19 Oct 5 Ingredients For Creating A Unifying, Inspiring Grand Vision
A unifying vision is vital to achieving true success. It is at the core of motivation and is like a lighthouse that gives us direction....
16 Jun The “Impossible to Possible” Exercise
In my journal I stumbled upon a mind exercise I created out of my neurotic frustration with not moving faster in my multi-faceted career. It is called the “Impossible to Possible Exercise.” I now use it as part of my private coaching sessions to spur...
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
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Here are some insights after more than four decades of coaching to help you increase your success as a performance coach....
18 Oct HOW TO MANAGE CHANGE IN 13 STEPS
Posted at 01:43h in James Mapes Blog
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
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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
Posted at 17:10h in James Mapes Blog
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
Posted at 16:12h in Articles
“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
Posted at 18:42h in James Mapes Blog
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
Posted at 15:32h in Articles
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? ...