The year was 1993. I had been working for the same company for over a decade. I had changed job roles at least six times, doing (sometimes completely) different things, but now something was missing. I was no longer excited about coming to work. A group of us had fallen in the habit of eating [...]
I know I do, and most people do. As Steve Jobs put it, we all want to make our “dent in the universe”. We want to know, at the end of our lives, that we had meaning. That we meant something to someone. This is our legacy, and it’s a universal human desire. I have [...]
Do you remember how you learned to ride a bicycle? Were you one of the lucky ones that learned easily? Or is the memory so terrifying that you’ve blocked it out of your consciousness (like me)? Regardless, the process involves several stages of learning, some of them at the same time. (Or if you were [...]
It seems to be a basic human desire to have an impact on the world. Just Google “quote make a difference” and browse some of the results. If you are like me, you will be inspired to read quotes from Emerson, Ghandi, Robert Kennedy, Thoreau, and a host of others. Even Steve Jobs of Apple [...]
Years ago as a new Christian, my mentor introduced me to a short pamphlet titled Tyranny of the Urgent! by Charles E. Hummel. This small book had a big impact on my life, so much so that I have purchased multiple copies of this book and passed them out to friends and clients. According to [...]
This article, written by Certified Professional Life Coach Dale Young, elaborates on our most recent article, "What is Christian Coaching?" In a recent podcast, Christopher McCluskey, President of the Professional Christian Coaching Institute (PCCI), discussed the primary distinctions between coaching as defined by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and other forms of people helping. It's important [...]
An opt-in landing page is a page on your website that invites visitors to opt-in for your free offer and join your mailing list. Of course the copy on your landing page is very important. But I'm going to talk with you about design. Your landing page design must support the page copy and lead [...]
As a professional coach, you market like crazy to draw new clients, but then stop because you are so busy servicing those clients, you don’t have time for marketing — until you’re broke and find yourself in need of new clients again. I call this the “feast or famine” approach to marketing. Here's how to [...]