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2012: A Year by YOUR Design!

by admin on January 3, 2012

As promised in the last post, here’s another free tool* to help you take advantage of all the opportunities this year might bring…

Goals can only be met when there are enough positive emotions to motivate their realization—and when they serve as steps on the way towards a fulfilling vision. If you want this to be the “best year ever,” you need to set aside some time for careful planning and reflection.Read more >>

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The end of December is when most people start thinking about the next year and making plans for what it should look like. What I see happening again and again, however, is that people plan the future without giving much thought to the recent past. From the perspective of your brain, this is a costly mistake. Read more >>

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Attention! Here’s a tricky question: Would you rather be right or be free?

September 28, 2011

One of the favorite lessons I teach students in my coaching training is the distinction between trigger and cause. “Cause” is what we all know from science: it’s the cause and effect relationship. When “A” happens, “B” has to follow. No choice. No variation. Read more >>

Why Being Uncomfortable Is the Key to Success

August 30, 2011

Because of my background in organizational development and several years’ practice in Post Merger Integration Process work, one of my greatest areas of expertise is change management. In addition to giving public talks on the topic, I educate my executive clients and coaching students… Read more >>

Recognize, Stop, Guide, Ask, Integrate: The Emotional Brainwash Process

August 5, 2011

For 20 years I have been studying and practicing three things in order to understand my own brainand therefore myselfbetter: meditation, methods for raising my own awareness, and neuroscience. I do all of this with an attitude of research and trial and error. I love experimenting with myself and creating new processes… Read more >>

The #1 Killer of Change Attempts: Time Confusion

June 10, 2011

In my last post, remember how I tried to inspire you to “brainwash” your brain for your personal spring cleaning? Here is another reason why you should do that regularly. When you consciously set goals for yourself to change something, your subconscious mind needs to support that. Otherwise, you’ll drive your “car of change” with one Read more>>

Spring-Cleaning Urges

May 15, 2011

Finally spring arrived here in Michigan, and during our family stroll through our neighborhood after lunch yesterday, we noticed that about one third of our neighbors had their garage doors open and their driveways piled up with stuff from them. “The sun brings it to the light” we say in Germany, and in spring most Read more>>

What a Car Ad Can Teach Us About Change Management

February 9, 2011

Since Super Bowl Sunday I have a new morning ritual when I turn on my PC: I watch a very inspirational special video to start my workday with high spirits. Before you click on the YouTube player below, please stop and answer the following question: When you hear the city name Detroit, what comes to Read more>>

Change: Nightmare or Dream?

January 8, 2011

Most people think about what they want to change and how to change it. Or when faced by change, they wonder how to deal with it. The problem is that they skip the most important question: What is your relationship to change? Why does this matter? Because it tells you: Read more>>