Supporting Change
Why it’s so hard to shed a habit
Why are habits so hard to break even when we know that life would be more satisfying if we could just cultivate a different set of habits?
The Coaching Confessional
[This post was written in June 2008 but only appears on this weblog, now that the coach has given up dithering.] Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reflecting on coaching as an ‘industry’ but more particularly on how I conduct my work with clients within this industry. I’m one of those coaches who hasn’t [...]
Why Not Go Public?
Going public with your goals is one way of ensuring that you are accountable to someone. Here’s a way. All you have to do, is publish your goals on the 43 Things web site. It’s brilliant. It’s free. It’s motivating. Here followeth a brief Party Pooper Warning: You do need to weigh up whether this [...]
Not Just One Good Thing
These workouts are about raising your levels of happiness. Not about positive thinking, optimism or self-esteem. There is a difference, but I’ll slip that in another time. Let’s get started. Time for our warm-ups I’m not messing you round by saving the best for last here. In many ways this one is The Biz. Why [...]
Change One Thing
Boots (PLC, that is) has repeated its New Year 2006 campaign and is once more urging its hapless customers, at every till point, to “change one thing”. And why not, when it clearly works? And especially if you have been diagnosed with, or suspect you have, ADHD, it makes sense to change just one thing [...]