Tag Archives: Metaphors
The path you are travelling
“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” (Rosalia de Castro) “The journey” is one of the most commonly used metaphors in coaching. And “the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Buddha, Coaching, Emerson, Kahlil Gibran, Marianne Williamson, Metaphors, naturalistic intelligence, path, Rosalia de Castro, Thoreau, walking
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Mark Twain on coaching without goals
People often ask if they can still ‘do’ life coaching when they don’t know what their goals are. The answer, in my book, is an emphatic “yes”. Not knowing which way to go next is part of the human condition. … Continue reading →
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Tagged change, Coaching, goals, life coaching, Mark Twain, Metaphors, Stories, transition, values
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What’s coaching like? Metaphors for meaningful job descriptions
It’s so hard to find good definitions of coaching. There are technical definitions of course, and lots of discussion about the difference between coaching and mentoring, or coaching and counselling. But nothing that really does it justice. Nothing that would … Continue reading →
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Tagged coach, Coaching, counselling, definition, electrical, Jedi, job descriptions, magic, meaningful, mentoring, metaphor, Metaphors, translating, wizard
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