From the monthly archives:
I’ve been thinking about confidence these last few days. Where does it come from and how do we get it? What makes one person full of confidence and another consumed by timidity?
I’m sure there are many answers to these questions. These are not the sort of questions that have one simple answer. That said, the [...]
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Change. It’s that thing we all seem to have a love / hate relationship with. Most of us recognise that things need to change and yet, at the same time, almost everyone has one part of us who is at least a little bit resistant to it.
Something that I’ve discovered though is that the less [...]
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Today’s post is by regular guest author Dale Swinburne. (Catch up on parts 1, 2, 3)
Each of us has incredible potential. We have been created to live a full life according to Chip Anderson. We’ve been walking through his Aliveness Theory as he charts for us the stark comparison we could experience in our [...]
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The title I’ve given this post is simply a sentence that I read this morning that really resonated with me. It ties in nicely with the previous post where I talked about the importance of dreaming.
It is very easy to focus on what we do not have. We become consumed by our needs, whether they [...]
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It’s very easy when circumstances close in on us to lose any sense of the future. We find ourselves becoming overwhelmed with what is right in front of us.
And, if there are problems that need to be resolved, it is of course right to focus on the now. There are things that need to be [...]
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No matter who you are or what you do, there are always going to be times when things are tough. Really tough. Right now is one of those times for me personally. I hesitate as to how much I should say though for several reasons. Firstly, I don’t want to give the impression that my [...]
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Every few weeks I host an evening called ‘Passages’. Each time we look at a different passage from the biblical Scriptures to discuss, reflect upon, interpret, and – hopefully – apply. So far we’ve been very simply looking at the various parables of Jesus and discussing what they might mean for us living in the [...]
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Today’s post is by regular guest columnist Hermann du Plessis, founder of Therapeia, a coaching practice based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Is my calling sure?
What a question to ask! I was reading the opinion of two Harvard Business School Professors who researched career guidance, counselling and coaching. They studied the concept we all have [...]
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I meet a lot of people who – whether directly or indirectly – say that their lives are boring and mundane. In fact, these seems to be the prevalent condition for most people. And, truth be told, we all face times when our lives like this. Not only that, they’ll always been some aspects of [...]
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For those of you who follow closely you will have noticed that yesterday was the first time I missed one of my daily posts. I’ve been writing since April and, to be honest, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner!
It actually served to highlight something that I’ve been sensing for a while. I don’t want this [...]
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