Life Coaching Success Ideas

Every problem has a solution, and not every issue requires professional help. With the right information and a little effort, you can use the gifts you have been given to achieve just about anything. Use the self-help tips outlined here to help guide you in the direction towards a better life. Setting goals is a critical step in improving your sense of direction and purpose in life. Depression closes in on you quite easily once you abandon a concrete schedule and a furious pursuit of goals. Choose something important to you and strive for it from the moment you wake up in the morning. This can improve your holistic health and contribute to a happier mindset. Keep studying personal development resources to identify new ideas, maintain focus and get inspiration. There are tons of books, tapes and videos out there to assist you in reaching your goals. By making a habit of reviewing these resources you can pick up new tips and tricks to make your own personal development routine more succe...

A Coaching Model By Anina Knecht, Life Coach – Personal Development Coach, SWITZERLAND We can all grow, always… Growth (meaning) “the act or process, or a manner of growing, developing, or gradual increase” “stage of development” “development from a simpler to a more complex stage” “development from another but related form or stage” “something that has grown or developed by or as if by a natural process” We all get multiple chances to change, grow and get better each day of our life. That does not mean we have to turn our life upside down, become a new person, or make a ground-breaking invention. It is those small everyday life experiences like having snapped at our partner while actually being frustrated with ourselves, being distracted or multi-tasking during an important conversation with a team member at work or our child, or simply giving the negative self-talk more space that we want to. In each of these sit...

There have been many great leaders in this world. There are all different types of leaders as well. So, how can you envision yourself being more of a leader in life? Great advice for learning how to be a leader so that you excel in life. Effective leaders are inspiring. You need to develop the ability to inspire those who work under you, motivating them to work toward a common goal. You can use public speaking to achieve this, but there are also videos, blogs, articles and other methods to convey your uplifting message to your audience. When a leader is setting goals, the goals should be realistic. We all want things done faster in life, but sometimes things take time. If you rush your team, you may find that there are more mistakes, unhappy team members, and a very stressful environment. Make sure that your goals can be achieved in the amount of time that you've allotted. Learn your employee's names. A great leader takes the time to learn the names of his or her most immediate...

About nine years ago, I was coaching a team of engineers at a power plant on presentation skills. I went to lunch with a group of them one afternoon, and we got to talking about how gasoline is made. I asked about how the different grades of gasoline are made that we see at the pump. One of the engineers asked, “Have you ever been to a Mexican restaurant?” I said yes. He continued, “Say you’re at a Mexican restaurant and the server brings a big basket of chips and salsa to your table. If they brought only hot salsa and mild salsa, what would you do if you wanted medium salsa?” “Mix them together,” I proposed, not knowing what this had to do with gasoline. “Yep, that would work great. And, it’s faster and easier than tracking down the server for medium salsa, if they even had it. That’s just like how we make the three grades of gasoline you get at the pump,” he continued. “We only make a high grade and a low grade. T...

There have been many great leaders in this world. There are all different types of leaders as well. So, how can you envision yourself being more of a leader in life? Great advice for learning how to be a leader so that you excel in life. Effective leaders are inspiring. You need to develop the ability to inspire those who work under you, motivating them to work toward a common goal. You can use public speaking to achieve this, but there are also videos, blogs, articles and other methods to convey your uplifting message to your audience. When a leader is setting goals, the goals should be realistic. We all want things done faster in life, but sometimes things take time. If you rush your team, you may find that there are more mistakes, unhappy team members, and a very stressful environment. Make sure that your goals can be achieved in the amount of time that you've allotted. Learn your employee's names. A great leader takes the time to learn the names of his or her most immediate...

About nine years ago, I was coaching a team of engineers at a power plant on presentation skills. I went to lunch with a group of them one afternoon, and we got to talking about how gasoline is made. I asked about how the different grades of gasoline are made that we see at the pump. One of the engineers asked, “Have you ever been to a Mexican restaurant?” I said yes. He continued, “Say you’re at a Mexican restaurant and the server brings a big basket of chips and salsa to your table. If they brought only hot salsa and mild salsa, what would you do if you wanted medium salsa?” “Mix them together,” I proposed, not knowing what this had to do with gasoline. “Yep, that would work great. And, it’s faster and easier than tracking down the server for medium salsa, if they even had it. That’s just like how we make the three grades of gasoline you get at the pump,” he continued. “We only make a high grade and a low grade. T...

In this coaching model piece “The Growth Model”  we touch on that key moment in a coaching session that for me is when clarity comes to the client and a shift in perspective becomes possible. A shift usually from a limiting, heavy, significant viewpoint to a new, lighter, possibly bringing a perspective that allows the client to open their mind to broader and more holistic ways of thinking. This I will further explore in this paper at the example of “Perspectives vs. Heaviness”. And if you are interested in what’s happening in the brain from a neurophysiological point of view when we shift perspectives or change behaviors, I recommend reading my research paper “A Neurophysiological Approach to Change in Perspective”. Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective. Dalai Lama Perspective vs. Heaviness Explanation Perspective – defined as a particular way of considering something, a ...