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How to Help Clients Understand What Motivates Them

International Coaching Federation

Recently, I’ve grown fascinated with motivation. I’ve recognized that motivation is the most powerful — and among the most misunderstood — forces in the entire world. This increased interest started when I was wrapping up my first book, “Seven Steps to Dominate Your Day and Crush Your Goals.” First, I could relate.

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3 Great Books About Happiness

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Today we’re rounding up a few great books about happiness and the pursuit thereof. ” toxic positivity here — these books go beyond the typical “how to be happier” platitudes. Either way, these books can help! Psst: If you have books to recommend (on any self-help or career topic!),

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Coaching is my IKIGAI

International Coach Academy

A Research Paper By Ivana Braam, Overseas Filipino Workers Coach, NETHERLANDS The Concept of Ikigai, Its Background, and History, Along with the Different Frameworks In the summer of 2022, I ticked off the last thing in my long list of things I want to become, or accomplish before the age of forty.

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Creating Transformation Through Positive Psychology

International Coach Academy

In Martin Seligman’s early work on Positive Psychology, as discussed in his book “Learned Optimism,” his studies showed that subjects who were prone to lower scores in optimism assessment, less success, and more problems in health, relationships, and career, had a set of values and perspectives that were “personal, pervasive, and permanent.”

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The Capstone Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

A big influence for me is Marshall Goldsmith’s famous book titled “What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There”. Individual Development Plan Once this has been accomplished, we will create an individual development plan that outlines the specific actions, strategies, and timelines for achieving identified goals.

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Confidence Unlocked: Understanding Confidence & How Coaching Can Help

International Coach Academy

Research central to Katty Kay and Claire Shipmen’s book “ The Confidence Code ” [4] cites studies on risk-taking, with women preferring to take fewer risks, and even Christine Lagarde one of the most influential women in the world, admitted that her rise included confidence issues. This is where the power of mindset comes in.

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Finding Flow – Pursuing the Worthwhile Moments

International Coach Academy

The main thesis of Csikszentmihalyi’s most popular book, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990), is that happiness is not a fixed state. The key to fulfillment is in how we invest our internal energy to accomplish optimal experiences. Being in a Flow-Like State. Optimal experience is thus something we make happen.