Since Google is well known for being a great place to work and following on from Tuesday’s post on Google TechTalks Coaching , below is my current list of questions about coaching and mentoring within the Big ‘G’.
To get the creative juices flowing I used my trusty copy of MindGenius and generated a simple outline [...]
If you haven’t done so, then please read part 1:
Perfection In Such An Average Day
Well, my average day actually stretched through the weekend and included these 5 simple highlights:
1- Attending a School Choir and Band Concert
2- Going For a Run after 10 days off with a cold
3- Enjoying a couple of Beers at home
4- Late [...]
I highlighted the incredible story of Scott Rigsby, IronMan extraordinaire in this Feb 2008 post on doing the unthinkable.
Tonight I was pleased to watch his new short movie by following this link: Unthinkable
Honest to goodness, a better example of a true “IronMan” hero to marvel at would be hard to find - even in Hollywood [...]
“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.”
Professor Albert Bartlett
I came across Prof Bartlett’s work while I was googling how to better explain percentage changes to my sixth grade daughter recently.
Having taught Maths & Physics in the UK many moons ago I was intrigued enough to check [...]
Oxfam Japan’s Trailwalker event is coming up on 16-18 May and it’s a tough one:
Complete 100Km in 48 hours through the “hilly” Japanese countryside.
Team Satree-Lek are up for the challenge and I wish them well.
They did it last year - my daughter and I were part of their support team.
If you are able and [...]
One unnerving aspect to career change is leaving safe and familiar territory to take a calculated risk in some unexplored field.
Even with years of experience and transferable skills, it can be an exciting but often nerve racking ride - as you find yourself (temporarily) “knowingly incompetent” in new skills others have already mastered.
Rather than being [...]
Well, I can truthfully report that Al Secunda’s 15 Second Principle works for me - in the form of using it to finally release the audio interview I did with him some weeks ago now.
Ever the latent perfectionist, I soon noticed the urge to do anything but publish the d^%n thing!
Such as:
editing it with Audacity [...]
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Thinking about “following your passion” but not sure how to combine your “day job” with your “hobby”?
(Note: there is some adult content on Danny’s site and it may not be safe to access from work.)
Danny Choo’s story is worth spending some time on.
I like how he continues to use skills acquired in the corporate world [...]
Friday, February 22, 2008
“I gave my life to be the person I am today. Was it worth it?”
Richard Bach, from his book, “One”.
An intriguing aspect of career change coaching is that while my primary role is one of service, I find that I am often challenged personally by the very same questions that my clients are dealing with.
Take, [...]
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
From time to time I hear about big lottery winners and feel a wee touch of envy. Then, like a passing cloud, it’s gone and I think no more about it (helps that I don’t buy lottery tickets lol!)
And very occasionally a winner comes along who’s been in poor health for years and goes on [...]
