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BlogLimiting Beliefs
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here. “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” For years the thought of completing an Ironman filled me with terror. There was no way a mere mortal like me could ever complete something like ...
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BlogWho do you think you are?
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here. I’ve always disliked the question ‘Who do you think you are?’. It’s too black and white. Too final. Too blunt an instrument. It’s like asking patients to diagnose their own conditions. In mentoring, most people need subtler approaches ...
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BlogAsking and discovering
Subscribers only: Download as a PDF here. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find” Matthew 7:7. I’m convinced I had a ‘Samuel moment’ when I was 5. I thought I could hear my mum calling me from upstairs, ...
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IssuesResilience
What is your first reaction when a child or young person tells you about a hardship they are facing? Do you feel as though you want to sort it out and save them from those negative feelings or experiences? When they are ...
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IssuesMental errors versus good decisions
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here.MENTAL ERRORS VERSUS GOOD DECISIONS Have you ever made a decision you knew was unwise but went with it anyway? Sometimes we make irrational and inconsistent decisions. Even Paul said: “For I do not do the good I want ...
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IssuesHow to avoid introspection
This week I started carrying a thin leather bracelet with eight knots in it when I go out for a run. Each knot represent a person in my team at work.
