New Year’s Resolutions. Just going through the motions or using the idea as a motivator? I think that people whose New Year’s resolutions fail wanted to carry them out, but they didn’t prepare themselves for the process well enough. After all, if you could do something differently – and successfully – so that your business, […]
Posts under ‘Inner Game’
The everlasting moment… a Zen approach to beginnings and endings by Jayne Storey
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m an advocate of Eastern philosophy, both as an antidote to the sometimes treadmill-like existence of life in the Western world and as a compliment to the best of modern innovations in developing human potential. Much of my coaching, for athletes and business-people, involves helping clients to […]
Letting Go to Climb Higher by Mark Fritz
People often know what they want…but they are just not willing to give up what they have now in order to get it. Think about mountain climbers working their way up a mountain. They can only climb higher by letting go of one hand and reaching for a higher spot on the mountain. It is […]
How Much Dare You Desire? by Gabrielle Gaché
The origins and meaning of words is always fascinating. Let’s consider the words of this title: Dare…..What does that mean to you?…..Outside your comfort zone? Takes courage……Requires action……..Will get the adrenaline flowing? You…..Not your company, not your family, not your parents, not colleagues, not your shareholders…..YOU! Desire….. ‘de’ ‘sire’……of the father. When do you have […]
Making Good Use Of Time by Joe Adams
Ever hear someone say, “I could sell more if I had more time,” or “I wish I had the time to go after that sale”? Don’t believe such words. People make time to do the things they really want to do. And salespeople are no different than others in finding that time. Nobody should have […]
Experiential Business Learning – without Nellie by Jeremy Thorn
I can’t be alone, can I? When I first graduated, I naively thought there wasn’t any job I couldn’t do – if only someone would just tell me what to do and how… Oh, the innocent folly of youth! But I did recognise that my own worst nightmare could be to join any graduate-development programme […]
Authentic Personal Development by Tiffany Kay
Personal development, whether referring specifically to one’s own self-development or to the development of people within an organisation, focuses on the improvement of self-awareness and self-knowledge towards actualising aspirations and potential. These days, most businesses will use a combination of personal development approaches including training, coaching and mentoring. Often referred to as the “soft skills”, […]
Retreat from Chaos by Caroline Fox
I am a Business Intuitive and thanks to the kindness and provocative thinking of Brian Chernett, have presented courses to Academy Members over the years on the benefits of using Intuition and Creativity on demand. Last year, 2009, was traumatic for a number of reasons so I decided to listen to that small still voice […]
Leveraging the Life Experiences of Others …and Applying those Learnings to your Life by Mark Fritz
If you are a leader, alongside delivering the performance of your organisation, one of your top priorities is growing your people. The most successful leaders understand that motivating their people to do their own personal development is one of the keys to growing their people faster. In fact, your organisation would be in big trouble […]
Accumulated stress is fatal. Eight simple ways to succeed, relax and live longer by Paul Hunting
Being stressed virtually defines ineffectiveness. We’re either relaxed and focused or stressed and distracted. Our best decisions come from a calm, centred place. The paradox is – the more calmly we approach a task, the more dynamically we are operating. Here are eight simple practices, based on timeless wisdoms; you can do alone or with […]