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Nick Saban Rejects the Gerontocracy

House of Strauss • 45 implied HN points • 12 Jan 24
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Nick Saban's retirement as a top coach at age 72 was a rare and thoughtful decision in sports.
  2. The concept of gerontocracy, where older individuals persist in power, is notable in both sports and politics.
  3. Recognizing one's limitations with age and gracefully passing responsibilities to the next generation is a wise and necessary practice.

How to turn those Big Ideas of yours into reality

The Ask Newsletter — by Ellen Donnelly • 15 implied HN points • 08 Jan 25
💼 Business Coaching
  1. First, be clear about your ideas. Take time to visualize what you really want to achieve. Use your imagination to paint a detailed picture of your goals and dreams for your business.
  2. Next, don’t aim for perfection. Expect challenges and be flexible with your plans. Accept that things might not go as perfectly as you hoped, and that's okay; it can lead to new opportunities.
  3. Lastly, stay committed to your vision. Keep pushing through obstacles, reflect on your progress regularly, and seek support from others. Remember, it's important to adapt and keep moving forward, even if it's just a little bit at a time.

Cooper Flagg Will Have A Zion Williamson-Like Impact At Duke

Huddle Up • 17 implied HN points • 06 Nov 24
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Cooper Flagg is expected to have a huge impact at Duke, much like Zion Williamson did. He has a lot of talent and skill that can change games.
  2. Fans and analysts believe Flagg's presence will draw attention and elevate the team's performance. His style of play can inspire those around him.
  3. His performance at Duke may lead to a bright future in professional basketball, similar to fandom and support experienced by Zion during his college career.

How Phil Jackson Was Great While Being "Bad"

House of Strauss • 64 implied HN points • 27 Apr 23
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. The media can sensationalize and distort complex stories into soundbites for quick, angry reactions.
  2. Successful coaching often involves individualized management strategies and balancing structure with freedom.
  3. Phil Jackson's coaching success was rooted in understanding and connecting with players as individuals, even amidst societal and personal contradictions.

This is how I start working with a client

The Ask Newsletter — by Ellen Donnelly • 10 implied HN points • 19 Feb 25
💼 Business Coaching
  1. When starting with a new client, I prioritize getting to know them through a discovery session. This helps both of us see if we’re a good fit for working together.
  2. During the discovery session, I listen to the client’s vision and goals. It’s a helpful chat that aims to clarify their direction and identify any action steps.
  3. After the discovery call, I send a recap email and a coaching agreement. I also ask clients to reflect on some questions before our first session to get the most out of our time together.
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If Miranda Priestley Was Your Boss | LSW#45

The Leading Sapiens Weekly • 30 implied HN points • 29 Feb 24
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Recognize the importance of adjusting your approach based on who you're working with, especially dealing with power differentials in organizational settings
  2. Learn to identify leader stereotypes and their preferences to improve stakeholder interactions
  3. Understand that stakeholders have unique styles that require tailored approaches for effective communication and collaboration

NACC Course Registrations Now Open!

Neuro Athletics • 30 implied HN points • 14 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. NACC Course offers 6 modules covering topics like neuroanatomy, cognition, exercise and brain health, nutrients, sleep physiology, and recovery.
  2. The program includes a bonus business blueprint to help coaches achieve financial success.
  3. The course is expert-led, evidence-based, and aims to elevate coaches to the highest levels of performance coaching through cutting-edge knowledge and personalized attention.

The Dangers of "Repressed Special"- Part One

What's Important? • 15 implied HN points • 22 Oct 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Coaching
  1. Intelligent and successful people can face unique challenges when they pursue a spiritual life. This can lead to mistakes if they're not careful.
  2. Having spiritual awareness can make someone more powerful, but it can also amplify their ego, which can cause problems.
  3. It's important to create safe and loving environments for personal growth, to help reduce unnecessary suffering during the journey.

Change your newsletter... Change your life?

The Ask Newsletter — by Ellen Donnelly • 12 implied HN points • 27 Nov 24
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Launching a new newsletter can boost your career and connect you with important topics like entrepreneurship. It's a great way to explore changes in the workforce.
  2. Returning to a platform like Substack can offer a supportive community that aligns better with your creative goals. It helps in building a business outside the usual 9-5 job.
  3. Personal and professional changes can feel invigorating and essential. Keeping up with clients' successes can motivate your own evolution in business.

