tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:23:16 +0000transitionleadershipself awarenessJill GeislerPoynterchangemistakespreparationWhat Not To Wearmultitaskingrisk" choicesAlbert J Bernstein PhDEric DeggansHuffington PostNPRNew YearNew York TimesRapt:: Attention and the Focused LifeStacy LondonTEDWashington PostWinifred Gallagherbalancefailureflexibilitygratitudehomosexualitylayoffsleap secondmotivationnegotiationperfectionpromotionsocial mediastrengthworkplace bullies"Sex in the City""Speed Bump"knapsack o' negativity"12-step programAARPAcademy AwardsAlanis MorisetteAnnenberg Norman Lear CenterBea FieldsBenjamin ZanderBlues Ain't Nothing But a Good Soul Feeling BadBosuBritish PetroleumBrittney JohnsonCameron HughesCensus BureauChallenger Gray ChristmasChimamanda Ngozi AdichieChris BroganChristmasCinemaxClinton KellyDalai LamaDaniel PinkDave CoverlyFacebookFast CompanyFred PearceFresh AirGabriel ByrneGood KarmaHarvard BusinessIn TreatmentInternet safetyJennifer HugetJoanna ConnorsJohn BaldoniJon HamiltonJon StewartKutimanLane WallaceLinkedinMandalit del BarcoMarcus BuckinghamMark KleimanMartin KaplanMedillMerel KindtMillennial LeadersMo'NiqueNature NeuroscienceObamaOphir KutielOprah WinfreyOscarsPaul SchmitzPeter BregmanPhillip WatkinsPlain DealerPreciousRSARobert EmmonsRon HowardRussell BishopScott WilderSeth GodinSheldon KoppSouthwest SpiritSteven PearlsteinTerry GrossThanksgivingThe AtlanticThe Daily ShowThe Housekeeper and the ProfessorThru YouTodd MayTroy DunnTwitterUS CensusUS ConstitutionUS populationYoko OgawaYouTubeallergiesappearencesappreciationauthenticitybackupbiasbirthdaybridgesbutterfliesbutterfly effectcancercareerschain lettersclothescognitive dissonancecomputerscontrolcouragecreativitydenialdifferencesdiscriminationdrivers eddualitydysfunctionemailevacuationexerciseexternal drivesfearfightfitfocusing illusiongendergraduationholidaysidentityinaugurationintentioninternshipjob searchjournalismleap yearmemorymicro managementmirrormotivated reasoningmourningoil spillpandemicparental controlpatriotismpersonal trainerperspectivepollenpopulation growthpowerpracticality vs creativitypredictionprofitpurposeracerainrainbowsraperecognitionreleaseresearchresolutionsresultsresumesalaryself-nesssickness presenteeismsizesnowspringstoriesstrategiesstrengthsstrong womensuccesssuicideswine flutaking caretimetracking softwaretrainingtransformationtrustvalueventingworryzen of drivingThe Present Perfect captures how we were in the past; what happened or didn’t happen to us, what we hoped would happen and the possibilities of the future. I am a coach. I believe in the value of embracing what is perfect about the present moment, and using that platform to launch all the possibilities of the future. The path to that embrace comes from the self awareness of who we are and how we got to this present, perfect place. You don’t believe the present is perfect? Check it out.http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)Blogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-579595175186018117Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:43:00 +00002010-09-15T08:09:12.508-07:00butterfliesbutterfly effectDuring the course of the past week, my family lost a very dear long time friend. She had been friends with my mother since grade school, and in many ways, she was like a second mother to me and my siblings. We called her "Aunt," and she was far closer to us than most blood relations in all the ways that count.Our "Aunt" continued to have an exuberant, loving, nurturing and supportive spirit http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/09/butterflies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-7562410871554348585Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:23:00 +00002010-09-01T04:30:17.165-07:00Jill GeislerPoyntertransitionFor those who actually follow this blog, I apologize for what has become my annual summer recess. It's not intended; events always seem to sweep me along in the summer. And it is my intention to return -- soon.But for now, I cede this space to one of my favorite coach, Jill Geisler of the Poynter Institute. As part of her must-read series on "What Great Bosses Know," she talks about the http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/09/coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-7719372533249001503Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:03:00 +00002010-07-12T14:53:23.205-07:00British Petroleumfailureoil spillrisksuccessIt's day 83 of the catastrophic oil in the Gulf of Mexico. After a long, sorry list of attempted fixes and failed containment solutions, the British Petroleum Oil Company this weekend decided to move toward a more effective way to cap the billowing flow of oil from the ocean floor.Unfortunately, this effort required BP to remove the ill-fitted cap that it secured to the well last month. Accordinghttp://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/07/fail-to-succeed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-7997127965329749201Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:53:00 +00002010-06-19T06:25:37.255-07:00mistakesThe Housekeeper and the ProfessorYoko OgawaLike millions of American women, I belong to a book club. Along with the monthly opportunity to share good food, good company and good conversation with a group of extraordinary women, I appreciate my club because it forces me to read literature -- fiction and non fiction -- that has nothing to do with the work I do during the rest of the month. Our selections reflect the wide range of interestshttp://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/06/correct-miscalculation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-1125786005623779170Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:23:00 +00002010-06-06T23:52:31.744-07:00Daniel PinkmotivationprofitpurposeRSADaniel Pink thinks, writes and lectures about the way we do business, in this country and abroad. He thinks about capitalism and the assumptions made about how people work and what makes them work better -- more effectively, more creatively and more productively.A few days ago, I had the privilege of hearing Pink speak to a conference of more than 200 coaches in Washington, D.C. He was http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/06/purpose-motive-trumps-profit-motive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-6812555853835565775Thu, 20 May 2010 