I’m back from my two trips and had the opportunity to play golf again this weekend. Although rusty, it was nice to be out on the golf course again. This morning, I was reading an article about how your lifestyle reflects who you are – and came across another article on improving one’s life. There … Continue reading
week 8 coaching course
This week, students will be asked to formulate a “Meaningful Work Statement” – a statement that describes how they will use their talents and gifts towards their interests to serve particular audiences, using some type of action to make an impact and/or create change. I would argue that it’s the most important activity in their … Continue reading
the coaching habit
As I mentioned in Monday’s post, I’m at the 2018 NACADA National Conference. I’ve been attending sessions on academic coaching, personal development, and self-awareness – and every session has been full of participants. I decided that I can use this week to highlight several resources that I have used/found in constructing our Life Design Catalyst … Continue reading
make life amazing
I’ve taken a few days off from posting due to travel; facilitated a full-day workshop at Pitt Community College, home for a day, now in Phoenix, Arizona attending the 2018 NACADA National Conference. Busy time, but nice to get away. As I was going through my e-mails, I found this interesting article by Eric Barker, … Continue reading
strengths and meaningful life
As we continue our work with students on their strengths this week, I just read an article that addresses the relationship between character strengths and living a meaningful life. The author found research that supports the notion that there are three character strengths that have been found as most important to living a meaningful life. … Continue reading
week 7 coaching course
As we continue to emphasize the “know yourself” part of our rules for success, this week’s coaching course focuses on strengths – character strengths (VIA Character Strengths) and engagement strengths (StrengthsFinder/StrengthsQuest). First, definitions of strengths, character strengths, and engagement strengths: A strength is the ability to consistently produce a positive outcome through near-perfect performance in … Continue reading
breaking bad habits (without willpower)
In many of the workshops/trainings I facilitate, one of the last activities has them identifying one thing they’d like to eliminate (typically, a bad habit) from their life. Once identified, I provide them worksheets to work on changing it over the course of a week or – for the more ambitious – a month. One … Continue reading