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• When I feel disappointed in someone,
it’s usually due to my expectations than
their actions
2. I have learned that:
• Coaches do not fix problems; they
support people who are ready to own
their lives
4. • When dealing with professionals if I’m
not clear about what I want I’ll wind up
with what they want
5. • All emotional pain stems from
resistance and a sense of ‘what should
be’
6. • Even if I choose not to decide I have still
made a choice
8. • Blame evokes defensiveness and that
defensiveness reduces awareness
9. • True leaders make decisions by using
their hearts as well as their minds
10. • That the Creator gave us creativity and
we invented Control
11. • A dream is like a sculpture that must be
chipped away until it’s complete
12. • My need to look good has ended up
wrecking my goals more than anything
else
13. • All the events, circumstances and
people in my life were there to prepare
me for this moment
14. • We don’t know where we came from or
where we’re going, so what really
matters is what we do right now
16. • Having a role model is one of the
smartest and smoothest ways to
succeed
19. • It is easier to accept feelings than to
rationalise them
20. • Disappointment is directly proportionate
to expectation regarding circumstances
beyond our control
22. • If you don’t do everything you can right
now you’ll have more to do later
24. • Fear, when managed, promotes
excellence and creativity
26. • People who are constantly busy are
often hiding from something
28. • Most of the things that made me feel
happy when I was 10 still do
30. • The human mind is like a parachute –
neither functions unless fully opened
32. • Anything is possible if I let go of my
attachment to a specific outcome
33. • If I pay attention to inklings and nudges,
I can avoid problems and crises
38. • Coaching isn’t about holding clients
accountable, it’s about their becoming
responsible
40. • People need acknowledgement and
endorsement far more than they need
suggestions for improvement
42. • At a profound level the less I need the
more freedom of choice I experience
44. • No team succeeds if composed solely
of similar players
45. • The more I depend upon forces outside
myself the more I am a slave to them
46. • As a coach it is my job to see what’s
inside you and to help you express that
48. • It’s not so much where we are but in
which direction we are moving
49. • If I find myself in a hole it’s time to put
down the shovel
50. • A ‘missed opportunity’ is really a choice
that’s still beyond awareness
51. • By identifying and eliminating
expectations, I free myself to more fully
receive
53. • Guilt is always about the past, anxiety is
always about the future and either can
destroy a perfectly good life in the
present
55. • Changing habits on a deep level takes
willingness, consistent application and
time
58. • Only I can determine the reality I face
on a given day
61. • Time and energy are far better spent
delegating tasks to others than trying to
strengthen my weaknesses
63. • A coach is to life what oil is to an engine
– small regular doses keep everything
running smoothly
64. • I am my best when I am my ,most
natural relaxed self
65. • It is often true that whatever we resist is
our next best step
66. • Change begins with a decision, grows
with a commitment and occurs with
action
68. • A leader who is too far out in front tends
to blend in with the horizon and lose
effectiveness
69. • Asking for help only works when we
make space to receive it
70. • As a coach I see people in terms of
future potential not past performance
71. • I don’t have to see myself as not good,
bad or dysfunctional in order to grow
and change
72. • Spending 90% of life in the present will
reduce the past to memory. The future
will take care of itself.
73. • I am most at peace and things work
when I give up my need for control
77. • Experience is the toughest teacher –
she gives you the test first and the
lesson later
79. • Unconditional Love means more than
mere acceptance of ‘what is’: it means
SUPPORTING others as if they were
already absolutely perfect
81. • Doing for others what they can do for
themselves is not helping, it’s crippling
83. • Our subconscious is the world’s most
outrageous computer and, as with all
computers, it’s garbage in, garbage out
84. • A goal is merely an excuse for being in
the process
85. • The true victory is in the process not the
end result
86. • Failure is a gateway to a new level of
self-acceptance and appreciation for the
perfection of the Universe
88. • As I give others freedom to be, I give
myself freedom to be
89. • I can embrace the paradox that in
stillness I may achieve my goals
90. • When I give freely of that which I value I
receive tenfold back
92. • The key to a stress-free life is living in
the moment
94. • The only way to evolve is through the
path of self-acceptance
96. • A good coach tells bold-faced truths
97. • There are no teachers any more: we are
all students learning together
105. • If you continue to do what you have
always done you will continue to get
what you’ve always got
106. • Power is like love: the only way to keep
it is to give it away
109. • If it is not effortless we are probably
doing it wrong
110. • There are two possible outcomes in life
– to have reasons why it didn’t happen
or to have results
111. • The object of life is to die young as late
as possible
112. • If you do not know where you are going
you are probably going to end up
somewhere else
114. • When I accept where I am in life I move
on to other places with less effort
116. • When I believe in my own value others
are attracted to me
117. • When I live with intention but without
attachment amazing things happen
119. • The more I recognise my own
uniqueness the less I need to compare
myself with others
122. • The best opportunities almost always
come in disguise
124. • Life is a constant test on how to deal
with others
125. • The more I ‘help’, the more I remove
personal power from others
129. • A cynic is an idealist with an unfulfilled
dream
130. • When we know our values no decision
is difficult
132. • I cannot always choose the
circumstances I face, but can always
choose how to react
133. • The problem is not important, it is how I
handle the solution
134. • I have to stop waiting for the right time
and make the time right
144. • The best way to learn anything is to