13:22:00 +00002010-05-20T06:29:33.388-07:00Seth GodinI am lifting a post in its entirety from new media/social media marketing maven Seth Godin. When something is perfect, why mess around?Sentences, paragraphs and chapters It's laughably easy to find someone to critique a sentence, to find a missing apostrophe or worry about your noun-verb agreement.Sometimes, you're lucky enough to find someone who can tell you that a paragraph is http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/05/bigger-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-1051113111236170528Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:55:00 +00002010-04-30T13:44:27.581-07:00Census BureauFred PearceJon Stewartpopulation growthThe Daily ShowEnvironmentally conscious Americans can still feel the afterglow of this month's Earth Day celebration in Washington. April 22nd marked the 40th anniversary of the Earth Day observance in the United States.Although the volume of the debate over global warming rises and falls regularly, most people are in agreement about the risks of over-population and how the strain of those growing numbers http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-world-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-3883523012949855648Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:03:00 +00002010-04-19T13:20:17.380-07:00allergieschangepollenspringAs we enjoy the colors of spring (despite the wild temperature swings), a friend was lamenting the return of a persistent cold that she thought she had beat.Her throat was scratchy, her nose dripped and she maintained a dull ached above her eyes. All of her favor cold remedies were failing her.I sympathized with her discomfort, since I was suffering with my reaction to the record levels of pollenhttp://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/04/try-different-view.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-6354098987385995779Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:59:00 +00002010-03-23T14:04:27.797-07:00creativityleadershipI can't even take credit for discovering this clever little video. However, I know enough to pass it on.Just check on the start arrow. Works for both professional and personal lives:My Anti-Creativity Checklist from Youngme Moon on Vimeo.http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/03/anti-creativity-checklist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-2250840120276629880Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:45:00 +00002010-03-17T21:14:46.520-07:00Oprah WinfreyTroy Dunn"You cannot find peace until you find all the pieces."Well, maybe not the quote of this specific day, but a good quote nonetheless.To provide some context: Oprah Winfrey recently did a show which featured super private investigator Troy Dunn. Dunn hosts his own show, The Locator, on WeTV cable network. Through his investigation and research, he helps people find and sometimes reconnect with longhttp://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/03/quote-of-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-6167063839884767826Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:52:00 +00002010-03-10T12:28:58.181-08:00Academy AwardsMandalit del BarcoMo'NiqueOscarsPreciousThe Academy Awards continue to dominate water cooler conversation, whether at the work place or in cyberspace. Movie history was made Sunday night with Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker pulling off a David vs. Goliath win over ex-husband James Cameron's box office-breaking Avatar. Bigelow is the first woman in the history of the awards to win in the Best Director category.Comedienne Mo'Nique's http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/03/oscar-woman-oscar-wisdom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-1347966907340056598Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:07:00 +00002010-02-16T04:50:33.136-08:00Huffington PostmirrorRussell BishopExecutive Coach and author Russell Bishop explores a concept that readers of this blog have seen before, the belief that there is the possibility of perfection within each moment. Even within times of challenge, Bishop writes that there is positive learning in negative experiences.It's an examination of the laws of attraction, yet from a different perspective than the current pop culture varietyhttp://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/02/do-i-see-you-or-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-5054232606362199937Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:42:00 +00002010-02-08T09:11:45.611-08:00preparationsnowIt's day three after the historic snowstorm in the Mid-Atlantic region. The sun is shining and the snowplows finally found my street today. Around the neighborhood, there is a feeling of optimism, at least for now.I grew up in the Midwest, so I know from snow. And I know how to deal with it, both driving and maintenance around the house. I've lived in the Washington area long enough to know the http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/02/digging-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-1303830788971586757Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:04:00 +00002010-01-18T14:06:31.321-08:00Jon HamiltonmultitaskingNPRToday's edition of Oprah features stark testimony about the dangers of texting and/or talking on the cellphone while driving. Her guests range from those who have lost loved one from the overconfidence of others, and even a mother whose son was killed while texting his girlfriend as he drove.You can see more details of the heartbreaking stories here.The Oprah Show leads me to report an old http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2008/10/dont-believe-multitasking-hype.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-1044980612740201433Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:34:00 +00002010-01-14T19:05:38.643-08:00image from dailymail.co.ukI boarded an airplane for the first time when I was 15 years old. I flew from Akron, Ohio to Miami, where I transferred to an Air France jetliner which would take me to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I would spend two weeks there as part of a group of high school missionaries, working with students at a Catholic school for handicapped children and making overnight trips to http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/01/break-down-to-break-through.