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I was coaching a mechanical engineer, our first two sessions were awful. Not because of him. He wanted coaching. They were awful because I thought I needed to be a mechanical engineer, I was trying to be smart in a subject I knew absolutely nothing about. After the second laboured...

I REALLY DO! There’s the old adage that you shouldn’t care what other people think of you. I say poppycock! I think this advice limits our growth, and does more damage then good. Have you ever noticed when this “advice” is given to you? It’s only when someone says something...

At a time when my client needed empathy and support, I choose to focus on BEING RIGHT, thus making him wrong. Ultimately I backed him into a corner leaving him only one option to regain his dignity: to fire me. Upon reflection: When I focus on BEING RIGHT, my attention...