too, too many times....

Bartering, trading one good for another, is becoming increasingly popular as the value of the dollar continues to plummet. There are several bartering systems available online (some better than others) and activity on these web sites has increased as the economy has gotten more and more troubled. However, when you move into cashless economies, it’s easy to get sucked in. Here are a few things you need to know to make it work for you....

Actively trying to keep your child’s curiosity alive is an excellent idea. Curious children tend to be more motivated at school, achieve better grades, and have a wider circle of friends. They will also derive pleasure from a lifetime habit of curiosity. Researchers at the University Of California-Davis have demonstrated that when people feel a sense of curiosity towards a particular subject, the areas of their brains responsible for feelings of pleasure and positive sensations became active....

You’ve been hoping for this because that’s what you’ve been told to expect. Do you remember all those fairy tales you read as a child? Remember how they all ended with, “and they lived happily ever after”? Well, guess what? That just wasn’t true. We were all lied to. Let that sink in for a minute. If you’ve been waiting for your happily ever after and it just isn’t coming, there’s an explanation....

We’re also best friends and continue to enhance our lives together. Most of all, we are deeply in love. Take it from me- when you’ve found the right woman, your life will change. Too often we’ve analyzed who that perfect partner will be, despite ignoring the reality that we too are imperfect. But, that’s the beauty of it. After all, we are all just people. When you find Miss Right, they get to know you better than you even know yourself....

The truth is you can’t have a life of positivity while spending a lot of time with people who drag you down. The good news is that there is a simple solution! Surround yourself with positive people. When I started this habit I had some nearly immediate results…and some that will pay off further down the road. Here are 8 amazing things that will happen when you surround yourself with positive people....

Apple Music not only recently gained fame – ahem, I mean blame – for having one of the most confusing and cluttered interfaces in history, but the search really adds to this mess. In fact, the search is so bad, I was forced to create an additional list of links to access my beloved playlists. As a huge fan of anything related to Sherlock Holmes and crime audiobooks, I’ve been on a quest for quite some time now....

But what is all this baggage and why can’t we leave it at home? It would be impossible not to carry the emotional scars of your childhood upbringing and broken relationships into the workplace. You cannot be a split personality but there are ways of recognizing that you may have this problem. You can stand back and assess whether this is really affecting your productivity and relationships with your coworkers. Henry Ford once complained that all he wanted was a pair of hands to do the work but unfortunately, he had to also deal with the whole person....

Let’s explore what judging others can do when you do it correctly or incorrectly, and I will share some easy techniques to control your judgmental desires. Why Do We Judge People? We have intelligent brains, even if it doesn’t always feel that way. I see it with clients I coach every day who realize that their mind does everything to protect them. It’s not you who’s doing the judging. Instead, it’s your brain – usually the subconscious part – that’s doing all the work....

When Love Goes Wrong, Cheating Arises Love is only possible when a certain degree of individual development and self confidence has been built. This is as a result of a psychological evolution that is achieved when one has learned to respect oneself and to love oneself. Falling in love occurs when we believe we have found our ideal someone, who completes and satisfies us. But, behind that quest for perfection lies a demand for the other, fear of unbearable disappointment and cheating when the relationship does not meet our expectations....

You share your food, wipe each others mouths and walk down the street with your hands in each other’s back pocket. You are happy and so in love with your companion. You can’t get enough of each other. A year later you’ve broken up… How You Start Never Matters But you started off so well. The relationship was perfect. You were so sweet and in love with each other and somehow the passion still faded....

Finding the balance is difficult, especially starting out. MarkTAW.com have put together a theoretical business model that makes it pretty clear how uphill the battle actually is. There’s some help in there, I promise. It doesn’t hurt to realize how behind you are from the get-go, though. Why Most Businesses Fail (A Theoretical Model) – [MarkTAW]

Myth #1 Ab exercise is the most effective way Many people believe in “spot reduction”, which means losing fat in an area by exercising that part. However, such exercise only strengthens the muscles there. Still, it would be covered by a thick layer of fat. This applies to all kinds of body fat. So doing sit-ups or crunches wouldn’t be particularly effective if the aim is to burn belly fat. The best exercise for fat loss is actually whole-body aerobic exercise....