“Are you coming?” The text message from my friend Sam flashed on my phone just as I was beginning an important meeting. In an instant, I realized what I had done.
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“You’ll never make it,” my friend Steve said to me one day over lunch. “You’ll give up before the weekend is over.” He smiled in smug satisfaction, having issued a challenge that he was confident I couldn’t meet.
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“Jim, I’m completely stuck,” said Kyle over the phone that morning. “Every time I try to move forward, something stops me and I’m close to giving up.” As both a coaching client and a good friend, I knew that Kyle had been going through a number of changes in the past year – changes that had ... Views: 1128
“I’m sorry to call you so late,” said Cynthia, the senior project manager on one of my company’s largest consulting projects. The clock beside my bed showed 3:00 AM and I knew from experience that this call would not bring good news.
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“I’m totally overwhelmed,” said Karen, one of my coaching clients. “Now that I know what I really want, I can’t find the time to pursue it.”
A successful partner in a law firm, as well as a devoted wife and mother, Karen had originally come to me because she felt an unsettling longing that ... Views: 882