7 Questions To Improve the Quality Of Your Life
They say a week is a long time in politics.
Well let me tell you, 5 days of computer trouble with no end in site seems like an eternity spent with Donald Trump and Simon Cowell in a room with only one mirror.
The result of several hours with tech support, a trip into the Mac store and hunting high and low for a missing terabyte of disc space has meant I’m not just in the weeds, but I am of the weeds.
Whatever the f. that means.
And I say f. for good reason, because I have said f. more times in the last few days than a barefooted drunken sailor who stubbed his toe on a rusty spike and then when bending down to rub it bett...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - September 10, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
6 Ways To Become More Confident
If you haven’t read my previous post ‘How Can I Get More Confidence?’ you’re not really going to get the full benefit from reading this one.
It’s a bit like watching ‘The Godfather 2′. It’s great on it’s own, but it moves from great to outstanding with the viewing of ‘The Godfather’ first.
And no, I’m not comparing my writing to that of Mario Puzo, I’m just saying if you don’t really understand what confidence is (and most people don’t by the way) then it becomes more difficult to catch the slippery sucker and harness its full potential.
For the sake of this post I am going...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - September 2, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
7 Ways To Become More Confident
If you haven’t read my previous post ‘How Can I Get More Confidence?’ you’re not really going to get the full benefit from reading this one.
It’s a bit like watching ‘The Godfather 2′. It’s great on it’s own, but it moves from great to outstanding with the viewing of ‘The Godfather’ first.
And no, I’m not comparing my writing to that of Mario Puzo, I’m just saying if you don’t really understand what confidence is (and most people don’t by the way) then it becomes more difficult to catch the slippery sucker and harness its full potential.
For the sake of this post I am going...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - September 2, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
How to Be Broke and Happy
I was going to write the second part of my two part series on confidence today, so apologies I haven’t done that and that will definitely be up next.
The truth is, I’d forgotten I was training Saturday and Sunday of this weekend and was short of time unless I wanted a disgruntled wife and a bunch of unhappy dobermans.
In one of those moments of serendipity I was sent guest post from Britt Reints that not only plugs the gap, but is probably better than mine would have been anyway.
I am currently reading Britt’s book ‘An Amateurs Guide To The Pursuit of Happiness’ and although I’m only a third of the way thro...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 25, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Guest Posts Source Type: blogs
How Can I Get More Confidence?
I’m pretty sure that the most misunderstood word in the English language is ‘confidence’.
And not just by clients and people I talk to, but by almost every self development blogger I read on the topic.
The two most common questions I get asked from prospective clients are variations of:
“Can you help me get unstuck?” “
Can you help me be more confident?”
The answer to the first question is, probably, although I can never be sure for a multitude of reasons.
The answer to the second one is, “I’m afraid not”.
Now before you stop reading and move on to the next self development blogger, Life C...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 22, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
The Most Important Book Written This Decade
In Western Pennsylvania there is a small town by the name of Roseto.
Settled in 1912 by immigrant Italian families coming to the New World it was like a 1,000 other similar towns all over the USA.
Except that is, for one striking detail.
It was noticed in the early 1960’s that the inhabitants of Roseto had strikingly low levels of heart disease and far lower occurrences of heart attacks than surrounding communities.
We all know that not smoking, exercising regularly, drinking in moderation and eating well are amongst the keystones habits to good health, which is what made the findings so puzzling to the scientists pourin...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 18, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Reviews & Previews Source Type: blogs
Keystone Habits For Health
Courtesy of Ali Karimian, Flickr
The following is a guest post from Naturopathic Doctor, Kate Whimster.
I know Kate quite well and she knows her shit.
She is also academically trained and as such included a long reference list supporting every claim she made.
I have always wanted to say with authority, “Trust me I’m a doctor” but alas I remain sans PhD.
So instead I shall say, “Trust her she’s a doctor” because I deleted the reference list for brevity’s sake.
Keystone Habits For Health
Have you ever wanted to do more with less? I’ve recently been reading ‘The Power of Hab...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 14, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Guest Posts Source Type: blogs
The Self Development Free Lunch
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Everybody knows there’s no such thing as a free lunch, right?
Except when you think about it, it’s complete bollocks.
