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Make the best of the new normal in three steps
In these unprecedented times of the coronavirus pandemic, we all share similar feelings: anxiety, worry, confusion, and even panic. These feelings are completely normal because, as we already know from living our previously “normal”, everyday life, there is one thing...
Managing a beyond-our-power event
Event X Response = Outcome This formula is a widely used #coaching tool. It teaches us that when we cannot influence (read alter) certain events in our life then we can influence the outcome or consequences by our response to the event; that is our behavior and...
Easy Plan Your Week
The importance of having a good plan in place cannot be sufficiently highlighted. Whatever you do make sure you have a plan in place broken down to adequate detail so that you never find yourself in a position wondering what to do today or tomorrow. Yes, it is...
Uncertain Journey
Sometimes the journey we are on is not a simple or an easy one. It can be fraught with uncertainty about the future, physical demands, emotional rollercoasters, and financial investments. In fact, it may be acknowledged that this journey is not likely one that you...
Manage Post Vacation Overwhelm
Six Simple Tools to Efficiently Manage Post Vacation Overwhelm Getting back into the office routine after vacation can be a real challenge but it can be accomplished efficiently. The best way to do it is to shake away the procrastination temptation and jump right into...
The need for new leadership
"It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change." Applying this liberally adapted version of Darwin’s natural selection theory (attributed to have been said by Louisiana State University business professor Leon C....
A New Year’s Resolution
As we are fast approaching the end of the current year, it is a good idea to pause and reflect on our performance so far. Having studied and listened many high-performance coaches and gurus, from Jim Rohn to Tony Robbins, Brendon Burchard and others, the single most...
5 Keys to Goal Setting
1. Set Goals that Motivate You - Motivation is key to achieving goals. It’s all about YOU and what makes you tick. If a goal is important to you and you believe that there is value in achieving it then there is a bigger chance, actually the best chance, to achieve it....
How do you create the winning psychology that you need to succeed?
Speaking from personal experience and also from experiences shared by clients, I am confident to say that the ability to achieve one’s aims and goals is directly correlated to our daily habits. This is the real challenge: how to transcribe the three keys to success to...
Don’t wait for the rain to clear your mind!
Sitting here in rainy Edinburgh I have little choice but to connect with my thoughts. I am reminded of a quote I came across recently by Venus Williams, Professional Tennis Player. She said:“Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains....
Play the Glad Game today! Create a Feeling of Gratitude!
Creating a feeling of gratitude as a prerequisite and a driver for creating a positive psychology requires more than just saying thank you. For some of us more than others, gratitude is a complex feeling and we have difficulty grasping its meaning, let alone genuinely...
What is a Limiting Belief?
Looking at this magnificent countryside and boundless blue horizon stretching before my eyes, it is difficult to think of limits of any kind. And yet sometimes there are clouds in the horizon and obstacles on the way. Before I set out to become a coach I had never...
Priming your brain to live your life of dreams
Working in The Bothy, Photograph contributed by Andrea Christodoulides, Artist To prime: to make (something) ready for use or action. Priming: a substance that prepares something for use or action. I am a native Greek speaker but consider myself fluent in English, the...
Your coach is your ship to Ithaca!
You have achieved a lot in your life and in the workplace but you feel you have reached a plateau and are seeking new ways to grow You have devoted yourself into building your business or advancing at work and now you feel the need for a more balanced life and work...
New Year’s Resolutions – Come to Ithaca!
New Year's Resolutions - Come to Ithaca! My dear friends Anthoula, Irene, Stalo, Remember our New Year’s Resolutions events? Cheese and wine, the fireplace in Anthoula’s house one time, Christmas music and all the feelings we shared. Feelings of not being loved...
What is coaching?
You may have heard people talking about coaching in the workplace. You might have even received some coaching in the past, or you might have used coaching to improve a person's performance, even if you didn't actually describe it as "coaching" at the time. There are...
3 keys to success or how to achieve any goal!
Sculptures' courtesy of Andrea Christodoulides, Artist “Anyone who has ever made anything of importance was disciplined.” — Andrew Hendrixson, Artist Tony Robbins says that results or success is 80% psychology and 20% strategy. To this seemingly simple recipe I add...
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