Glorious Mess
A magical experience. In a magical place. That was the Female Leadership Experience in Ibiza. A group of remarkable, bold, honest women who had something to figure out about themselves. Women with a longing. Women with a mission. Autonomy. Going your own way. And dealing with what you find there. The heroine’s journey. There […]
What If you fly?
What if I fall?Yes my darling, but what if you fly? ‘There is freedom waiting for you,On the breezes of the skyAnd you ask ‘What if I fall?’‘Oh, but my darling,What if you fly?’(Erin Hanson) How will you ever know?What it's like to fly?If you're always afraid of falling? How will […]
The Big Meaning
Every man has a purpose, something special that he can do better than anyone else. Your work is to discover this, then give yourself to it. The extent to which you use your skills to add to the world determines your happiness. Deepak Chopra Exactly. So this is what you need to do: 1. Discover where […]
Comparison is the thief of joy
About the monster called Comparison. I do it too. Compare myself. Not as often these days, fortunately, but still. With the smarter, slimmer, younger, richer, more successful ones. The more elegant, more creative, more enterprising ones. The more accomplished and wiser ones. Why wasn’t I like them? Pffffff. What a crazy question. There is […]
Daring Greatly
Her greatest talent? Daring to live. I heard someone say that. About a mutual friend. Ama-zing. What a talent. Daring to live. Not being afraid. Or better yet: being afraid, and doing it anyway. Daring to fall flat on your face and shine while doing it. And getting back up shining. One of my heroes, Brené Brown, (do watch her TEDtalk again, www.springcoaching.nl/inspiratie) calls it Daring Greatly.
Courage
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveleld by, And that has made all the difference Intuition or the Art of Decision-Making. Intuition. That built-in detector that separates truth from bullshit. Almost impossible to explain. That one moment, that split second, when for just a moment […]
I heard angels singing.
‘I heard angels singing.’ That’s what he said. ‘I saw through it. I felt it. I knew.’ His name is Oscar. A successful entrepreneur who brought together his dreams and past experiences in a company where he helps other entrepreneurs get off to a flying start. I heard him on the radio in the car, on a programme about innovative business. He was talking about a long time ago. His […]