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Achieving remarkable performance

February 6, 2009

You may think that spending in excess of 50 hours every month reading, reflecting, discussing, listening, watching, doing and talking sound like a nightmare, but to me it is most definitely an important part of achieving the remarkable performance I aspire to in my coaching practice. As you might have guessed I am still thoroughly enjoying my Advanced Diploma in Coaching Practice programme with the OCM.

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Christmas is a great time to say thank you

December 13, 2008

Christmas cards are a perfect thank you note writing opportunity. This now sounds like a very simple and obvious truth, but it was not until I was halfway through sending my Christmas cards, this year, that it dawned on me.   I am no stranger to the thank you note. I have written thank you [...]

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BlueKiteCoach is now (un)limited!!!

November 1, 2008

On Tuesday 28th October 2008, BlueKiteCoach Limited was officially registered with Companies House. On Thursday 30th October 2008, BlueKiteCoach Limited received it’s first piece of junk business mail!

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Just look at what you might be losing out from if you don't write down your goals…

October 19, 2008

I think the text below speaks for itself. So, all I will say is that I am now off to collate my BIG goals and stick them back on my bathroom mirror. The following article is taken from Jim Rohn’s weekly e-zine. Click here for the full e-zine “The Modern Day (Real Life) Indiana Jones by Vic [...]

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Why do businesses succeed or fail? HINT: It’s not just sales.

October 18, 2008

From the first paragraph of Jeffrey Gitomer’s latest e-zine, I was hooked. “Everyone has heard the phrase ‘The American Dream.’ I look at it as ‘The American Reality.’ When you’re in business for yourself you write your own history, you write your own success story, you write your own legacy, and most important you write [...]

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I think I’ll try defying gravity

October 15, 2008

Defying Gravity, from the hit musical Wicked, has become ‘my song’ in recent months and regularly provides me just the right amount of motivation and confidence I need to get me doing those things for my business that are hard, routine or that, at the outset, appear risky.    The following lines in particular resonate [...]

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Have you ever thought about when in the day you are most productive?

September 27, 2008

I hadn’t until recently when I decided that I work best from about 08:00 – 12:00 and 15:00 – 18:00. (although 0600-0800 can also be very productive when I don’t have children needing my attention) Knowing this allowed me to plan my working day better. My team of 8 in India work 24/7 within three [...]

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