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Life Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Executive Coaching: What’s Right for You?

May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Coaching, coaching, coaching. It's everywhere. There is a coach for every type of business, issue or dilemma. There's life coaching, leadership coaching, executive coaching, performance coaching, success coaching, business coaching, career coaching, marketing coaching, financial coaching, etc... Add coaching to the end of almost any noun and I bet it exists. The fact is the coaching industry has a real problem where anyone can hang out a shingle and call himself/herself a coach. Many calling themselves a coach have no idea what it means and haven't been professionally trained so what you get from one coach to the next can differ greatly. What is more, the quality of the both the coach and the coaching can vary dramatically. Like … [Read more...]

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5 Ways to Use Nature to Improve Your Personal Leadership

April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
5 Ways Nature Will Increase Your Performance and Resiliency

I’ve always been a hiker, biker, skier and explorer and have been fortunate to reap the benefits of communing with nature. With Earth Day, I was reminded how my time in nature has positively shaped my leadership and life. I was also reminded of the importance of taking care of our planet so nature can continue to serve as a restorer of my wellness, a reliever of my stress, and a doorway to my greater awareness and creativity. Restore energy I’ve written a lot about the importance of goals, vision, values, mission, and pushing your limits to become a better leader and to achieve what you want in life. While those are all key drivers to lead a bigger life, they are also areas where you must expend energy. And where energy is … [Read more...]

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13 Tips to Achieve Greatness: An Insider’s Guide To Leadership Success

April 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
13 Hacks to Achieve What You Want An Insider's Guide To Leadership Success

This post contains the important pieces of advice and tips I've ever shared. These are the keys to success and to leading a life of prosperity, fulfillment and happiness. I’m going to give you exactly what you need to achieve your greatest professional and personal goals and what it takes to be great leader.   You gotta read this… Wait...I’ve changed my mind. Let's talk about the real world. Let's get real here... I’ve come to the conclusion that all the leadership; self-development mumbo jumbo doesn’t do anything anyway. It’s all a crock. Let’s face it… Leaders are born. People who are successful and have the life you want are special. They have the "it factor" and you don’t. There is nothing … [Read more...]

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10 Ways to Spring Clean Your Mind

March 19, 2013 By 8 Comments
10 Ways to Spring Clean Your Mind

“It's spring, let’s throw open the windows and blast Van Halen!” My friends looked at me and laughed hysterically, "What the heck does Van Halen have to do with spring and throwing the windows open?” They had a point... When I lived in Chicago and the weather finally started to turn from cold and gray to luke warm; Van Halen went on my stereo, I let in the fresh air and started cleaning. Spring clean your mind The first day of spring is upon us. Time to open the windows, maybe not blare Van Halen, clean the house and most importantly clean your mind and life. Yes, it’s time to clean out the last three months of junk that has collected in your gray matter since you bravely set out on your New Year's Resolutions. By … [Read more...]

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Daylight Savings Doesn’t Have to Suck

March 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The morning routine habit will help you achieve your goals

Oh, how I despise Daylight Savings and springing ahead. Why am I losing an hour of precious sleep? For what? How is this relevant to my life? Oh, to live in Hawaii or Arizona where they don’t give a &^%#@$. Sigh… For many years this was my thought process. I dreaded the Monday after Daylight Savings. It became a day of excess caffeine and longing for my bed. Inevitably, a few days later it was all over and I was back on track. My body and brain were used to the new time and all was right again.   What a different tune I sing today…I actually like springing ahead. Man, I never thought I would say that, but when I move the clock forward now, I know spring is on the way and there will more early light … [Read more...]

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How to Give the Best Valentine’s Day Gift Without Spending a Dime

February 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Communication is the key to healthy relationships

Having trouble coming up with an amazing Valentine’s Day gift for you partner? Getting nervous that you will end up buying her last minute roses or him a last minute tie? Lucky for you, I have the perfect gift. It’s free, will last a lifetime and you can keep going back to it year after year. So what is this perfect Valentine’s Day gift you ask? Passionate heartfelt communication That’s right communication. Now you may already be saying "what kind of gift is that?" and I "communicate all day". "Derek, you are full of it…" Now I am completely full of it, just ask my fiancé and friends, but in this case I am spot on. What I am talking about is true authentic, passionate heart felt communication. Not just … [Read more...]

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