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Most people relate clutter to mess, to being disorganised or disorderly. My definition however, is somewhat broader. If you are hanging on to something and it really isn’t adding any value to your life, it’s clutter. If it serves no purpose, it’s clutter. And, just because an item has intrinsic value doesn’t excuse it from being clutter. It’s just clutter in your life. …
It can’t be done / I can’t do it This is my number one pet hate. It’s demoralising, dis-empowering and defeatist. It is such a “final” statement it leaves you no room to move. No room for imagination, no room for motivation. It basically translates to “I give up”. Sometimes it’s a sign of defiance as in “I don’t want …
Hearing – you noticed a sound. Listening – you made an effort to understand that sound and find its meaning. Yes, there is a distinction and it’s important. Pay attention because many conversations go awry because of this distinction. In some circles, listening properly, as I would call it, is referred to as active listening. In the simplest terms, it means you …
Coach Mi definition motivation – a strong, persistent desire to act The word “self” is redundant because there is no other kind of motivation. All motivation comes from within. If you are motivated by something external, it’s not motivation, it’s coercion. Something external – someone or an event can start the process for you and break or drag you out of inertia but …
For some reason, negativity seems to be more contagious that positivity. We seem to be drawn to the negative, the depressing rather than the positive and uplifting. I was part of a group feedback session once and noticed that the person receiving the feedback had received three times as much positive feedback than she had negative but couldn’t help herself …
Coach Mi Definition: Explanation – A reason for why something happened. A process to help the listener understand. Excuse – An attempt at an explanation, but with the aim of absolving self or others from responsibility. Do you offer explanations or excuses? To the listener, an excuse usually has a hollowness to it, a lack of believability. So if you’re not …
If you really believe in this saying, you’d be a masochist. Think about it. People use this phrase to push themselves or others through tough times, to motivate and encourage but realistically how can pain motivate? I think this belief may be the cause of many failures.
Some of you might wonder how I could follow the Brain that Changes Itself with something as fluffy as this. Well, sometimes it pays to be open-minded. A book like this wouldn’t ordinarily catch my interest because I don’t like stereotypes and I particularly dislike “being” stereotyped but the title “…. and women can’t read maps” was a glaring challenge …
I am old enough to remember a time before emails, sms, Facebook, Twitter etc. and something has been bothering me for a while. It’s to do with our manners. I remember as a child waiting weeks for letters from pen pals but these days, flurries of emails are exchanged in a matter of minutes. Everything travels so fast today, it’s …
I stumbled upon this story yesterday and was moved by its simplicity and relevance. The Touchstone Author Unknown When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers. The book wasn’t very interesting, …