The Dangers of "Repressed Special"- Part Two

What's Important? • 11 implied HN points • 25 Oct 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. Transformational growth can be scary, but it's important to embrace your fears. Noticing when your fear speaks up can help guide your decisions.
  2. Making friends with your fears involves connecting with them, understanding their feelings, accepting their role, and finding a way to work together. This approach can lead to positive change.
  3. Using tools like Brian's decision-making framework can help you navigate choices better. Listening to your intuition and understanding your fear can lead to smarter and more fulfilling decisions.

3 Pillars of Career Success | LSW#42

The Leading Sapiens Weekly • 20 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Confident ignorance often wins out over conscientious intelligence in workplaces, limiting career growth and impact.
  2. Beyond self and technical competence, organizational competence is a critical pillar for long-term career success.
  3. Successful careers involve understanding the art of organizational savvy and navigating workplace dynamics effectively.

Why Your Clients Are Struggling & You Don’t Even Know It

Neuro Athletics • 8 implied HN points • 05 Nov 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. Understanding VO2 Max is important for improving stamina and brain health. Coaches can help clients using HIIT training to boost their VO2 Max effectively.
  2. Strength training is key to maintaining brain health and reducing cognitive decline. Coaches should measure strength accurately to give clients an edge.
  3. Sleep is essential for recovery and performance. Coaches need to prioritize sleep quality by creating a good sleep environment and promoting consistent sleep schedules.

Getting Out of Your Own Way

Perspectives • 6 implied HN points • 09 Jan 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. Your past experiences, especially from childhood, can shape how you see yourself and your abilities. Understanding this can help you unlock your true potential.
  2. Instead of giving direct advice, it's important to help people discover their own solutions. This can lead to powerful realizations about how to move forward.
  3. We often hold ourselves back by repeating negative thought patterns. Changing how we think can open up new possibilities and help us achieve success.

Peak Performance Newsletter #13 | On Content vs. Context, Mental Tools for Startup Founders

The Leadership Lab • 19 implied HN points • 15 Nov 21
🚌 Education Coaching
  1. Understanding the difference between coaching on content and coaching on context is crucial. Context explores how you are in relation to content, while content focuses on the material being presented.
  2. Recognize the value of pre-mortems in strategic planning. Envisioning potential failures and gaps in execution can enhance your plan's effectiveness.
  3. Providing scripts for challenging conversations can be valuable in coaching. Balancing giving answers with enabling individual development is key in leadership roles.

Personality-led business building, positioning and pivots.

The Ask Newsletter — by Ellen Donnelly • 7 implied HN points • 20 Nov 24
💼 Business Coaching
  1. It's important to align your business with what you love doing. When you focus on what excites you, your work feels more meaningful.
  2. Making a significant change in your business takes time and careful planning. It's about building a strong foundation before jumping into something new.
  3. Understanding your strengths helps you create a business that fits you. Find what you enjoy and build around that to avoid burnout.

Shaina Anderson Chats with Ellen: All things scaling your expertise

The Ask Newsletter — by Ellen Donnelly • 2 implied HN points • 18 Jun 25
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Generalists can successfully find contract work and build freelance careers. It's all about believing in your skills and pushing past doubts.
  2. Having clear structure and storytelling in your business helps avoid burnout and leads to greater opportunities. It’s okay to start without a perfect plan.
  3. You can create multiple income streams from just a couple of strong skills. Focus on what you do best and find ways to package that for different clients.

Speaking of You

DruGroup • 19 implied HN points • 20 Dec 21
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Coaching
  1. The author appreciates their readers and encourages them to share articles. This sharing helps grow the readership and reach others who may find the content valuable.
  2. The decision was made to keep the subscription free rather than introducing a paid option. The author values continued engagement without charging their audience.
  3. The author is open to addressing reader questions and interests in future writings. They invite feedback on what topics readers want to explore next.

TWH#47: How Do You Find Your Purpose?

The Hagakure • 22 implied HN points • 23 Feb 23
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Coaching
  1. Discovering your purpose can lead to a sense of contentment and alignment in life.
  2. Key decisions, guided by emotions like minimizing regret and prioritizing growth, can shape your career path.
  3. Finding purpose involves exploring, making hard choices, and listening to your inner guidance.