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-4436765705936550507Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:38:00 +00002010-01-03T12:47:50.165-08:00US CensusUS ConstitutionUS populationHappy New Year New Decade!History/Civics/Politics buffs know that the year 2010 means the taking of the U.S. Decennial Census.As mandated by the Constitution, the U.S. government makes its best effort to count every resident in the country as of April 1. As written in the Constitution (amended in the 14th Amendment, section two): "The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2010/01/taking-inventory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-6381081816750918014Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:37:00 +00002009-12-31T20:18:38.783-08:00New YearThe New Year's countdown has begun, and as much as I hate to be trite, I am joining myriad pundits and commentators in expressing just how happy I am to move on the the new decade.2009 was a hell of a year, right? Full of challenges and losses and transitions and victories, writ large and writ small. I can't help but think about the loved ones lost during the past twelve months, and over the pasthttp://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/turn-page.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-3956658939727043197Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:49:00 +00002009-12-24T22:33:22.113-08:00It's a few minutes after midnight on Christmas. I'm watching my son finish some last-minute gift wrapping, and thinking about how the frame through which I view Christmas has changed over the years.I guess the first Christmas I can remember was when I was three years old, although I'm not sure whether it's a real memory or one I've created through old photographs. My big brother is spiffily http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-6250291620643248725Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:54:00 +00002009-12-31T19:24:47.722-08:00Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieTEDThe concept and the power of "The Story" is a central feature in coaching. I've made numerous references to people's stories in this blog -- how all of us create stories or narratives to make sense of our situations or environments, or the stories we carry from our childhoods or past experiences.Recently, a friend shared a video with me that gave me a new perspective on the power and the danger http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/12/danger-of-single-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-7907251623450466811Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:05:00 +00002009-11-06T13:40:29.284-08:00" choicesNew York TimesTodd MayThis week, the New York Times posted its last segment of the blog "Happy Days: The Pursuit of What Matters in Troubled Times." As the Times described it, "Happy Days is a discussion about the search for contentment in its many forms — economic, emotional, physical, spiritual — and the stories of those striving to come to terms with the lives they lead."I have not been a regular reader of "Happy http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/11/infinite-value-of-limited-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-7686309725981389305Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:12:00 +00002009-10-31T23:15:54.979-07:00Albert J Bernstein PhDJohn BaldonileadershipAfter posting Albert J. Bernstein's list of 15 Signs Your Workplace is Dysfunctional, I worried it might leave the impression that most workplaces are so screwed up it doesn't matter where you land -- the workplace is doomed to equal dysfunction.That why I'm happy I came across a recent column by leadership consultant, coach and speaker John Baldoni. He's author of the book "Lead your Boss: The http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/10/from-dysfunction-to-function.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-8454078961403911559Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:38:00 +00002009-10-29T11:25:36.810-07:00Albert J Bernstein PhDdysfunctionA friend passed along this column by Albert J. Bernstein PhD, author "Am I the Only Sane One Working Here? 101 Solutions for Surviving Office Insanity."His list -- 15 Signs Your Workplace is Dysfunctional is so spot-on that many people will think he's been hiding in their office, taking notes. That certainly seems to be the conclusion of the readers who chose to comment on the page.Notice how thehttp://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/10/fun-in-workplace-dysfunction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-1749492904991274203Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:45:00 +00002009-10-29T10:38:04.833-07:00Annenberg Norman Lear CentercareersintentionMartin KaplanA recent article in the Los Angeles Times chronicled the latest round of musical chairs among moguls in the entertainment industry. Too rich for my blood, but I paused to focus on this quote from Martin Kaplan, who chairs the Annenberg Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California:"The era of lifelong loyalty is long gone. People don't have careers, they have jobs, and their http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/10/every-man-one-for-himself-themselves-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-1847503520537788926Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:58:00 +00002009-10-27T14:25:53.171-07:00Jill GeislerleadershipPoynterOne of the things I most love about coaching is that there are about as many ways of being a coach as there are people to coach.There are life coaches, dating coaches and parenting coaches; career coaches and executive coaches; coaches who specialize in biotech research, law firms, philanthropic organizations; myriad variations that I could not begin to list here.I think everyone can benefit fromhttp://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/10/coaching-for-everyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939125468330345966.post-5700083777481876015Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:14:00 +00002009-10-18T15:24:29.224-07:00AARPThis clever video, produced for AARP, shows how you can take the same words, put them through a different frame, and come to a different conclusion:http://presentperfectcoach.blogspot.com/2009/10/different-frame.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CoachWrite)1