"They misunderestimated me.”
– George W Bush
We all have areas in our lives where things flow effortlessly, and other areas where we struggle. I sometimes joke that all my clients have the same two challenges when I first meet them. In this article, I’m going to reveal the only two challenges you’re ever really up against, and the unexpected answer to how you and your clients can resolve them more easily than you may ever have imagined.
This week I’m on holiday, basking in the sun on the island of Rhodes, surrounded by the sparkling waters of the Aegean Sea. I’ve been working hard for the past couple of months, doing stuff I love (except when not), and now it’s time for a pause. Next week we’ll continue exploring The Secrets of Coaching with Clarity, but this week I want to do something a little different…
The Clarity Coaching model is a simple way of relating to the human ability to communicate, learn, change and grow. It applies equally to individuals, 1:1 relationships, and groups. You can think of it as a metaphor that points to the principles behind clarity, our inborn ability to perceive, think, feel, learn and evolve. It includes the following elements:
Last week, I was being interviewed by my friend, Knut Johannessen, and he asked the question, “How does it help a person to know that their feelings are coming from thought?” I replied that the issue isn’t that a person has anxious feelings (for instance) coming from anxious thinking. The issue is that the person believes those feelings have something to do with the world; have something to do with ‘objective reality’. But it doesn’t work that way…
A few weeks ago, I was posting on a thread in a private Facebook group for people who are masters of the art of change. One of the people posting on the thread was Jørgen Rasmussen, a true explorer in the domain of 1:1 work, and author of the fascinating book Provocative Hypnosis. Read More →
My gift of Clarity to you…
It’s 12 months since you helped my book Clarity became an international number 1 bestseller. It’s been an amazing year. Thanks for everything! Read More →
I'm in lovely Lanzarote running the CLARITY Life Transformation Retreat this week, and I've been doing some recording while I'm out here.
I've created a 33 minute recording called "The Inner Source of High Performance" that I'd like to give you as a gift. I really appreciate your attention, engagement and support, so I want to share this brand new recording with you.
You can download it and join in the conversation in the comments below.
“You’re always living in the feeling of your thinking.”
– Keith Blevens
Clinical psychologist
I'm on holiday until Monday Jan 20th, so in the meantime I thought I'd answer a question that a lot of people ask when they're introduced to my work: So what’s the point of learning about principles?
The answer comes from my #1 bestselling book CLARITY: Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results (© 2013 Jamie Smart, published by Wiley)
So what’s the point of learning about principles?
"Inspiration often shows up when you're already doing something else…"
Anonymous
Someone who's making a difference
I'm on holiday in Mexico at the moment, so I'm having a couple of weeks off from writing, social media etc. But I wanted to give you something to help you keep the principles behind clarity in mind, so I thought I'd give you the final chapter of my book, CLARITY: Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results (© 2013 Jamie Smart) . You can grab a high-quality, downloadable copy of this here for you to print out and put somewhere you can see it each day
During the second module of the Certified Clarity Practitioner Programme, I got a silly idea in my head, and shared a 20-question quiz with my students. The laughter was uproarious, and everyone ended up in a really good space. And when I clipped the video and uploaded it to Facebook…
