24 Sep Having a “Plan B” Isn’t Enough: Four strategies to achieve long-term success
What happens when you don’t have at least a ‘Plan B’? Have you ever lost the information stored on your computer hard drive because you had no backup system? ...
26 Sep 9 TIPS TO BECOME A QUANTUM LEAP PERFORMANCE COACH
“As a life design coach, I am passionate about changing lives . . . I've learned through my own self-discovery work that sharing authentically is the best way to make a real difference in others' lives.” -Julie Reisler, Get a PhD in YOU I am singing in praise...
18 Oct HOW TO MANAGE CHANGE IN 13 STEPS
If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. —CHARLES KETTERING, inventor of the electric starter for automobiles/ Founder of the Sloan-Kettering Foundation In my previous blog I addressed how and why resistance gets in the way of creating positive change. Now, let’s look at the...
22 Feb FIVE STEPS TO STOP CATASTROPHIZING AND LIVE AN EXCEPTIONAL LIFE by James Mapes
FIVE STEPS TO STOP CATASTROPHIZING AND LIVE AN EXCEPTIONAL LIFE by James Mapes Drag your thoughts away from your troubles...
28 Dec DUMP THE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS AND ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS
You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. “I cannot” never accomplished anything; “I will do” has wrought wonders. -George Gissing – English novelist and teacher How many times have you broken your New Year’s resolutions? What...
12 May HACK YOUR BRAIN WITH A LIFE COACH
“Why would I hire a life coach? I’m intelligent, aware, strong-willed and can make my own decisions without someone telling what to do. It wouldn’t work for me.” Those three sentences sum up the reason many people refuse to seek out a life coach....
19 Jan HOW TO STOP LOSING YOUR MIND AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS by James Mapes
Sometimes in life you meet the right person at the right time, a combination which is unstoppable. This is how I feel about my colleague, Anthony Galie. What follows are our solutions for successful goals completion – combined for guaranteed success. We both acknowledge that...
30 Jul COMMUNICATE TO MUTE THE DARK SIDE OF THE IMAGINATION
Communication is the glue that holds relationships together. So, the question is - Do you believe that you communicate often enough and in the right way to create and sustain positive relationships in all areas of your life? ...
14 Jul VISION, STAYING ON THE RIGHT TRACK & MY GRANDFATHER
My grandfather drove a steam engine, and as a young boy all I ever dreamed about was to be like him, controlling the Iron Horse. I remember the blast of heat from the furnace against my face as I watched two muscular, sweating men shovel...
18 Jun VISION FIRST – GOALS SECOND & THE POWER OF FORESIGHT
Some time ago I was hired to present a keynote and to develop and facilitate a series of half-day programs on leadership, communication and the power of imagery to both mid-level and senior management of a large oil company....