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Life Coaching, Meditation, and Breath Work

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Enhanced motivation: By identifying and clarifying their goals, individuals can become more motivated and focused on achieving their desired outcomes. Improved self-awareness: Life coaching can help individuals become more self-aware by identifying their strengths, weaknesses, and patterns of behavior that may be holding them back.

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The Role of Influence and Leadership Coaching

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Strengths development entails motivating employees to cultivate and refine their strengths (Meyers & van Woerkom, 2017). Influence, on the other hand, refers to the ability of a leader to inspire and motivate others to achieve common goals. At the same time, effective leadership also requires the ability to influence others.

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Trepidation vs. Resolute

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2017) explored the effectiveness of coaching interventions in reducing fear and increasing confidence among individuals facing career transitions. For instance, Bandura’s self-efficacy theory posits that individuals’ beliefs in their ability to succeed influence their motivation and behavior (Bandura, 1997). Trepidation.

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Coaching is my IKIGAI

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I had lost my motivation and commitment all of a sudden. ” In a simple definition, according to the Oxford English Dictionary , Ikigai is “a motivating force” or generally anything that refers to something that brings pleasure or fulfillment. This is about creating milestones that lead to a bigger goal in life.

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5 Top Leadership Articles for the Week of November 27, 2017

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Each week I read leadership articles from various online resources and share them across social media. Here are the five leadership articles readers found most valuable last week. Click on the title of the article to read the full text. I have […].

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A Fresh, Fast, and Fun Way to Focus Your Team

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How you spend January can make the difference between a breakthrough and mediocre 2017. One of the most important questions you can ask your team (or yourself) is “What will it take to make 2017 the very best year of your career?” 2017 was the very best year of my career. Let Us Help You Jump Start Your Team in 2017.

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Criticism vs. Generosity

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Self-criticism has been shown to reduce a person’s motivation and impede their progress toward their goals, it can make you more prone to procrastinate and ruminate, and it can move the brain into an inhibited state where it’s less able to function and problem-solve. References Cohut, M (2017) Generosity makes you happier.

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