International Coach Academy

MARCH 2, 2023

A big-picture person may hate that and instead enjoy vision or concept development. He developed it while working in the 1940s and 1950s with military personnel transitioning into corporate America. Martin Seligman’s work on positive psychology also influenced my approach to career development. In the Western world, G.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

This is pretty well documented in child development research (reward a child for a good painting and they'll probably lose interest in painting). It's true that a lot of stuff that works with typically developing children is useless for kids with Asperger's. " Pokemon = math. Then they are geniuses.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 21, 2009

One way to handle it is to develop a good sentence or two that you can tell relatives when they ask how you're doing. Your 4th point about December and January being strong hiring months is absolutely correct and should serve as renewed motivation when a job seeker begins to lose steam. Why didn't you get the job?"

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 26, 2010

So I'll be waiting to be motivated. I developed a habit of attending all your webinars since the first one that I attended, you sure are such a great mentor Penelope! One thing Seth does really well is to convey ideas succinctly and with enthusiasm. We can make great things happen, with leadership and hard work.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

I totally think it's important to learn to think about subjects that are not necessarily applicable to a job, and am motivated to do so on my own. Sure you might have to pay your dues at entry level and work your butt off to develop connections, but that is what most people face. Maybe back in 2004 or 1999. Not now though.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Because if you force yourself to change your behavior for three weeks, your brain will start to develop more dopamine in response to the behavior that you are trying to change to, according to Monika Fleshner , a neuroimmuno-physiologist at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Thanks for the reminder and motivation. Great post.

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International Coach Academy

JANUARY 25, 2024

Coaching People Who Experience Their Mid-Life Crisis Coaching people who experience their mid-life crisis should focus on discovering their purpose in life, motivation, and dealing effectively with confusion about goals and life. Coaching is about well-being which is associated with joy.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

One thing emerges very clearly is that successful performers “had practiced intensively, had studied with devoted teachers, and had been supported enthusiastically by their families throughout their developing years.” This brings to mind an article in a Men's Health I read regarding Intrinsic Motivation. that would be a treat.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

To contrast what some the other comments, I too believe that being self-employed is MUCH better than having a job because that's my personality to be self-motivated and I saw large flaws in some of the traditional job systems. It keeps me in practice of developing, and more importantly evaluating, new ideas. Posted by Mark W.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

Those things can be reinforced in school but the bulk of it is developed at home in my opinion. I think it's important to not make people feel bad or stupid when they ask questions – intimidation doesn't motivate learning. The trick is to develop a toolkit of questions large enough to accommodate all listening habits.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

It's been a great experience learning from a community of successful and motivated women who want to change the world by helping women attain wealth and power through entrepreneurship. I think it's about good communication and finding, developing, and exploiting that connection that resonates between you and your audience.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The way that Tamara Lowe explains Motivational DNA is actually very nice, as the two core drivers of Producers versus Connectors assimilate to to some pieces of being an introvert or extrovert. The best hiring situations that I've mediated are ones in which a personality (or behavioral psychology) test is utilized.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

Here’s one book: 360 Degree Leader: Developing your influence from anywhere in the organization. If you inspire someone to do a good job you've internally motivated them and they'll likely exceed your expectations. Changes in authority necessarily lead to changes in leadership. There’s a lot written about it.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

Employers need to focus on their abilities to develop talented employees as well, not just on getting the operational work done. " This could still be equivalent to the earlier ones, especially when you develop the theme that happiness = friends and family (also = safety & loyalty?). " - Dead on! " no shit.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 15, 2010

The wood in that house has a patina that took many years to develop; if you paint it, you will eventually come to your senses and want it to be wood again,and then, the amount of work required to put it right will be incredible. It is quite difficult to motivate me on a Sunday but you have me thinking hard and reading like crazy.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 15, 2009

It's surprising what a subtle impact asking broader/deeper questions can have in developing personal and business relationships. Posted by Kay Lorraine on December 16, 2009 at 3:09 am | permalink | Reply Just read a great book on this topic: [link]. Posted by Jeremy OKrafka on December 15, 2009 at 11:37 am | permalink | Reply Great post.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The further we get from the intact multi-generational family model, the further our kids suffer, as our public school graduates now rank dead last in the developed world in terms of knowledge, and, at the same time, are told that, by the age of 21, they are to be out of the home and on their own. What is wrong with that picture.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Anyway, in sum, I think you're precious and important too, and I hope you have less days like the one you wrote about, and I also hope you never develop anorexia. Then get a GPS. It isn't easier to handle. Love your blog! Posted by Rachel on December 1, 2009 at 10:13 pm | permalink | Reply Very well said!

