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Posted on October 20, 2009 By: Laura

I often hear, if I am the boss, why would I need a coach? In fact, I picked up the July issue of Fortune magazine an in the article ”The Best Advice I ever got” the Chairman and discusses how to approach the problem”. So it’s not about the coach being on the same playing field as you, it’s about being able to give you perspective you might not have otherwise. It’s about having someone to bounce off different approaches to problems that might not be evident on the surface.

Fall is definitely here with cooler temps and where [...]

Creating Your Own Accountability Team

Posted on October 13, 2009 By: Laura

I realized lately that many of my clients who are entrepreneurs often feel like a salmon swimming upstream when they are at the beginning stages of their business. They are motivated and independent nature, but they get stuck like everyone else.

It’s not that they don’t know what to do; it’s more of a matter of what to do first and creating a time line for building the different parts of their business. When you’re the boss everyone is turning to you. Who do you turn to? I have mentioned the notion of Mastermind Groups in a previous blog, [...]

How a Coach Can Assist in Achieving Goals

Posted on October 6, 2009 By: Laura

I often hear: “If I am the boss, why would I need a coach?” Even the boss could benefit from a different perspective when creating goals and discusses how to approach the problem”. So it’s not about the coach being on the same playing field as you, it’s about being able to give you perspective you might not have otherwise. It’s about having someone to assist in recognizing different approaches to problems that might not be evident on the surface.

Coaching can help in a myriad ways and entrepreneurs look at the specific thought process which may contribute to [...]

Focused Practice: A Success Tool

Posted on September 29, 2009 By: Laura

I attended an amazing workshop that focused on using right brain tools to succeed in the current economic situation. A part of me expected a huge revelation, some new scientific data analyzed to prove success without any measure of failure. I guess that part of me was looking for the miracle pill that creates the perfect outcome in the smallest amount of time. I was reminded again that it doesn’t exist. Success really comes from practice and lots of it.

What does this have to do with right brain tools? When I think of practice, I think about some [...]

The Power of Choice

Posted on September 22, 2009 By: Laura

We typically live our lives in one of two ways: living a life that is dictated by unending responsibilities or living in a world that is full of abundant choices that we create. People are often shocked to find that these two places exist in the same universe. They question the fact that we have a choice because there are some things we just have to do.

The biggest shift happened in my life was when I learned the power of choice. Sure we may not want to do certain things like taking out the trash or even going [...]

Learning To Excel in the Modern Workplace, Part 3

Posted on September 15, 2009 By: Laura

In the first two parts of this column I discussed Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind”; a book that discusses how to create in a global marketplace. He introduced the “six senses” as a way to increase your high concept and high touch aptitudes. These aptitudes are related to right brain functioning, something he believes is crucial in the current conceptual era.

I touched briefly on the six senses: design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and the benefit of improving your perspective is well worth it.

Design: Become aware of your environment.

Keep a design notebook and the ones that don’t. If [...]

High Concept and High Touch: Learning To Excel In the Modern Workplace

Posted on September 8, 2009 By: Laura

In Part 1 of this blog, I was discussing Daniel Pink’s book “A Whole New Mind”. His book focuses on the change in the American workforce in which left brain linear thinking jobs are being automated via technology and products that can’t be replicated immediately overseas.

Pink asserts that we are entering the “the conceptual age”, whose main characters are the creator and meaning”. So the question becomes: How do I tap into that creative right side of my brain?

After investigating that very question, Pink devised an answer by creating the “six senses”. These are six specific [...]

“A Whole New Mind”: Learning to Excel in the Modern Workplace

Posted on September 1, 2009 By: Laura

Technology has forever changed the way we work. I know this is highly apparent and you need to gear your set of skills towards that.

Daniel H. Pink discusses the change in the workforce and Russia who can do the same job for a lot less because of a huge difference in the cost of living. I was shocked when Pink mentioned that a typical aeronautical engineer in the US was paid $6,000 a month but in Russia the same job could be done for only $650 per month.

So does this mean that there will be no [...]

Following Your Own Path To Success

Posted on July 7, 2009 By: Laura

We are told from early childhood “just to be ourselves”. It’s the solution for everything from meeting new friends to getting a job. The ironic thing is that most likely very few of us are actually being ourselves. A large portion of people in the United States are all about keeping up with the Jones’. You just have to look at the mortgage crisis and know as unique individuals.

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of listening to Michele Woodward, Master Certified Coach and life endeavors. She mentioned the phrase “Be Your Own Buddha”, meaning follow your [...]

Discovering Success Outside Of Your Comfort Zone: Part 2

Posted on June 30, 2009 By: Laura

I received a lot of positive responses to last week’s blog that focused on leaving your comfort zone. It seems that most people recognize their comfort zone and all the fear involved can be freeing. It almost feels counterintuitive, but it’s actually not. It’s actually about intuitively realizing that your comfort protects you, but doesn’t promote you.

I was working with a client recently who gave me tons of evidence that she could be successful in her career. She had already done workshops, written articles, and with only word of mouth referrals, these workshops were packed.

The fact is [...]

Laura's Blog

Entrepreneurs in Action

Creating Your Own Accountability Team

How a Coach Can Assist in Achieving Goals

Focused Practice: A Success Tool

The Power of Choice

Learning To Excel in the Modern Workplace, Part 3

High Concept and High Touch: Learning To Excel In the Modern Workplace

“A Whole New Mind”: Learning to Excel in the Modern Workplace

Following Your Own Path To Success

Discovering Success Outside Of Your Comfort Zone: Part 2

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