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More on building habits – the importance of friction and gratitude

In my time as a coach, the theme of habits is one that reoccurs as frequently as any. There’s been a number best-selling books in recent years that speak to what we need to know about Habits. My latest discovery is Wendy Wood’s ‘Good…
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Navigating Uncertain Times

At an unprecedented time like this, I’m returning to a common theme of my early blogs.  In the past I used several titles to describe strategies to get through the events that disrupt our lives - among them, Managing Transitions,…
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Putting your Strengths to Work

Gallup’s StrengthsFinder has been taken by over 20 million people. In recent times it’s undergone something of a revival. StrengthsFinder 2.0 came out in 2007, but you can still find it on best selling business book lists. Many large organizations…
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Leadership, soccer coaching and Jurgen Klopp

Given I’ve spent a lot of time thinking, reading, planning (*) and watching Liverpool Football Club (LFC) this season, I figured I could at least use some of that familiarity to identify some learnings about leadership. I obviously have…
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Finding Authentic Happiness

Many of us are looking for ways to find authentic happiness, whether consciously or unconsciously.  If that’s you, I want to introduce (maybe re-introduce) one of my favorite models of happiness and well-being (it’s identified as PERMA).…