Items tagged with "personal development":
Smash Through Imposter Syndrome
“They must have made a mistake.” “Soon they are going to realise that I am not as competent as they think I am.” “How can they possibly believe that I am good enough to do this?” These are the kinds of stories we tell ourselves when our success and accomplishments feel too good to be...
20 Questions to Achieve a 20/20 Vision for 2020 on The Azania Mosaka Show
I chatted with Azania Mosaka on Radio 702 about planning for the new year and 20 questions you can ask yourself to achieve a 20/20 vision for 2020.
If You Can’t Be With the Job You Love, Love the Job You’re With
A recent Huffington Post story that is doing the rounds talks about the negative effect working in a job you hate has on your health. All of the effects that are listed are also symptoms of burnout. As I frequently maintain, we get burnout from doing too much or too many of the wrong things – the...
How to Shift the Focus of Your Energy to Achieve More Balance
Most of us spend more time on things that don’t yield the most joy and satisfaction, and less time on the things that do. In an ideal world we’d all be spending most of our time on the things that make us happy and only a small amount of effort would go into things that feel less rewarding. Unfortunately,...
Great Things Happen When We Plan With Purpose
I’m the first person to admit that I know absolutely nothing about rugby (I irritate the people I’m watching with by saying things like, “why do they have to be so horrible to each other?” and, “is it really necessary to be so rough?”). I do, however understand things like passion, purpose,...
Set Your Own Agenda for 2019
If you are anything like many of the people in my immediate orbit, you have found yourself limping towards the end of the year feeling more than a little dazed and confused. How did we get to the end of the year so quickly? And, at the same time, why did it take so long? Why do I feel so tired...
Less Tired, More Inspired
If I could distil all of the things that my clients most yearn for into two things, they would be: Feeling less tired, and Feeling more inspired. It seems that more and more of us are feeling increased exhaustion and overwhelm, and decreased enthusiasm for things that we used to feel inspired...
From AlwaysOn to OftenOff
Happy Equinox! The 21st of March, in addition to being Human Rights Day in South Africa, is the Autumn/Spring Equinox. All over the planet, day and night both last 12 hours - give or take a few minutes. Dark and light are equally balanced. The sun and the stars get equal airtime. Nocturnal creatures...
Sunday Night Blues
You’ve had a wonderful holiday. Resting, relaxing and being in the moment. No worrying about the report that is due, the presentation you need to make at the next meeting, the conversation with your hated boss/client/colleague that you have to have. No work worries at all. But, now, the party is...
Nature and Healing
My mentors at the Sagefire Institute, Michael and Lynn Trotta, once shared a story with me about the Bushpeople of the Kalahari... They are one of the oldest surviving cultures on the planet, well known for their profound connection to the land and their intimate knowledge of the natural world. ...
What’s in a name?
I often struggle with knowing how to name and describe what I do. 'Coach' is such a loose term; there are so many different kinds of coaches and so many different approaches to and philosophies of coaching. Many of them I am deeply respectful of. Some, unfortunately, I am deeply suspicious of. (I...
Swings *and* Roundabouts
I have two different (but increasingly complimentary) skill sets. For many years I was involved crime and violence prevention research, training and policy development. I traveled around the country – and even the sub-continent – doing fascinating work in amazing places with inspiring people. And...
Learning and Doing
I went to a training workshop this weekend. It was on Transactional Analysis, which I love and I use a lot of in my work. (After this weekend, I will be using it even more.) I have been to three TA workshops this year – two of them in October - and every time I go to one I am more convinced of...
I Have Been Headhunted
'Live your best life!’ advises Oprah Winfrey. Tomorrow the talk show queen’s favourite life coach, Dr Martha Beck, will present a life coach workshop in Joburg. Helen Grange caught up with her South African protege, Judy Klipin, to find out more about her approach. I’ve been headhunted, doubled...
Learn to Live Better
On the treadmill of life, we could all use a little training, writes Andrea Nagel. It’s a new year and we’re buoyed along after the holiday excesses, indulgences and general dodgy behaviour by our week- old resolutions. Still in their infancy, they are unblemished and pure, bright with the promise...
Ideal Job is About Money, Healthiness, and Fulfillment
Whether you are entering the workplace for the first time or looking for a career change, identifying what your real needs and goals are will ensure you find a position which will be right for you, and consequently fulfilling. So says Judy Klipin, the only trained and certified Martha Beck life coach...