Watford last night – over 500 people. Leeds tonight. I let the train take the strain yesterday afternoon and this morning – over £200 for a first-class ticket and worth every penny on Virgin Trains new rolling stock. A comfortable and quiet first-class cabin, power supply for my laptop and complimentary food and drink delivered
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And here – courtesy of Anita Pizycki, they are (with tongue firmly in cheek): 1. Thou shalt not do complimentary coaching sessions; 2. Thou shalt not work on your web site before you have some clients: 3. Thou shalt not charge by the hour: 4. Thou shalt not live in the bullshit funnel: 5. Thou
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The most useful thing I learned yesterday was that sometimes life becomes so complicated that our attempts to control events are futile. My client Traci Cleary sent me her newsletter yesterday, in which she reminded her readers that, in those moments of overwhelm, we must “surrender” to events for a while – stop controlling and
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Well I completed the Duchy 20-miler in 3 hours and 18 minutes – not bad for a 51-year old who hasn’t been training well for a year. It was a pretty cold and grey day in Cornwall but thankfully the wind on the North Cornwall cliffs was down to a murmur and the views across
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After a very busy working day on Monday I was feeling pleased with myself. In spite of some remnants of “jet lag” from last week, my determination to clear the decks before a short break had me ticking those boxes on the good old “to do” list. At 4.30pm I decided to take a short
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I have to admit that the principle reason I bought this book was “fear” of being out-read by my clients, colleagues and competitors. After all, so many people have read or listened to “The 7 habits” that buying the new book is similar to buying the latest version of Windows – you don’t need it
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Yesterday lunchtime I visited with the shoe shine girl beneath the Royal York Hotel. Inevitably, she asked “what do you do for a living?” “I run a business school for dentists in the UK and I’m here working with other potential business school owners on how to build their schools.” “Wow”, she responded, “We could
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As usual, I woke at 4.00am this morning and spent my first morning in North America pootling about my room and preparing for the 3-day Coaching Business School intensive. This is a departure from my usual routine on single day workshops, working very “narrow and deep” with a small group of clients. I’m as interested
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Sometimes I wonder whether I have picked out by the Almighty for special treatment. Today I arrived at Milan’s Malpensa airport to catch my 10.30am flight to Toronto. I fly business class whenever I can and have mentioned before that allows me to be the best coach I can be when I arrive at my
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I suppose the last 10 days have been a classic example of home office syndrome.Every morning I woke at least two hours before the family (6 hours before the boys!) and wandered in to check my emails and see what’s happening. I appreciate and apologise for the fact that I have intruded on some of
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