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A library of reflections on leadership, consciousness, and the work of awakening to a more aligned way of being. 

These essays are for leaders navigating the frontier between inner stillness and outer impact.

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Coaching Philosophy

Transformative Coaching vs. Transactional Coaching

Transformative Coaching vs. Transactional Coaching As coaches, there are so many tools that we use to help clients get results. Hundreds of coaching models, scores of psychometric questionnaires, and fancy names for the most common of emotions and thoughts that people experience in their day to day life. These are very useful - they give both the coach and the client the feeling of doing something. Of moving forward. Of speeding up. It feels comfortable

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Coaching Philosophy

Stress and Peace of Mind: A Subtle Misunderstanding

Stress and Peace of Mind: A Subtle Misunderstanding I was in conversation with an old colleague earlier this week, and we were catching up about the happenings in her life. She was experiencing a lot of stress in her personal life and was trying to control her mind to feel better. It is common to feel stressed, and we usually overcome it by using will power. I'm calling all of these various methods as will-power based

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Coaching Philosophy

Being Nothing

Being Nothing Nothing is your true nature. Not nothing, but Nothing. I'm using 'Nothing' as a proper noun. Be Nothing.You are Nothing before you were born into form. You live your life thinking you are something. Then you become Nothing again.But you forget that while living your life too, you are actually Nothing caught up in the illusory thought that it is something.Know your true nature - Nothing is everything. Nothing can be anything. Nothing

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Coaching Philosophy

The Game Changer : 1 Distinction to Dramatically Improve Your Impact and Performance

The Game Changer 1 Distinction to Dramatically Improve Your Impact and Performance For over a decade, I have extensively researched how the human potential can be unleashed. I've ventured into the depths of applied psychology, philosophy and spirituality. There were some wonderful concepts in the form of techniques and tricks that I used to improve my own performance. There were several of these that I have come to practice over the years, including visioning exercises,

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Coaching

Easy Change vs Hard Change: The Transformative Coaching Approach

Easy Change vs Hard Change: The Transformative Coaching Approach For months, I have struggled with the poor quality of my laptop webcam video. It was a new laptop, and the specs said that it was of decent quality, but none of my zoom calls reflected that. I use zoom almost every day - all of my coaching sessions with clients are on zoom these days. After putting up with the low quality video for a

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Coaching Philosophy

Do You Know Who You Really Are?

Do You Know Who You Really Are? A few days ago, I was in a car, waiting for my mom. I found myself parked outside the high school I went to back in the day. As I glanced at the building, after the initial wave of nostalgia, I felt something strange. It was something I knew intellectually, but this time, I felt it in my body.I could recollect memories of myself standing in those hallways

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Coaching

The Real Secret to High Performance

The Real Secret to High Performance "All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark." - Swami VivekanandaI was talking to a friend earlier and she was complaining about how terrible her diet was and how she hated it. Out of curiosity, I asked, "Well, who put you on such a terrible diet?" And the reply came, "Me".

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Philosophy

The Fellowship of Life through Time

The Fellowship of Life through Time When we meet somebody who studied at the same university or college that we graduated from, we immediately identify with them. There is an unsaid fraternity that exists. The ice is broken automatically, and we find ourselves interested in bonding with them. This is the feeling of being part of an alumni. It is not related to an alumni network - just the knowing that two people spent some

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Coaching Philosophy

A Whole New Way of Looking at Relationships

A Whole New Way of Looking at Relationships How would you decide if you want to be with this person who's on your mind? How would you know if this relationship is perfect for you? How would you get your head around the fact that even though there are things about this person that you love, there are also other things about this person that you absolutely hate? Maybe, we are looking at the wrong

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