Here’s the stuff that’s lighting up the God within me this week (the word “enthusiasm” comes from the Ancient Greek words meaning “the God within”). Let me know what you think via twitter at @jamiesmartcom, on my Facebook page here, or in the comment section. Read More →
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“In any decision for action, when you have to make up your mind what to do, there is always a ‘should’ involved, and this cannot be worked out from, ‘If I do this, what will happen?’ alone.”
Richard P. Feynman
Physicist
The Thursday June 23rd vote on whether or not the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union saw an impressive 72% turnout, with a tiny majority (51.9% vs 48.1%) voting to leave. The following morning my Facebook feed was filled with shock, sadness and disbelief (most of the people in my Facebook neighbourhood appear either to have been “Bremainers”, or to have had the good grace to remain silent in the face of their neighbours’ tears). While I have my own thoughts on how the campaigns were conducted, I’m struck by how much fear, grief and uncertainty is showing up in the wake of this vote. My daughter, Tallulah, has a favourite story (a Taoist folk-tale) that I’ve included in my forthcoming book, and that may bring you some clarity and comfort at this time. Here’s an excerpt from my forthcoming book (to be published by Wiley-Capstone, Autumn 2016): Read More →
Here we go! Let me know what you think via twitter at @jamiesmartcom, on my Facebook page here, or in the comment section. At the end, I’ll tell you how you can get one of your #enthusiasms featured in a future edition of The Thursday Enthusiasms (TTE). Read More →
“The most important thing to remember is it’s not what you think – it’s the fact that you think. Thought holds the secret to all our happiness, all our sadness. Once you realize the power of thought, I guarantee your life will never be the same again.”
Sydney Banks
Philosopher, author
I’ve just finished delivering the final weekend of the Certified Clarity Coach Training Programme, and it was incredibly heartening to see how far people had come in their journeys. I reflected on the fact that, while everyone in the room has had powerful realizations and liberating insights over the past year (including myself), we also had something even more valuable. In this article, I’m going to reveal one of the most powerful distinctions you can realise. Read More →
Here they come again! Let me know what you think via twitter at @jamiesmartcom, on my Facebook page here, or in the comments section. At the end, I’ll tell you how you can get one of your #enthusiasms featured in a future edition of The Thursday Enthusiasms (TTE). Read More →
“… As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few.
The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.
The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Lecturer, and Poet
Last week, I did a brief (22 minute) coaching session with one of the coaches from the Project Glasswing community, Liz Scott. I posted this video in the Glasswing Facebook group and got such a big response I thought I’d share it with you. The area Liz wanted to focus on was how to transition from hourly rates to a “package” model. As you’ll see when you watch the video, I started out with some very straight, “off the cuff” answers to her questions, but within a few minutes, we drop into a completely different type of interaction; what I call “Clarity Coaching”. Here’s what Liz wrote after her experience of Clarity Coaching during this short session: Read More →
Here are this week’s enthusiasms! Let me know what you think via twitter at @jamiesmartcom, on my Facebook page here, or in the comments section. At the end, I’ll tell you how you can get one of your #enthusiasms featured in a future edition of The Thursday Enthusiasms (TTE).
“If you don't know where you're going…
Any road will take you there…”
George Harrison
Musician, film producer
Ten days ago, a great group of coaches, therapists, consultants and other transformation professionals from around the world joined me for the Coaching Package Power Summit. We had a wonderful weekend, and I realised that something that started as an idea and an experiment 18 months ago (called Project Glasswing) has grown into a wonderful and supportive community.
It’s enthusiasm time again… Let me know what you think via twitter at @jamiesmartcom, on my Facebook page here, or in the comments section. At the end, I’ll tell you how you can get one of your #enthusiasms featured in a future edition of The Thursday Enthusiasms (TTE).
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“What you’re looking for is a realisation, and the realisation is something you’ve never thought of before, and you go ‘oh’, and it comes as an insight. And it comes like a thought, and you think it’s an ordinary thought, but it’s not, because a realisation doesn’t come from anything you’ve ever learned in your life, it comes from inside.”
Sydney Banks
Author, philosopher
I’ve had a wonderful weekend with a great group of people on the Coaching Package Power Summit. There were insights a-plenty, and we also explored where insights come from; your innate capacity for insight. Certified Clarity Coach Scott James hails from Australia, and wrote an insightful article about the capacity for insight which I’d like to share with you this week. Over to you, Scott…
