Life Coaching Calgary

Living A Deliberate Life

Posted ago by Matthew

Take a moment to reflect on your life, and think of at least one time when you achieved something significant. You set a goal, made a plan, and dedicated time to achieving that goal. You worked hard, and eventually you …

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As Is

Posted ago by Matthew

There’s a small room in the massive Ikea store that houses “as is” items. These are pieces of furniture and accessories that have some defect or problem and cannot be sold on the floor. They are relegated to the “as …

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Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill

Posted ago by Matthew

“Everything your mind can conceive, you can achieve” – Napoleon Hill Even if it is 70 years since the book Think and Grow Rich was written, it is still a highly respected and read book.  It has sold millions of …

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Phil Esposito

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Phil Esposito Born February 20, 1942 NHL Hall of Fame Inductee 1984 Stanley Cups – 1970, 1972 Phil Esposito’s morning routine as a child was layering sweaters and driving with his father in the morning darkness along empty roads to …

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The Value of Time

Posted ago by Matthew

Have the words “I just don’t have enough time” ever passed your lips? Have you ever wished for an extra one or two hours in the day? It seems to be a common problem, but it’s not that there isn’t …

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Howard Schultz

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Born 19 July, 1953 Chairman and CEO, Starbucks In 1981, working as the General Manager of Hammarplast, a Swedish drip coffeemaker manufacturer, Schultz traveled from New York to Seattle to check out Starbucks, a popular coffee bean store that had …

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More on Perspectives

Posted ago by Matthew

I thought more about perspectives since entering yesterday’s blog, and I realised how my perspective is quite different to most people’s. This is mainly because I have travelled to many countries (31) and lived in four – Australia, Germany, England, …

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Perspectives

Posted ago by Matthew

We live in a world with many where there seem to be many “truths” and absolutes. It’s wrong to steal. Giving is good. Drugs are bad. But these and all the other “rules” we live our lives by are not …

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Choices

Posted ago by Matthew

The path we take in life is just that, it’s a path. Where that path goes is completely up to us. We make the choices and decisions which will guide our life in a certain direction. In fact where we …

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Jack of Clubs

Posted ago by Matthew

Take a moment to imagine you are in the audience at a small, intimate theatre, watching a magic show. The magician hands a deck of cards to a random member of the audience, asks her to check that it’s an …

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