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Work Motivation: What It is and Why It is Important

BetterUp

Most people would recognize that they failed to start or complete the task because they didn’t feel motivated at the time. It is easy to believe that motivation is a feeling that shows up when we need to perform, leaving us waiting for that magical sensation to appear. So what is motivation? What is motivation?

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Building a Strong Nest

International Coach Academy

As a Pediatrician and Obesity Medicine Specialist, it is frustrating how the US medical system focuses primarily on treating disease instead of preventing it. Most of the top ten chronic medical conditions are preventable or manageable (even reversible) by lifestyle changes. Building a Strong Nest Model.

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Parental Burnout: Burnout High in Parents of Neurodivergent Children

International Coach Academy

The doctor appointments, medications, self-judgments, and social media posts of neurotypical children doing extraordinary feats can increase the pressure a parent feels as they grapple with it all. They write about giving up, and some do – on medication, treatment, everything. Commonly, burnout refers to more than work settings.

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How Leaders Make Business Metrics Meaningful

Let's Grow Leaders

In contrast, managers who haven’t learned this secret focus on the numbers and frantically swivel their team’s focus back and forth between twenty-seven different measurements – most of which don’t directly affect results. The doctor prescribes medication, a change in diet, and more exercise. Sarah didn’t have to say a word.

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Flexibility as a Coaching Framework for Better Well-Being

International Coach Academy

Believing that hard work paves the way to success can be motivating but also can cause substantial stress once work becomes all-time absorbing, while other life areas are non-existent. Mental and psychological flexibility relate to active (positive, constructive) stress-coping and management skills. They are happy and fulfilled.

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RUN To Your Goals

International Coach Academy

The reactions were studied in the 1920s by Professor Walter Cannon, Chair of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. The RUN Model RUN stands for: R eal-Time U lterior Motive N ew Growth Real-Time means looking at what is currently happening in clients’ lives. Freezing may paralyze us. What have been your results?

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Broken vs. Brilliant

International Coach Academy

Social Model of Disability The traditional paradigm of disability (the ‘medical model’) says that their impairments disable disabled people and they need fixing. Common struggles across all ND types include focus, time management, and planning. Each ND person is unique, but there are trends.