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Talk is Cheap. Integrity Creates – Coaching Jude

I didn’t tell Jude this when I was coaching her, but she and I had something in common. Up until this coaching conversation, Jude and I had both been talking about writing a book for ages. We thought about doing it. We had said we would do […]

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How to Present Yourself Well

Do you want to present yourself well? Have you been considering how to present yourself well at your next job interview, sales meeting, first date, funding pitch or networking or social event? I won’t suggest that being concerned with how we present ourselves is all […]

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How to Connect With Potential Clients

The challenge of ‘connecting with potential clients’ reminds me of when my friend James once said to me: “John: Your solution is the problem.” I don’t remember what it was about when he said it, but the concept stuck with me and I see it […]

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Be the Creator of Nothing

A few weeks ago I posted a video titled ‘Be the Creator of Everything’. This is a way of being that I absolutely love. It is incredibly empowering and when I see the world in this way, the experience of crafting my life feels as […]

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Coaching vs Therapy – What’s the Difference?

About ten years ago, when I was just getting started as a property developer, my SUV was making a clunking sound and there was some hesitation in acceleration. I remember meeting Bobby, the mechanic. When we shook hands, his grip was tight and large around […]

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Personal Branding is for Cows, Not People

When a hot piece of iron singes through the fur of a cow’s hide and then hisses as it boils off the moisture in its flesh, it leaves a permanent scar. Putting aside for a moment the barbarism of it, the fact that the scar […]

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How to Coach Without Listening

Yesterday somebody gave me ‘feedback’ during a coaching session. “You aren’t listening to me,” they said. They were right! Patience and listening is considered a virtue in coaching. I can be patient. And I can listen. I can listen to you more deeply than most […]

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Your Desires are a Backwards Strategy

I get loads of emails from people telling me about what they want differently in their lives. A pattern I see is that people will often first list the things they want for themselves… Money, Freedom, Relationship, Passion, etc… And then they will continue, suggesting […]

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How to Find What You Want – Seeking to Creating

Are you searching for something? Maybe a relationship partner, a passion or purpose, a business idea, a job? Whenever someone tells me they are trying to ‘find’ something, I immediately see how and why the thing they want is evading them. Trying to ‘find’ something […]

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Great Leaders (and Coaches) are Zeroes

The other day I was in conversation with an inspiring coach I know. We were discussing the importance of having no limiting thoughts about what your client can create. “What is zero times anything?” he asked me. “Zero,” I answered. He stared at me and […]

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