teach it
145. • When we live our passion life becomes
extremely satisfying
146. • It is a sign of true strength of character
to be able to admit to making a mistake
without excuse
148. • If creating something requires a great
deal of effort and struggle, it is probably
not something I should be doing
149. • My clients have all the answers within
them; my job is to hold the mirror
150. • Employees must understand the
employer’s vision if the company is to
succeed
152. • We attract in others all that which we
have not learned to accept in ourselves
153. • Knowledge can be learned with the
mind but wisdom must be acquired
through experience
154. • The quest for ‘perfection’ is inevitably
disappointing
155. • I learn by listening not by hearing myself
talk
156. • I don’t know as much as I think I know
157. • I MIGHT succeed without coaching, but
I WILL succeed with it
158. • Coaches train people to pay very close
attention to who they are and what they
want
160. • It feels good to be generous with
compliments and praise
161. • Life opens opportunities for each of us;
we choose whether or not to take action
162. • The world changes little; it’s our
perception of the world that changes
163. • Focusing on strengths is better than
strengthening weaknesses
164. • Giving what we love to give is always
more successful than giving what we
think others want
167. • While reaction is instinctive the ability to
respond intelligently is the hallmark of
the evolving soul
169. • While our background and
circumstances shape who we’ve been
we are responsible for who we become
170. • Every problem or challenge has a
solution just not the one we may want
171. • Integrity is the steadfast refusal to do
anything I will dislike myself for having
done
172. • By listening to my inner voice, which
knows neither pride nor arrogance, I
can learn the truth
173. • Life is a process of casting away fear
after fear
174. • If we get what we need we will have
what we want
175. • We already embody our full “potential”,
we just have to “be” it.
176. • Being present in the moment is a richer
experience than any I may be chasing
after
177. • Life reveals itself to us one frame at a
time: we mustn’t mistake the current
frame for the whole picture
178. • Letting go of the assumption of needing
to know it all allows the freedom to
explore and an opportunity to learn from
people who model what we want
179. • Being truly in the moment means that I
can’t by definition be disappointed
180. • People take credit for their happiness
and blame others for their misfortune
185. • A strong focus eliminates more
obstacles than any problem-solving
strategy ever could
186. • We are always at choice especially
when we think we have no options
187. • Sometimes making a 180-degree turn
creates better results than continuing to
push harder in the same direction
188. • When I consider everything to be an
experiment, my attachment to the
outcome disappears
189. • When we decide to make a major
change the Universe will suddenly and
inexplicably tempt us to stay put; that is
how we know we are on the right track
190. • Creativity is like a faucet: if we judge an
idea before it flows we shut off all the
ideas behind it
191. • When I judge others I disconnect from
myself
194. • When I judge others I am judging myself
195. • As hard as it is to change myself, it
would be impossible for me to change
anyone else
197. • A hectic schedule often covers a deep
fear of boredom
198. • Habits are like children – fighting with
them is pointless. What they need first
and foremost is love and acceptance
199. • Things really are what they seem but
we can only comprehend that when
we’re seeing and listening skilfully
200. • The way we label a situation/person
reflects or can shift our perception of it
202. • I need to stop being a victim of
opportunities
204. • It’s worthwhile to ruffle someone’s
feathers if in the end it helps them to
learn how to fly
206. • Attachment to a specific outcome is an
attempt to buy security for the price of
chance
207. • Being a coach without a coach is like
being a magician without a trick
208. • If I speak from my heart my audience
will hear from theirs
209. • Maturity can be measured by how little
delay there is between any stimulus and
the appropriate response
210. • The word “but” negates all that
precedes it – use “and” or “however”
instead
211. • A future full of possibilities is more
attractive than a past full of
accomplishments
212. • The only thing at which I can
consistently succeed is the art of being
myself
213. • My value is not in what I do but in who I
am
214. • The way to change others is to change
myself
216. • When two people disagree, the quickest
resolution comes when one of the two
decides to hear the other completely
217. • I must always let the truth lead the way
because it will, whether I follow it or not
218. • When we stop looking for answers the
best questions appear
219. • Clients are brought into our lives so we
can grow with them
224. • The more I learn the more I realise how
little I know
225. • We can’t hear in others what we haven’t
listened to in ourselves
226. • By asking the right questions we honour
a client’s knowing
227. • The best feedback is both subjective
and descriptive
228. • There is a link between my greatest
strength and my worst weakness
231. • The journey of self-discovery is a painful
worthwhile adventure
233. • By asking ‘why’, ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘what
if’ about any situation usually uncovers
some overlooked gem and that
everyone has a blind spot around at
least one of these questions
234. • All my problems started out as good
ideas
235. • No amount of business knowledge or
experience is more powerful than simply
testing what the market wants
236. • A great coach can hear what’s going on
with a client by changes in their
breathing
237. • Since we create our own games we
might as well set ourselves up to win
238. • When a client ends the relationship it’s
always for the best
239. • Everyone’s way of receiving information
is different and a good teacher coach or
mentor will take the time to learn the
best approach
240. • We always attract others at a similar
stage of development
241. • People I view as “difficult” are actually
teachers sent to help me evolve
243. I have learned that:
• In a disagreement seeing the other’s
perspective is even more satisfying than
prevailing