I have had lots of free lunches where nothing was expected from me in return, and similarly I have taken people out for lunch with no reciprocation expected on my part.
One reasons I dislike this phrase so much is that it I think it’s made people cynical.
The more we hear something the more we believe it and I’ve hard this one enough times to realize that if I didn’t have overwhelming contrary evidence, it would probably be part of my belief system.
And that I...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 11, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
Life Coaching Lessons From The War In Iraq
Before we get to today’s guest post from Akshay Nanavati a quick heads up.
The final Coach The Life Coach trial starts this Sunday 11th August at 12 noon EST.
I have had one attendee transfer to working one-on-one with me and as such have an open slot.
If you are a Life Coach or want to become a Life Coach then you have the opportunity to grab the last place for half of what the course will cost when it rolls out in October.
Check out Coach the Life Coach for more details and then e-mail me if you’re interested.
Now over to Akshay.
Life Coaching Lessons From The War In Iraq
Have you ever stopped to consider what is y...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 8, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Guest Posts Source Type: blogs
Self Development’s Secret Sauce
If you sign up for my newsletter in the box at the bottom of this post, one of the four free full length ebooks you will be sent is an in-depth look at goal setting.
There’s a lot of really useful information in there when it comes to the technicalities of goal setting and there’s no up-sell to get the secret sauce that will push you over the top at the end.
If you are a highly motivated and driven person who just wants to understand the structure of setting goals, then grab it for free because it’s pretty much all you need.
Heresy Alert! – Goal Setting Is Easy
Irrespective of what some people in the self devel...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 4, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
Why I Did the Dumbest Thing Ever
The following is a guest post from all round good guy who actually is rather smart, funny and goes by the name of Steve Errey.
You will have done some pretty dumb things I’ll bet.
That road trip in college. That crazy relationship. Staying in that lousy job for way too long. We all do silly things in our lives.
But having just done something that could have seen me hospitalized, spending a few months unable to get out of bed – or worse - I found a whole new level of dumb in my life.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I’ve had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (I can spell it, just don’t a...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - July 29, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
20 Self Development Books That Can Change Your Life
It’s been quite a while since I wrote a post regarding self development books and it’s something I get asked about on a regular basis.
I plan on having a page on the Coach the Life Coach site dedicated to books that can help people become better coaches.
Not all will be on Life Coaching per se, in fact most won’t be as I seldom read coaching books these days, but all will be in the vain of understanding what makes us tick, and as such help us understand out own behavior.
I’m not going to go into massive detail as that would make the post stupidly long, but I wanted to share with you what I think are 20 of the most ...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - July 23, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Reviews & Previews Source Type: blogs
Anti-Social Is The New Social
I walked into my favorite Indian restaurant on Saturday evening to pick a meal up to take home.
It wasn’t quite ready when I got there and for a moment I toyed with going out to my car and grabbing my phone so I could check e-mails or play Words, but I resisted the urge.
As I sat down by the door four guys in their late twenties came in looking for a table.
The waitress greeted them, gave them all a menu and seated them at the table next to me.
All four of them immediately dropped their menus on the table and pulled their phones out and started either texting or e-mailing whilst talking to one another.
Be Somewhere Else ...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - July 16, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
Win $1,000 Worth Of Life Coach Training
Before I tell you about how you can get some free Life Coaching or Life Coach Training, I wanted to share something with you.
I don’t think I have ever linked from my blog to a newsletter post before because if you wanted to read my newsletter you’d presumably subscribe.
I am today though.
The newsletter I sent out yesterday called ‘The Dark Side of Self Development’ generated more e-mail responses than any other three newsletters I have sent combined.
For the most part they were highly positive, but I did get one lengthy diatribe accusing me of all sorts of self development misdeeds and devil worship.
...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - July 12, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Any Other Business Source Type: blogs
683,000 And Counting
The number in the title of this post is the average amount of hours a person in the US will live for.
It seems like a lot doesn’t it? Especially if you’ve just spent the last half hour on hold trying to report a problem with a household appliance that’s still under warranty.
Unfortunately though, you’re not going to get that long because you have to subtract the hours that you have already been hanging around waiting for something to happen.
In my case that’s about 440,000, which is a huge chunk to give up, but such is life, I didn’t set the rules.
The 243,000 I’m left with is still a big number, but what...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - July 8, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
