There is a phenomenon that have continued to amaze me as I’ve deepened my understanding of the principles behind clarity over the years. While we tend to try and make changes to the “form” of life, it continually amazes me just fluidly change can happen when we look before the form, to where the creative power in life is. In this article, you’re going to be introduced to a powerful yet simple metaphor for how this works.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Confucius, Philosopher
Following my recent writing exploits, I’m having a few days off from any “heavy-lifting” in front of a computer screen. This week’s newsletter is a re-run of another of our most popular articles – this one dating from November 2014… but equally as relevant now as when I originally put it out. I’d love to hear what you think; you can join the conversation by commenting on my Facebook page here.
The subject of “resilience” has found its way onto corporate agendas and self-help bookshelves alike. People are sent on training courses to help “develop resilience” and “strengthen your resilience muscle”. But, as is so often the case, resilience isn’t something you need to build, develop or strengthen; it’s something you’ve already got. Here’s an excerpt from my book, CLARITY: Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results © 2013 Jamie Smart
Image courtesy of Senia L and Flickr
“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did.
But people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou, Author
For the past umpteen weeks, I’ve been working on my forthcoming book, and I’ve finally finished the first draft. I’d like to reward your patience while I’ve been away by sharing an excerpt from the book. The title is a closely guarded secret for the time being (I’m going to be unveiling it in a few months), but I hope you enjoy this piece about the art and science of persuasion, influence and selling… Please let me know what you think in the comment section below or on my Facebook page.
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
E.L. Doctorow, Author
I'm currently putting the finishing touches to the first draft of my new book so this week we're continuing or re-run series with another of my most popular articles. What occurs to you after reading this article again? Please let me know in the comment section below or on my Facebook page. I'm looking forward to re-connecting with you next week!
“You don’t need to put the yolk in the egg. The yolk is already in the egg.”
Valda Monroe
Educator, single-paradigm pioneer
A question was posted recently on a Facebook group for coaches that I’m a member of:
“Do you put pressure on yourself for your client to have an insight?”
As I shared with you in JST 86, we’ve been joined on the Certified Clarity Coach Training Programme this year by Mahima Shrestha, who’s participating on the course as part of the #WorldClarity Project.
"You can never get enough of second best, because it's so unsatisfying."
Mandy Evans
Hey gang, work on the book is still ongoing… I’m planning to get back on track with new articles from the beginning of March. In the meantime, it’s another of the golden oldies from the Clarity archives. Have a read and let me know what you think. You can join the conversation by posting your comments, thoughts and reflections on my Facebook page, via this link.
“Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn’t notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates.”
– David Bohm, Physicist
Impending publisher deadlines on the new book mean that it’s another JST re-run for you this week. I was reflecting over the weekend on what I wanted to share with you… and realised that even if I had been writing a new one, it’d probably have been something pretty much like this one anyway 🙂 Have a read and let me know what you think. You can join the conversation by posting your comments, thoughts and reflections on my Facebook page, via this link.
“The only way you can change the universe is by changing yourself… ”
Sydney Banks, Philosopher
This week I’m combining ongoing work on the book with a speaking engagement in the US, so we’ll be continuing to re-run some of the most popular previous issues of the newsletter. I’d love to hear what you make of this one. Please visit my Facebook page to join the conversation. I look forward to connecting with you again once I am back in the UK next week!
So you want to “get the principles out there”, and make your living sharing the principles behind clarity? I understand! Over the past six years, I’ve discovered (often the hard way) what it takes to share these principles professionally and make your living from the inside-out, transforming people’s lives. Over the next few articles, I’m going to be sharing the keys to creating a principles-based practice, whether as a coach, trainer, consultant, facilitator or “other” (experience shows that this work transcends the traditional “job-roles” and titles we’re used to, so whether you resonate with these titles or not, you can relax). So without further ado, here’s the first key to building a profitable, principles-based practice (in fact, you may find these apply to creating any kind of coaching, training, consulting or therapeutic practice)…
“…what’s started to fall away is that infinite capacity to screw things up for myself…”
– Pete Bryceland, Coach
As you may already know, I’m writing my new book at the moment (I’ll share some excerpts with you soon!) I took a break from writing the other day to conduct an interview with Pete Bryceland. Pete is a coach who was part of the very first Case Study group on Project Glasswing when I launched it a year ago. Originally, the idea of these case studies was to only make them available to people on the programme, but Pete’s transformation was so dramatic and valuable that he’s allowed me to share it with my entire community. Here’s why:
