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The INFJ Bartender

The MBTI is often used as a career counseling tool.  It can be an effective way to explore strengths and blind spots leading to increased clarity around career choice.   It is not meant to be limiting but often the…

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What Really Influences Our Behavior?

What really influences our behavior?   Is it the brain as described by the newest findings in brain science? Is it our personality?  Our upbringing? As a coach, I use certain lenses to help individuals uncover personal potential.  Therefore,  it's…

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Diving and Surfing in the Age of Information

Diver brains and surfer brains are different.  The diver brain thinks deeply and can hold a line of thought for an extended period of time, generally without distraction. Imagine going deep beneath the surface, studying and thinking about the surroundings,…

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Challenge or Threat?

Have you ever wondered what psychs players out when the game is on the line?  Yogi Berra's famous quote, "90 percent of the game is half-mental", rings true, especially at critical moments.  For it is when the game is on…

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The Encouragement Sweet Spot

Anyone who has been following my Tweets today will surely see how enthralled I am with the book, Top Dog,The Science of Winning and Losing by Po Bronson.  I am only part way through it,  but I have already had several insights…

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Exercise Your Future Self

The notion of describing and revisiting the future self as a way to achieve goals is well known and a cornerstone of effective coaching practice.    However, what human tendency are we counteracting when we call on the future self to…

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Leadership and the MBTI Step III

Jane Kise has written another fabulous book. In this newest offerring, she melds together emotional intelligence, psychological type, and brain science to help you discover what matters to you and how to resonate with these values. The book begins by…

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Five New Minds for the New Year

Perhaps you have heard of Howard Gardner, best known in educational circles for his theory on multiple intelligences.  Gardner asserted that there are eight intelligences: linguistic, logic-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic.  As coaches, we tap into these…

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