Benjamin Zandler on the Possibility of Leadership

Benjamin Zandler's talk on Leadership is based on making a difference as a leader.

Benjamin Zander - talk on Our Untapped Love for New Possibilities through the Analogy of Classical Music!

This is a compelling and inspiring talk about classical music and new possibilities - using the art of listening to music as an analogy for listening for new possibilities - if you have a spare 50 minutes - have a listen!

Daniel Goleman's Video on Social Intelligence in your Career.

This is a very cool explanation in a talk to Google, a bastion of IQ based candidate selection, of the value of Social Intelligence.

Fear of Success!

…your client doesn't really want to succeed.

A paradox.

In every client you take on,
There is a part of them,
that really doesn’t want the coaching to work

They don’t really want anything to work
They are scared to succeed
They are scared of success

And when you come across this shadow self,
And you will know it when you do,
Talk to them about “The Fear of Success”,
About how most people are more fearful
of success than they are of failure ....

Take some time to generate awareness and clarify all the things that would change if your client achieved their PLEASURABLE END RESULT.

Look for things that would give them discomfort if things stayed the way they are and get them to see how hollow their fear is .....

Tell them that fear is an acronym for
False Expectations Appearing Real
Ask them what they really, really, really want

Listen carefully for the sound
of fear’s footsteps leaving ...

....for fear cannot bear the light of clarity
and awareness.

Let your client see how they don’t really want to succeed,
So that they can accept, move on and
Really Really succeed!

How Great it is to be Dumb!

Hi!

Thanks Deb! - for showing me how to do this!

Here's a refreshing and very very clever argument for being dumb, delivered by the adorable Goldie Hawn!

Another Great Video

Here's another great video - all about life and the importance of exploring, expressing and contributing that special something only you can give - enjoy!

Who Moved My Cheese?

Change - it's something you better get good at handling, cause the rate of change is accelerating!

Most of us go through a process of first Denial, then Resistance, then Acceptance, before we can even entertain changes in our behavior - sometimes we just can't afford the time it takes to process change in our lives - it can cost you big time being frozen in the headlights like a possum!

But how do we deal with change more resourcefully? What atttitudes do we need to model to master change in our lives?

Here's the first of two parts of a great little video to open up some new options. Scroll down after the first video to reach the second part.

Keep an eye out for the great grafitti lessons!

Here's the second half: