Hello , I'm starting to look back over the year now, taking stock and wondering what 2018 will bring.
As part of this I would like to ask you what topics or resources you'd like to see in these updates over the next year. What would be helpful to you? What would interest you?
In order to make this easy I've created a short questionnaire in Google Forms. I'd be delighted if you would take a few minutes to complete it. Thank you!
More from the Personal Life Analysis |
We have only one or two more questions to look at this year in my free Personal Life Analysis. This helps you score different areas of your life. You then get a nice full colour chart pinpointing the areas you can focus on that are likely to make the most difference for you.
This time the question is, How often do you experience
beauty? They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I would certainly agree with that, since, as I have previously noted, everything we see is created by the way we interpret it. I suppose a good starting point would be that Beauty is the label we give to that feeling we get when we experience, with any of our senses, something that feels right, is full of harmony and proportion, that may evoke in us a sense of awe and wonder, and
even make us emotional. For example, I got all teary yesterday when listening to a piano arrangement of Brahms' Lullaby. It wasn't overly clever or complicated, but clear, simple, harmonious and just so satisfying.
I think this is important. When we do experience something beautiful, it takes us out of ourselves for a moment and reminds us that we are part of a larger whole. We can even feel transcendence.
Do you have enough Beauty in your life? How can you find even a little bit more?
'Continuous partial attention' |
This is scary.
It's a version of the technology rant - except that it's
serious.
We all know that smartphones and digital distractions in general do steal our attention, and probably we all think we should do less of it. I read in The Times this week that...
'Hourly worker productivity has flat-lined since the 2008 financial crisis, and the UK has begun to lag far behind rival economic powerhouses such as the US and Germany....'
...and Dan Nixon, a senior Bank of England analyst, thinks it could be due to workers spending so much time checking devices that it
affects their productivity.
I've noted before that when we think we are multi-tasking and being super efficient, just checking our phones, we are in fact continuously switching attention. And this really depletes mental energy. It leaves us in the unhappy mental state of 'continuous partial attention', never really present to anything. I can't help thinking about this when I see see children trying to attract the attention of carers engrossed in their phones - what are we modelling to
them?
What do you think? Is this a real problem or am I bigging it up?
PS, wondering if workers do this in the US and Germany too, or is it just us?!
What goes on in a coaching session? |
You might be wondering about this, thinking, What would I be letting myself in for? I wrote an article for the Life Coach Directory about this, and you can see it at this link.
As ever, if you have any further questions about anything, just get in touch with me and I'll do my best to help.
Executives are people too! |
When I work with senior executives, there is a slightly different process from more personal and well-being coaching. However important people are, though, they still have the same fundamental needs as anyone else. You can try the full
questionnaire that I use for free here - it's set out as an intake form but you can ignore any bits that aren't relevant. If your issues are around work you might like to try this exercise as well as the Personal Life Analysis.
What's going on at This Coaching Business |
Seeing as it's nearly Christmas, this is a good time to remind you about my Coaching Gift Vouchers which you can give as an unusual present. Full details on my site here.
I can still offer a few face to face or remote personal and executive coaching sessions, for senior managers and entrepreneurs, especially in health and social care. Of course this often overlaps with personal coaching as we are all people
first, even if we do have super important jobs.
You can also access my online courses, which are now hosted by Thinkific. There are at least two now, and you can see them here. All have a free trial section, and I would welcome feedback about it.
If you're wondering about what coaching involves and whether to undertake it yourself, you can book a short
free no obligation call with me here at a mutually convenient time.
Let me know if there is anything I can assist you with, and I'll be in touch again soon. P.S. if you like this update and you got it from someone else then you can get your own personal regular copy by signing up safely here. Please feel free to share it with anyone you think may like it; just keep the attribution to me. You also get a free download on sign up that will help you increase your well being, effectiveness and resilience. |
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