Reframing Change to Always Play in Your Favor I love changes, whether I create them or need to adapt to them. I believe that any change is a chance to wake up from my personal status quo, reflect, reassess where I am heading, and discover routines that no longer serve me. A change indicates an...
Are you in flow at work? Do you have a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment? Good news is that even if you are not in flow at work, you can be one day (without having to change your job). There are three challenges preventing people from being in flow (as per Wikipedia’s...
Does it also happen to you? As you listen to someone talking to you, you are preparing your answer at the same time. In private conversations, it can be even worse. You have had the same discussions over and over and you already know what your spouse is going to tell you. You even don’t...
I am especially happy when I complain about somebody’s behavior. I don’t say that I like to complain about people. I just like to notice what I am saying and how it relates to my own behavior. I find very true what all the spiritual junkies claim: “When we look at others we are looking at...
There are moments when we realize that our good old habits are not helpful anymore. And by doing the same things the same way over and over again, we get always the same mediocre results. If you want to do something about that, here are three tips how to start doing things differently: 1. Find Out...
Did you used to like your job and suddenly you don’t enjoy it anymore? Maybe you started a new job and never got to like it? You might be at the point when you seriously consider quitting your job. But to do what? The same job, a different job or even start your own entrepreneurial...
Have you noticed that sometimes we get the best ideas and make the best decisions NOT after a long analysis, but after getting a feeling of„enlightenment“? Suddenly an idea lands in our brain and the idea looks totally great and makes sense to us. That`s the moment when our brain finally connected all the relevant...
The International Coaching Federation recently launched a survey identifying the major traits of a manager who had a positive impact on the team members and their career. I immediately thought of my favorite manager and why I enjoyed so much his management style. The list is long (and could be even longer). It is not...
How come certain challenges are too hard while others are not hard enough? And why do some challenges make us excited while others make us feel low? And how come a challenge that seemed too hard and was pulling us down, can become the right challenge and makes us feel excited? Maybe it is not about...
This article is totally NOT for people who have a problem with alcohol. It is for the people who have sometimes a problem with self-management. Ok, just in case I did not use the right term in English, as per www.reference.com: “The best definition of self-management skills is the personal application of behavior change tactics...
