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Success Questions: Stop Asking This. Start Asking This.

In the last few weeks, I’ve had several people ask me these questions: Do I have what it takes to be successful? Can I make it in coaching? Can I earn as much at coaching as what I’m making in my...

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What Are You Addicted To?

We all have known people who seem predisposed to seeing the glass “half-full” or “half-empty”—the optimists vs the pessimists, the perky Pollyannas vs the Debbie Downers, the Susie Sunshines vs the...

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The Internal Career Coach: How to Coach a Manager with Low EQ

I just got off the phone with an internal coach who is coaching a manager who has low EQ. You’ve probably come across this type of manager—the financial superstar who is bottom-line oriented and...

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Brain Coach: Why Optimism Gets a Bad Rap

Optimism often gets a bad wrap. Many people think if you are an optimist, you have your head in the clouds and you are oblivious to reality. Many people prefer to say “I’m a realist.” (Few people would...

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The Internal Career Coach: The Employee Who’s Afraid to Talk to the Boss

A group of career coaching colleagues and I had a discussion recently about what prevents employees from being proactive about managing their careers with their current employer. One theme that...

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Brain Coach: Rational vs. Emotive Optimism

Earlier, you heard about “Rational Optimism”—how we can lean toward thinking about positive outcomes for the situations in our lives. This is the cognitive (thinking) side of Optimism. But Optimism...

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Relegated to 2nd Class Success when You’re Carrying a 1st Class Ticket?

I’m writing this from 30,000 feet, aboard an American Airlines flight as I head to Dallas to see my daughter. I fly First Class whenever I can (the benefits outweigh the cost) but when I went to book...

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Brain Coach: Optimism Squared–Speed & Sustainability

I’ve been on a journey of becoming more Optimistic over the past few years. I’ll admit that, for many years, I lived with a tendency toward feeling “guilty” and even a bit “fearful” about getting...

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Brain Coach: Optimism Squared–Span & Subtleties

For many years, I wasn’t aware of how “routinized” my ability to worry, catastrophize, and feel guilty had become! It was a habit that I hadn’t realized was part of my daily life. And with every...

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Brain Coach: Does Optimism Mean You Have to Be Happy All the Time?

Does optimism mean you have to be happy all the time? As humans we experience a wide range of emotions. On the negative (“minus”) end of the spectrum, those emotions can include worry, fear, anxiety,...

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