Every Tuesday morning, I join my friend Frederic and a couple of young job hunters for a weekly “Jobhunt Mastermind” (copyright Fred) at our local cafe. It’s a group coaching initiative where Frederic helps his coachees follow up on their … Continue reading →
What will your verse be? Asked Whitman more than a hundred years ago. What will your verse be? Ask the Apple guys in 2014. Care to answer this one? Whether you saw the most recent Apple ad or not, you should. But first, let’s read and watch a bit more. The ad, deeply inspired by (read: [...]
Yesterday, we watched what AWESOME looks like. And it is amazing. You have to watch it if you haven’t (click here)! Do you want to unleash AWESOME like this guy, not on a bike, but for your own thing? Are you ready to do what it takes? Now, let’s take a look at what it [...]
Today, watch what AWESOME looks like: Now, you may know getting good takes work (and pain), but you have no idea how much. Come back tomorrow, and check what it takes to get that awesome! Filed under: Getting done, Getting engaged, Inspiration, Mental attitude, See AWESOME Tagged: Athletes, Awesome, Danny MacAskill, Extreme sports, success, what [...]
I love endings. They leave room for so many new great possibilities. They give you the opportunity to reflect, refuel, repair and relaunch. When I joined KPMG US in 1999, I was sent to the traditional induction program, even though I had worked for two years in KPMG France before. One of the highlights was [...]
How much of what is happening to you has been designed by you? Is life just happening to you? If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all. — John Green Imagination is not just about dreaming. Imagination, you see, is a misnomer. It should have been spelled imaginaction, for it can be one of two [...]
You will have some bad days. You will have days where you will do everything right, and still not get the deal, or you will fail a presentation. These days are precious. These days are a gift, despite all the frustration they can bring, because these are the days when you will grow not your [...]
Goals are for losers. Passion is overrated. Is THIS true? The jury is still out. But confrontation sells, for sure. Scott Adams did it again :) His cynical show-me-where-it-hurts-and-press-right-on-it style is great. He’s gone a tad too far though. The presentation going around recently, supporting his most recent book, is deliberately confrontational, and deceiving. The title [...]
This is the simplest technique I know to help people grow. It works. Every time. Sport coaches use it. All the time. They capture behaviors in video. They take pictures. They replay, again and again – to understand, and to improve. Public figures also do this often to rehearse speech, but rarely for much more than [...]
