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Conversations Create Coaching Clients – Live Demo Audio

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Dzidek Sabat

I was doing an online masterclass last night about the “commercial” aspects of growing your coaching practice, and I ended up doing a live coaching demo with a client called John. I’m guessing you can relate to what John said he wanted. Here it is…

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JST 51 – Finding Resilience In Nerve-shredding Situations

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Dzidek Sabat

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

Confucius, Philosopher

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

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JST 50 – The Only 2 Things You Need To Love Your Life

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Dzidek Sabat

The phenomenal film, Nightcrawler, landed in cinemas this month, and it’s so good that I’ve already seen it twice! Of course, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but it turns out that the 2 things that allowed me to love this movie are the only 2 things you need to love your life. Let’s start with the 2 things you have to have to be able to enjoy a movie: Read More →

JST 43 – Lack of Insecurity – The Secrets of Effortless Influence, Part 1- revisited

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Dzidek Sabat

I’m out of the office on a trip to Australia for the next 4 weeks, so we’re re-running some of my most popular tips from last year, “The Secrets of Efforttless Influence”. If you’re coming to the events in Melbourne, I’ll see you there. Otherwise, I look forward to connecting with you when I return…

https://www.jamiesmart.com/jst-6-lack-of-insecurity-the-secrets-of-effortless-influence-part-1/

I do my best to ‘model’ the Effortless Influence model in everything I do. You can see it in action, while deepening your own understanding, by watching my new 2-part video here: https://www.jamiesmart.com/effortless-influence-in-action/

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JST42 – The Secrets of Coaching with Clarity: Part 8 – No, it’s NOT just your thinking

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Jamie Smart

Photo courtesy of Susan Allen

“You’re always living in the feeling of your thinking”
Keith Blevens PhD, Clinical Psychologist

For the past few years, I’ve noticed a troubling trend. A person is feeling distressed, sad or bothered in some way, and a well-meaning friend or colleague tells them “You know it’s just your thinking, don’t you?” This comment doesn’t usually help, and sometimes makes matters worse (I’ve met plenty of people who try telling themselves “It’s just my thinking” as a way to try and escape from uncomfortable feelings, but to no avail.) In this article, I’m going to reveal why telling yourself (or others) “it’s just your thinking” doesn’t help, as well as offering you a much more valuable alternative.

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JST40 – The Secrets of Coaching with Clarity Part 6: Coaching by Subtraction

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Jamie Smart

“It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.”

– Muhammad Ali, Boxer

In his excellent book, “Antifragile”, Nicholas Nassim Taleb explains that we tend to be suckers for positive advice, the “additive” approaches offered by how-to books, top ten tips, government interventions, crash diets, medication prescriptions, get-rich-quick schemes etc. Sadly, in practice these “additive” approaches often don’t deliver the hoped-for results, and can even cause actual harm. For instance, in the USA, it’s estimated that iatrogenic illness (illness caused accidentally by medical interventions) is the 3rd biggest killer after heart disease and cancer. So if addition isn’t as strong a bet as we’d like it to be, what’s the alternative? In this article, we’re going to explore the unexpected power of subtraction.

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JST38 – The Only 2 Challenges Revisited

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Dzidek Sabat

"One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things."
– Henry Miller

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article called "The Solution to the Only 2 Challenges You're Ever Up Against". It really struck a chord with people, so my friend Richi Qi asked me about it when he interviewed me. We went into more depth and had a great time in the process! You can watch the video of our conversation by clicking above.

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JST37 – The Secrets of Coaching with Clarity: Part 4 – The Coach, the Cop and the Con-man

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Jamie Smart

“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

Earlier this year, I gave a one-day coaching masterclass in Oslo for six clients. The structure was simple: one by one, each of the clients came to the front of the room and had a 1:1 coaching session with me while the other clients watched and listened. Part of the fun and power of working in this way is that everyone gets to see how the creative power of Mind shows up for each of us when there’s nothing else getting in the way. And what gets in the way? A misunderstanding of the thought-feeling connection. In this article, I’m going to shine a light on the 100% nature of that connection using a metaphor that showed up during the Oslo masterclass: Please let me set the scene, and introduce the cop and the con-man…

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JST35 – Uncovering The Hidden Power of the Group

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Jamie Smart

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead
Cultural Anthropologist

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JST30 – Tapping your creative genius

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Jamie Smart

Photo courtesy of Damian Morys

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
Albert Einstein, Physicist

Earlier this week, I was asked a question about how I create & promote events / courses / workshops. I can actually boil it down to 2 steps.

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