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  Ability is your capability in certain areas.  Motivation determines what you do with your ability.  Attitude determines the quality of your outcomes when you use your ability and are motivated. In my personal business coaching practice in The Woodlands and in Houston I have observed time and again the connection between these three areas and how they impact individual and team performance. Ability is important.  It is a great place to start when looking at what you are capable of accomplishing.  But it is not everything. Motivation, by itself, is not enough.  Motivation gets you going in using your ability, yet it doesn’t guaranty you are headed down the right path. Attitude is what takes your ability and motivation and keeps it on track.  Attitude says that if the track your ability and motivation are taking you on is not working, that you will try something else.  With the right attitude, you are willing to make the necessary adjustments on yo...

Here’s another look at sharing vulnerability to build on the previous post. A winning culture starts inside of you. Then, in your business and relationships you spread your beliefs about yourself, your world and most importantly how you care for others. Culture, in a business or in personal relationships , is defined by how you care for others. One of the key components in building a winning culture with others is to create an atmosphere where you can share vulnerability. Sharing vulnerability is not easy for most people. If you share vulnerability you may say to someone, “I don’t know.” Or, “I need your help.” Another way to share vulnerability is to ask for someone’s opinion or expertise. You are not asking for direct help in this case. You want their opinion to help you gain clarity on something where you are stuck or confused. But when you share your vulnerability is this truly sharing vulnerability . There is a subtle yet important difference. The answer when it comes to s...

In the last post, we looked at the terms symptoms, motivation and vision. When understood all three can provide the fuel for the engine of your self-improvement. In this post, we will look at tolerations, strategy, strategize and attraction. These four terms will conclude our discussion on definitions that are central to the success of a personal business coach or a personal development coach and his or her client. Tolerations : This, in my opinion, is a big one. All of us have things we tolerate. Over the years, in my life and the lives of others I have worked with I have seen the negative effect of tolerations. To tolerate means to allow the existence of something, to permit or endure something, to put up with something. This implies that the something (or someone) is less than desirable, less than the ideal, and tends to drain a person’s energy. Let me add, that tolerations will also take you off course and can cause you to lose your focus. A toleration is a situation, a...

In the last post, we looked at the terms shifts, leaps, strengths, and their definitions. In this post, we will look at symptom, motivation, and vision. Looking at how these four terms are defined will give us greater insight into what a personal business coach or a personal development coach may need to know to better coach his or her client. These four terms, symptom, motivation, vision and tolerations are key to understanding what is going on your business and life as well as those you may coach. Symptom:   When you think of a symptom very often it is in relationshipto health. For example, if someone has a fever it may be a symptom of the flu. Very often symptoms give us a clue to something bigger that we can’t see, yet encourages us to ask more questions and to explore. What is a symptom? The visible expression of a condition or situation; something that indicates the presences of something else. For example, if my client is speaking very quickly, he or she may be ups...

When you have understanding that what a business coach definition, then you will came know that how a business coach will be beneficial for you. You must have a good intention for your self improvement . This intention will help you to find the way that how you can be developed, satisfied and most important how you can be happy. Keeping in mind all these things let's let’s continue our voyage of self-discovery and understanding with some more definitions. Needs : As a personal business coach I understand that needs is the main point to connect with that person for whom you are going to become a coach. And if you are not a personal business coach then your understanding for needs will help you greatly for your self improvement. People have multiple needs. Yet, for a successful personal business coach you should have ability to understand the two or three most important needs of your client. Wants : This is most important to recognize what you want and what is your needs. P...

Are you ready to work with a personal business coach ?   Or, another way to say this is, are you going to be receptive to self-improvement business coaching ? Over many years of coaching I have observed that those who do well with my style of personal development business coaching , have a good personal foundation.  They have many things working for them.  They are now at a point where they want to take it to their business and life to the next level. What is the next level, you ask?  It is a good question.  There are hundreds of paths to self-improvement and they all lead to the same place.  So, it really doesn’t matter which path you take.  What matters is that you take a path and commit to it.  That’s where I come in to support others in going on their chosen pathway. I am not here to fix anyone.  I am not here to help anyone.  Yet, I am here to give others my unconditional support.  A fix it mentality in ...