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Today the idea of having a Coach, or even being a Coach, is well understood, but back in January of 1987 there was no (general) coaching profession. The response from most people, upon hearing that Steve Straus was a Coach, was to ask, “What sport?” A reasonable question given that the role of a sports coach is to assist athletes to be their best, to set goals, to excel, whatever their game. That’s what personal Coaches do for people in the game of life.
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S:1459 Principle: Extraordinary
(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Petrichor: The smell of fresh rain on dry earth. (Yes, I had to look it up.) The smell bursts from the sudden interaction of dry, parched earth with fresh raindrops. It doesn’t last long. After a few moments, the …
S:1458 Principle: Pain
(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Pain is a story. Pain has physical components as well as mental and emotional ones, but at its core pain is a story intended to get our attention. This first came to me in yoga class during a pose …
S:1457 Distinction: Music vs. Notes
(Distinctions are subtleties of language that, when gotten, cause a shift in a belief, behavior, value or attitude.) A gifted teacher can have an outsized effect. We were a bunch of Junior High School band members, surely no more than average, but he led us to win the citywide (of Dallas, not exactly a burg) …
S:1456 Great Question: What If?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What If?” Coaching Point: What If is a playful question. If you want it to be. It can also be a deeply troubling one.A dividing line between playful and troubling is Now. When you look forward from Now with the What If question on your …
S:1455 Quote: Dreams
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Dreams are not so different from deeds as some may think.All the deeds of men are only dreams at first.And in the end, their deeds dissolve into dreams.”and“If you will it, it is no dream;and if you do not will it,a dream it is and a dream …
S:1454 Personal Need: To Be Understood
(An unmet Need causes us to feel empty, incomplete, or less than whole. Fulfilling a Need gives us freedom to be ourselves.) The old line (usually attributed to Alan Greenspan) is, “I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what …
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