How is coaching like yard care? That’s a question I had to ask myself early in my business, when a yard care company asked me for help with their marketing! Most of my training and experience had been focused on working with coaches. So yard care was a whole new creative challenge for me! But […]
“What am I missing in the time I spend on this?” Have you ever asked yourself that question? How many hours have you spent creating your coaching program the long, hard way? And what else could you have accomplished in those hours? How many emails could you have cleared from your inbox in the time […]
Sdecoret/Depositphotos In her essay collection, Jenn Shapland explores Thin Skin — “To be thin-skinned is to feel keenly, to perceive things that might go unseen, unnoticed, that others might prefer not to notice.” In our desire to feel safe and be seen as competent, we develop thick skin so we don’t feel vulnerable to judgement. […]
Each day when I wake up on this side of the grass I search for something colored beautiful with which to decorate my day. I’ve never been disappointed. I highly recommend this practice. It has saved many of my opportunities from circling the bowl. Today entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and motivational speaker Ed Mylett shared the good stuff. Maybe […]
It’s better to change 10 things by 1% than one thing by 10% Dr. Tara Swart In a recent interview, author and neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart describes how she considers the Law of Attraction, and, in particular, a vision board. She considers it as an activity log. She notes that it’s not enough to simply […]
Waste no more time talking about what a good man is like. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor. At the time of his reign, he was the most powerful man in the world. His now famous private journals, Meditations, weren’t meant for the public to read. They were his private […]
The talent development strategy of mentorship is getting a lot of attention these days. From books to boardrooms, everyone is trying to crack the code and tap its potential and power. Mentors have the ability to accelerate the growth of others through their generous sharing of their perspectives, time, insights, coaching, and experience. Is this […]
Do you have a concrete plan to reach your goals for your coaching business in 2024? New years are often times when we make resolutions and set goals. You might be planning to turn your wisdom into a coaching program, get more consistent with your content creation, or write a book. Whatever your goal is, […]
<img width="650" height="240" src="https://i0.wp.com/dougthorpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/chicken-little-03-facebook-cover-timeline-banner-for-fb.jpg?fit=650%2C240&ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Chicken Little courtesy Disney Corp" style="margin-bottom: 10px" data-attachment-id="3432" data-permalink="https://dougthorpe.com/making-things-bigger-than-they-really-are/chicken-little-03-facebook-cover-timeline-banner-for-fb/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dougthorpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/chicken-little-03-facebook-cover-timeline-banner-for-fb.jpg?fit=850%2C314&ssl=1" data-orig-size="850,314" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="chicken-little-03-facebook-cover-timeline-banner-for-fb" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Chicken Little courtesy Disney Corp ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/dougthorpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/chicken-little-03-facebook-cover-timeline-banner-for-fb.jpg?fit=650%2C240&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/dougthorpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/chicken-little-03-facebook-cover-timeline-banner-for-fb.jpg?fit=800%2C296&ssl=1″ /> Do you sometimes make things bigger than they really are? Managers and leaders need to be on watch for overstating what is going […]
<img width="450" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/dougthorpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/65350454_s.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Great Play List" style="margin-bottom: 10px" data-attachment-id="3463" data-permalink="https://dougthorpe.com/leadership-playlist-tapestry/65350454_s/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dougthorpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/65350454_s.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1" data-orig-size="450,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"65350454 – the beautiful abstract lighting photo in smart phone with blank notepad and pencil on wooden table , overhead shot or top view","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"pinkomelet/123RF","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="65350454_s" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Great Play List ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/dougthorpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/65350454_s.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/dougthorpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/65350454_s.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1″ /> I like a good […]
