Start today
They say tomorrow is the busiest day of the week. So if you have something that you want to do and you’re planning to start tomorrow, there’s a good chance you won’t get around to doing it. Best to start today. .
You know the answer
Coaching sessions with QLA provide the time and space for people to reflect on elements in their life. It’s amazing how many conversations produce answers which have already been considered by those raising the problem. A coach doesn’t provide answers. A coach helps others to share their own answers. You may be grappling with a […]
Strategy and execution
When you’re trying to make a change in your life, it’s helpful to distinguish between strategy and execution. Strategy is deciding what to do and how to do it. Execution is implementing the strategy and determining if an action should continue or change. Many of the problems we encounter come from confusing these two. We […]
Relationship milestones
As a couple, you experience a lot of firsts together. You meet someone special and feel giddy for the first time. One date turns into a few, and then you may become official. You may attend your first significant event together, like a holiday away, or meeting each other’s family, or RSVPing with a ‘plus […]
Personal professional relationships
Part of the value of your personal network is knowing many people with different professional skills. However, whenever a personal relationship engages on a professional level, you need to be careful to not combine the worst of two worlds. A “personal professional relationship” will usually have more allowances than a strictly professional engagement. These allowances […]
Pick up the phone
One of the most effective methods for moving things forward with another person is simply picking up the phone and having a conversation (provided that it’s done respectfully, of course). This is because a phone call is usually the shortest exchange to give and receive information, which creates a great energy for both sides to […]
Challenge assumptions
In order to make decisions, we need facts. But it’s hard to source every fact that’s relevant to a decision, so to fill the gaps we also need assumptions. Facts are things we accept as true because we can prove it to be true. Assumptions are things we accept as true without proof. The problem […]
A promise to the world
Today we watch trailers of upcoming movies and games. But in the early age of the internet you couldn’t freely share video, so game developers had to write press releases. The press release was an important promise to the world. Not only were they used to build hype, but they were also used to help […]
Declining job offers
The amazing thing about applying for jobs is that you aren’t obligated to accept the position if it’s offered to you. But this isn’t a common realisation. On some level, we feel obligated to accept a job that we apply for, because why else would we be applying for it? Remember that you should have […]
Focus on each step before you
When you commit to a change in your life, you may suddenly realise how long the journey may take. And that can be daunting. It takes time to realise a new body shape, or find your ideal job, or meet someone special. But when you keep focusing on how far you have to go, you […]