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Vantage Circle

JULY 6, 2021

How do you Develop Strategic Thinking? Strategic leadership is the core ability to articulate a company's strategic vision and motivate people to pursue that goal. 2004), Strategic Leadership is: “The managerial ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility, and empower others to create strategic change as necessary”.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And each of your break-ups has been motivated by fear of this growth and change, rather than by nastiness or gossip. We play hide and seek with our own motives. Awareness of every single motive, of all the biological/physiological mechanisms and sensory signals bombarding us would paralyze our capacity to act decisively.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

It is the motivating factor to get up by not having the morning routine. But remember, your sons don't care about getting out the door on-time so you'll have to motivate them some other way. A great site and motivator is [link] Read her free site and some of her "baby steps" concepts to get on the right track.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I needed the motivation! I was interested in starting a fitness blog, a technical software blog, a personal development blog and a general personal blog 2 years ago. I try to tell people, everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. Choose how you spend the time wisely! You can't get it back. Thanks for another great post.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

Posted by Eduard @ People Skills Decoded on March 16, 2010 at 9:06 am | permalink | Reply Ever since I took a webinar with Leo Babauta, who is a nice man, BTW, I have been reading a bunch of personal development/productivity blogs. They may even give you the motivation needed to finally get that A project done. " D A M N.

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Vantage Circle

JULY 6, 2021

How do you Develop Strategic Thinking? Strategic leadership is the ability to articulate a company's strategic vision and motivate people to pursue that goal. 2004), Strategic Leadership is: “The managerial ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility, and empower others to create strategic change as necessary”.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It's really dangerous to think there are vastly different motivators in the non-profit world. You'll notice that in the for-profit world, in the new workplace, money is not a key motivator. You'll notice that in the for-profit world, in the new workplace, money is not a key motivator. " Ditto the for-profit.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

HR groups are about avoiding litigation and risk management, not recruiting or personnel development. thanks for all your inspiration and motivation. Posted by Audrey on June 1, 2010 at 9:47 am | permalink | Reply Use of corporate credit card for personal items = embezzling (as an earlier commenter noted).

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Don't hide what really motivates you; secretive people are not likable. Why are they so motivated to control him and his decisions? It is good to recognize this is an area of growth and development. So I am back with the farmer, but we have new rules about what I can write. Well, I think we do. We were going to.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

As a guess, I would venture that they developed from the fact that family farms ARE fundamentally different than many other businesses, as they combine the functions of business, home, stewardship, community, and heritage. We are barely 30 and are desperate and motivated to be where we want and to have what we want.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

There are no bad bosses The easiest instructions for how to start a blog Comments (66) Leave a Comment Good question/ test to check how relevant the original motivation(s) is(are)! Our best literature was written by people with nothing to lose and a voracious internal motivation to communicate their take on the world with written words.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Posted by jesse on November 30, 2009 at 2:23 pm | permalink | Reply I would be more interested in finding out what motivates someone to ask specific question in the first place, one can ask questions to make other people feel miserable, arouses curiosity even chaos. Life is meaningless. Have fun or die.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

They might consider some of their actions "interesting", but the underlying motivation is competition. What happens is that the "I" people are very motivated to be thin, and nowadays you can achieve that through all sorts of unhealthy shortcuts: crazy diets, surgery or suspicious pills. I need stimulation.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I've done a fair amount of reading on happiness, but when it comes down to doing the simple activities that various books suggest to increase your level of happiness (spend 10 minutes each night writing down what you're grateful for, for example), I can never motivate myself to do it.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I asked Goldman if he thought I could develop these skills, and he says that our underlying needs are set by age five or six, and our usual behaviors are set by age 22. I've had to work at it and develop selling skills, but what I found is that it takes more than one type of person to succeed in sales. They eat what they kill.”

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Pain usually preceeds growth, is a heckuva teacher and motivator. Sometimes it takes years and years of shared history for that self-sacrificial love to develop. Posted by Janine on December 5, 2009 at 9:14 am | permalink | Reply We rarely learn when things are going great. Fell in love with it actually. Nobody's perfect.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 18, 2009

Part of me is looking to the day we actually do develop the ability to be more telepathic so that even IM and Twitter become obsolete…(smile…I am mostly kidding…says the person who adores thinking in haiku or tanka if I am feeling long winded.) Plus, I got instant feedback. education system is really floundering.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

It's been fun reading the developments with the Farmer. Although it was lonely sometimes (I was an only child), it encouraged me to read ALL THE TIME and to develop a broad imagination. When your nearest neighbor is 5 miles away, you tend to develop a stronger sense self reliance and imagination. Seriously.

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