Personal Coaching Calgary

Commitment

Posted 728 days ago by Matthew

Sometimes it takes a long time to learn the value of commitment.  This one took me more than five years. About eight years ago, my wife and I committed to volunteering with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Calgary.  It’s …

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Creating a Personal Vision Statement

Posted 769 days ago by Matthew

What is a personal vision statement? A personal vision statement is the road map that guides us to the destination we have set for ourselves.  Just like a road map it helps us see further into the future than we …

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Priorities – 8 Questions to Ask

Posted 805 days ago by Matthew

When people say they don’t have enough time to do something, what they are really saying is that it isn’t a high enough priority.  It always amazes me how a funeral with over a hundred attendees can be organized in under …

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Cleaning House

Posted 806 days ago by Matthew

Have you ever had the feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day?  It can be stressful. Often times it can be a result of having unfinished commitments or loose ends.  A loose end is an unfinished or incomplete commitment.  …

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What My Grandfather Taught Me – Lesson #1

Posted 815 days ago by Matthew

One hour a day, three days a week, pretty well every week for ten years my grandfather (Opa) would teach me either Lithuanian or German language. At the time it was gruelling.  I called it “the dungeon”, even though we sat …

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Boldly Going Nowhere

Posted 825 days ago by Matthew

How often do you feel like you’re the hamster running furiously on the hamster wheel?  I walk to work every morning and pass by an old car covered in hundreds of stickers.  I think the stickers are keeping the old rust …

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The 4% Rule

Posted 853 days ago by Matthew

I was chatting with a friend the other day and discussing goals and setting a life vision.  Her concern was that she was working to pay her mortgage and her bills and not to fulfill her dreams.  She couldn’t see …

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More on Goals…

Posted 858 days ago by Matthew

When you’re setting goals it’s also important to focus on lead indicators.  With any goal you have lead indicators and lag indicators.  Lead indicators are predictive of the desired results.  Lag indicators are often the desired results but by the …

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Don’t just write goals… achieve them!

Posted 860 days ago by Matthew

I was chatting with a friend at lunch the other day and he asked me my thoughts on traditional goal setting.  The situation is that there’s so much focus on writing the right kind of goals.  You’ve probably heard of …

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Predictions for 2011

Posted 862 days ago by Matthew

A week and a half into 2011 and what’s changed? How are your new year’s resolutions coming?  How will 2011 be for you? Well, I took a look in my crystal ball, consulted the tea leaves and gazed at the …

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