ON BEING A NUDGE

Professional speakers often play the role of coach, guide, friend, provocateur, and nudge. If they ask an audience, "what is wrong?" then they bring them down. Instead they usually ask, "what is possible here?" and "who cares?" This engages the creativity of your audience. Margaret Wheatley reminds us that hope is fundamental to the human spirit. We can show our faith in people by engaging them at the level of possibility. "Midwife what is in another person's potential."

The Coach asks…do you know your reason for being…and can you wake up to it?"


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ON LETTING GO

This is a good time of year to do a "baggage check." What do you own that is dated and useless? What do you hang on to that is hurtful and defeating? Do you worry about future events that have or may not happen? Do you agonize over losses? Do you keep reliving past hurts and traumas? Dr. Lloyd Thomas suggests that to "let go" takes love. To "let go" is to acknowledge that which I cannot change, and pursue that which I can. To "let go" is not to care for, but to care about. To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive. To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept.

The Coach asks . . . are you ready to join me in fearing less and loving more in 2008?


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