Bless: One of the most underestimated roles of a leader

DruGroup • 19 implied HN points • 24 Aug 21
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Leaders play a big role in blessing others' ideas. When you give your support, it helps people feel confident to move forward with their plans.
  2. Sometimes people come to leaders seeking permission to proceed. By giving your approval, you empower them to act and take on new challenges.
  3. Leaders can protect those they support by standing up for them. This shows others that you believe in their work and helps keep them focused on their goals.

Job Change Update + Fear and Faith [SoulHacks]

DruGroup • 19 implied HN points • 22 Jun 21
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Coaching
  1. Changing jobs doesn't mean losing your purpose. You can still add value in new ways, no matter where you work.
  2. Fear can hold us back more than anything else. Choosing to have faith is about focusing on what's more important than our fears.
  3. Courage isn't about being fear-free; it's about valuing something more than our worries and trusting in a greater plan.

Leap of faith or foolish gamble?

The Next Chapter • 8 implied HN points • 20 Feb 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Coaching
  1. Experimenting with different activities can lead to insights about career direction and passions.
  2. Reflecting on experiences can help uncover true callings and passions, guiding career decisions.
  3. Balancing financial stability with pursuing creative dreams requires planning and determination.

If You’re Running Every Meeting, You’re Failing Your Team

The Software Engineering Times • 1 implied HN point • 14 Jul 25
💼 Business Coaching
  1. If you're always running the meetings, it shows you might not trust your team to handle things. Good managers allow others to lead to help them grow.
  2. Letting your team lead meetings is a great way to coach them. Afterward, talk about what went well and what could be improved.
  3. Sometimes, wanting to control every meeting is more about ego than anything else. To build a strong team, you need to let go and support them instead.

TWH#S5: What I Read This Week

The Hagakure • 13 implied HN points • 05 Mar 23
📚 Literature Coaching
  1. Building rapport and understanding others' views is key in coaching or helping people.
  2. Extreme Programming emphasizes the need to embrace change and continuously improve practices.
  3. Developing productive habits and shaping inertia positively can lead to a fulfilled life.

(Re)Introducing myself + Elpha AMA + Something special...

The Caring Techie Newsletter • 6 implied HN points • 18 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Coaching
  1. Irina has had a diverse career journey from software engineer to tech lead to manager at big tech companies like Google and Uber.
  2. Coaching became a passion for Irina after realizing the joy of helping her team find their own solutions.
  3. Big tech companies have more structured and hierarchical leadership styles, while startups lean towards entrepreneurial and hands-on leadership.

You can't miss a day

andrewglynch • 2 implied HN points • 04 Nov 24
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Consistency is key to success. You need to practice regularly, even if it's just a little bit each day.
  2. Commitment is important. You can't skip practice for any reason; find a way to get it done no matter what.
  3. Small daily efforts lead to big achievements over time. A simple 30-minute practice can change your life if you stick with it for years.

Last Chance! NACC Course Registration Closing Soon.

Neuro Athletics • 3 implied HN points • 05 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. Many health coaches fail due to lack of confidence in their knowledge and abilities, leading to struggles in attracting and retaining clients.
  2. Vagueness in services offered and the time-for-money trap are also common reasons for health coaches failing in their business.
  3. The NACC program offers expert-led, evidence-based modules on neuroanatomy, cognition, exercise, brain health, and more, aimed at helping coaches elevate their skills and grow their coaching business.

A gambler's guide to giving talks

benn.substack • 2 HN points • 02 Jun 23
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Be entertaining and focus on keeping the audience engaged, rather than just educating them.
  2. Maintain a fast pace in your talk to prevent the audience from getting bored and drifting off.
  3. Use transitions, humor, and obscure references to create a more engaging and memorable presentation.

How to find a mentor and build a rewarding relationship

The Skip • 1 implied HN point • 19 Nov 23
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Finding a mentor goes beyond just relying on your manager and company for guidance in your career.
  2. Networking to find mentors involves connecting with former managers, dotted-line managers, peers, and professional friends.
  3. Consider investing in paid resources like executive coaching or therapy to guide your career, especially for senior leaders.

Founders: How Do You Identify The Real Problem?

Meliora by Ana Stoica • 0 implied HN points • 24 Feb 23
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Encouraging problem-solving through coaching can boost employee morale and lead to innovative solutions
  2. Helping employees think deeper by identifying underlying problems can improve team collaboration and performance
  3. Using coaching skills to enhance problem-solving conversations can lead to a more constructive work environment