Coaching Inspiration Articles

The following is a collection of some of the most favorite newsletter articles from The Juncture Company’s Coaching Inspiration newsletter between 2003-2008.

Secrets – What secret would you most like to free yourself of?
Imagine opening a book and discovering that a postcard had been slipped between the pages with a stamp, an address, and an invitation to send in your secret. What would you write? Would you trust your secret to the post office, even …more

Measuring Life – The other week we traveled to San Diego to attend the memorial for a dear friend of ours. I met John while in college, and he and his wife were the host family for the cute exchange student who was later to become my husband.
I have to admit that I both loved and dreaded going for pizza and beer at …more

Seasons Greetings from TJC – Thanks for a great year! In the course of 2006, our community has

• started six new businesses
• seen its first art show, and
• achieved several promotions to the VP level and above including two CEO’s.

Work hours have been cut, recreation has been had, and relationships have …more

Inspiration Voters – I’ve been giving a number of radio interviews in support of our upcoming book, Winning Without Compromising Yourself. It’s led to many great conversations about the end of wedge issues, and how a candidate who can genuinely connect with voters through authenticity and inspiration can win in a landslide. (The concept works for creating allies in business, too!) To hear an election day interview, visit the website for Winning Without Compromising Yourself nocompromising.com.

Assumptions – I just returned from the annual meeting of the International Coach Federation. It’s a great time to connect with my colleagues from around the world and spend time with friends who I respect so much that I’m always pleasantly amazed and grateful that I can contribute to them! …more

PTSD – Pre-traumatic stress disorder is a term I invented once on a coaching call. I was working with a client who was in absolute anguish over something she had convinced herself was going to happen. Even though my term is about as pop-psychology as it gets, in the years since that call, I’ve seen many clients …more

Diving Class – Most everything I ever needed to know about focus I learned one summer at the pool. I was about ten when I took my first diving class. The instructor was a pretty high school student who told us not to look down at the water, or we would fall into the pool without meaning to. I didn’t believe her; I mean who had so little …more

Toe Curling Vision – Each year June brings with it a whole new brand of crazy-making busyness. Listening to my clients, now seems to be even more intense than usual. So with the year practically half over, it’s time to take a breath and revisit your vision for the year. …more

E-mail & IQ – Warning: Reading this (at the wrong time) can impair your ability!
A fascinating clinical study found that the IQ of workers who juggled phone calls, e-mails, text messages and their work fell by 10 points during the course of the day. 10 points are the equivalent of a whole night’s sleep. Those workers …more

Healthy Impatience – If patience is a virtue and we’re living and working at breakneck speed, do we have to give up our virtue in the name of profitability? The surprising answer is probably not. If you and your employees have a healthy impatience, you will refuse to remain stuck because when people put their ego aside and don’t have to be the one …more

Human Beings – I love beginning a new year -the lull at the end of the year; quiet, thoughtful preparations; and the promise of new and rekindled hopes, dreams and intentions. Most of the time when we look into a new year, we focus on doing. What we will do, achievements we are striving for and milestones we are after…more

Party On! – The Pleasures and Perils of Partying With a Coach – To ring in the new year, we celebrate with family and close friends. We enjoy a fine meal, champagne and entertain ourselves by staging ‘No Talent’ shows that are as fun for the people ‘performing’ as those watching….more

Appreciating that Special Someone – Just like any parent of a young child, these days I’m training my daughter to appreciate others and their acts of kindness by saying “Thank you”. We’re all trained to be sincerely grateful for good luck, blessings and gifts from people and the universe. Yet, oddly enough, we rarely get into the habit of thanking ….more

Power, Leadership and You – This is an excerpt from an essay Michelle contributed to the book, Winning Without Compromising Yourself – find out more about the book at www.nocompromising.com.
Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, George Bush, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey – people who have power are subject to both reverence and distain. They engender ….more

Halftime – Happy second half!
It’s July 1st – the start of the second half of the year, and an opportunity to take stock, pat yourself on the back and make any mid-course corrections. Some food for thought…..more

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