If you weren’t able to listen to my recent interview with Doug Gfeller on OC Talk Radio, you haven’t missed out.
Doug has posted a recording of the interview on his Podbean site, This Week on The Coaching Perspective.
As well as discussing The Quotable Coach, we also talked about my coaching work (through Barry Demp Coaching) and my business strategies.
Click here to find out more, and to listen to the recording.
In the early 1990s, Robert Fritz wrote a book called The Path of Least Resistance. A key concept from this book is “Creative Tension.” Fritz describes this special form of tension as an attractive force that pulls and draws us from our “current reality” to our “committed vision.”
The phrase “I’m looking forward to the weekend” is a good example of positive creative tension. Many people, however, do not look forward to Mondays, due to their undesirable jobs or unfulfilling careers.
With this simple concept in mind, maybe all we need to do each day is to formulate something worth reaching for, beyond our current grasp.
What will you reach for today, tomorrow, and in the future?
Perhaps you will even experience a bit more heaven, here on earth.
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We all have an optimum rhythm or speed of life. If you play golf, what is your optimal club head speed? If you run, what is your optimal speed for a 5K? If you drive a car, what is your preferred speed for highway driving, to have you arrive safely?
What critical activities do you engage in each day? At what speed do you find your optimal effectiveness? And where do you need to develop greater calmness and concentration to find your correct speed of life?
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There is a corny sentiment in romantic movies: “you complete me.” What if this really is true and that we all have within us a certain quality, characteristic, skill, or gift that makes another person more whole and complete?
What special gifts and talents do you have to contribute?
What gaps or missing pieces are there in your life that need filling?
How would a greater awareness of these allow you to fulfill your highest purpose?
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In my first career, I was a science teacher. I have always been fascinated by what makes things work.
When we shift our perspective from the macro to the micro, the rules really get strange: consider the infinite universe and the infinitely small quantum world. I like the thought that there is some unifying force that holds everything together in some way.
I consider friendships and close, caring relationships as a place where we get to experience this special magical force. We can’t see it, but we have that deep, soulful feeling it is there.
Examine your very special relationships and their soulful quality and determine how you can take this experience to an even higher level.
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When she was a child, my mother lived in an apartment above the fruit store her father managed. She would sometimes help him polish the apples and display the fruit as engagingly as possible to attract customers.
Have you ever bitten into a shiny apple, only to find out that what was inside was mushy? You would never use such apples for juice.
Look at your own life as a fruit basket of people and experiences. Where are you putting your efforts? Is the juice of your life worth the squeezing?
Later today, I’ll be interviewed by Doug Gfeller of OC Talk Radio about The Quotable Coach. You can listen in here at OC Talk Radio, 7pm Eastern / 4pm Pacific.
Whether you’ve been following The Quotable Coach for several months, or whether you’re new here, take a few minutes out of your day to hear about how the project is progressing.
I’ll also be talking with Doug about my business practices as a coach: how I customize my coaching programs for a variety of client groups, and why I give away so much material.
Here’s the link again, so that you can listen in today at 7pm Eastern / 4pm Pacific:
Many of us were given a box of crayons or set of watercolor paints as children. As we began drawing or painting, we often made a mess, and went beyond the workbook or the canvas. Our teachers and parents, with the best of intentions, taught us to paint by numbers and draw within the boundaries.
How does this idea relate to the lives that we live today: following the rules, sticking to established procedures, conforming?
What if you are simply a brilliant artist and your life is your masterpiece? How big a canvas, and how much paint, will you need? Consider doubling it.
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Have you ever felt disconnected and off your game? How does this feeling differ from being in the zone and experiencing flow?
What if you had the ability to shift from disconnect to flow, and stay there for longer periods of time?
Create a list of your fundamental guiding principles for living. Google this subject to see what others have written, and collect the seven to twelve principles that resonate best for you. Display these principles in multiple places in your life, as a reminder of what is in your heart.
If you are presented with an experience or situation that does not fit with these beliefs, take yourself out of it.
I watched the final three episodes of Oprah’s 25 years on television – and remembered how big an impact she has had on so many people. Her mantra has always been “live your best life” – and she always provided programming to help people do just that.
This quote, however, indicates the importance of accepting and being grateful for all of our blessings. It points to the current abundance in our worlds and in our lives, and shows how being thankful seems to attract even more good things.
Create a list of all the things in your life that you are thankful for, and keep asking yourself “what else?”
I hope you get writer’s cramp! 🙂
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