“Your vision will become clear when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” Carl Jung Preface As a professional coach, I have found that my clients will often achieve their best outcomes when we focus our sessions on what I call the 4 C’s of effective coaching — i.e., when …
Like many of you, I think I watched every Charlie Brown TV special and read as many of the Peanuts comic strips I could get my hands on as a young boy growing up in Northern New Jersey. We had our favorite characters for sure – Lucy Van Pelt, Linus, Pig-Pen, Schroeder, and Peppermint Patty. …
Some Reflections on What I Learned in 2015 I am sure many of us find ourselves feeling energized this week as we begin another new year, having had time during the Holidays to reflect on our personal and professional accomplishments over the past year. This process of intense self-reflection is in many ways akin to …
Last week, I had just finished swimming my laps at our town pool when two young beach attendants — Li and Caitlyn, both of whom are getting ready to start the 10th grade – called over to me and said “Hey, Mr. Jack, are you good at Math”? As I walked towards them, I said, …
Way back in January 1987, then Vice President George H. W. Bush was contemplating a run for President to succeed Ronald Reagan. Time magazine ran a cover story that month entitled “Where is the Real George Bush?” The article included an anecdote from one of Bush’s senior advisors who when discussing the upcoming campaign, made a suggestion …
Coaches take a sacred oath when we work with our clients and the oath in many ways embodies the kind of language found in the Ten Commandments we learned growing up as youngsters. In this case, the commandment or oath is simply — “Thou Shalt Not Judge”. Essentially, the oath is a reminder to never …
We finally have a whiff of spring in the air here in the NY area. Our winter of discontent with endless cold and heavy snow seems to be in the rear view mirror at last. Living down here in the Jersey Shore you see lots of hopeful faces and the boardwalk is brimming with people …
As a lifelong lover of cars, I have always been intrigued by how the automobile companies use advertising to draw the customer into the showroom. This fascination with cars began at a very early age. Every October, my best friend Robbie K and I would visit each of the new car dealers in our town on the way home …
I love metaphors and how they can easily evoke a powerful image of something that is deeply relevant and meaningful to one’s life. Over the past few months, I have been commuting into New York City a couple of days a week for some courses in coaching that I am taking at NYU. As I …
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way as you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7: 1-2 My Friend and Colleague Tom I had a very profound experience recently, one that made me question how …
