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By Lynda-Ross VegaMar 3, 20101 topic

Helping Young People Find their Path: Strength Based Coaching and the U.S. Public School System

Whenever I speak about Perceptual Style or Your Talent Advantage one of the most often asked questions is whether or not the theory and the inventories can be used to help young people figure out what they want to do in life. The answer is a resounding yes, but it opens up an underlying issue that is often not addressed. It amazes me how many children graduate from high school and even college with little idea of what they want to do with their lives and often even less of an

Primary topic: Learning

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By Lynda-Ross VegaFeb 18, 20101 topic

A Better Approach to Career Coaching: Putting Your Natural Skills to Work

There is an old Chinese proverb from Lao Tzu that says âGive a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.â My version would read âGive a man most vocational inventories and it will tell him to become a forest ranger. Give him the ACI assessments and it will reveal the natural skills that a job must have for him to be occupationally fulfilled.â A person who knows themselves and their natural skills is served far better i

Primary topic: Coach Training and Certification

Coach Training and Certification

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By Lynda-Ross VegaAug 12, 20101 topic

The 6 Perceptual Styles, What We Value and How We See the World: The Methods Style

Bobâs Perceptual Style is Methods. He perceives the world in a rational, matter-of-fact manner and sees a world that is sensible, logical, and factual. Things are what they are. His great strength is determining objectives and establishing a course of action that systematically leads to the desired result. He sees a world of things to be done, projects to be carried out, responsibilities to master, and tasks to perform all of which require solid, well-structured plans. rn r

Primary topic: Coach Training and Certification

Coach Training and Certification

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By Lynda-Ross VegaNov 25, 20091 topic

Defining Your Talent Advantage For Life Success

Each of us is born with a unique set of natural skills. The challenge we all face is recognizing and developing those skills to their fullest potentials â thus, creating our Talent Advantage. An unused talent is just potential, nothing more. A talent that is recognized and applied is a true TALENT â something at which you excel, receive recognition from others and is satisfying to do. Itâs your Talent Advantage. Have You Found Your Talent Advantage? "To be yourself in a

Primary topic: Transformation

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJul 15, 20101 topic

The 6 Perceptual Styles, What We Value and How We See the World: The Activity Style

Frankâs Perceptual Style is Activity. As the name suggests, Frank is a very active person, he is always on the go. His friends comment that watching him is like watching a pinball machine as he bounces from topic to topic and from person to person. Heâs always in motion moving from moment to moment energetically. To Frank the world is a dynamic and exciting place full of experience, connections, and relationships. Because the patterns and connections are constantly changi

Primary topic: Manifestation

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJul 23, 20101 topic

Why Don't "They" See Things the Way I Do? How Perceptual Style Theory Helps Us Understand Social Differences

Have you ever been in a disagreement with someone and felt that you were living on entirely different planets and experiencing an entirely different event? Weâve all been there, attempting to prove our point and convince someone that we are âright,â with no success. The trouble is often times we really HAVE experienced a situation or event differently. This is because of a difference in Perceptual Style. Perceptual Style is the way you take in information through your f

Primary topic: Coach Training and Certification

Coach Training and Certification

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By Lynda-Ross VegaAug 16, 20091 topic

Secrets For Making the Law of Attraction Work For You

There's been a recent explosion of awareness regarding "The Law of Attraction." You probably know of at least one of the several films and books that have become international hits that explore "The Law" such as What the Bleep Do We Know!?, The Secret (both book and film), and The Prayer of Jabez. The success of these films and books reflect the strong interest that people have in understanding "The Law of Attraction" and their desire to have its powerful effect manifest in t

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJan 15, 20101 topic

How to Never Sell Again - No Matter What Business Youâre In

If youâre like most people, the idea of selling fills you with fear and dread. Maybe itâs the fear of rejection or the cheesy sales pitch. Regardless, itâs not an activity many of us look forward to. Usually the image that comes to mind is that of a used car salesman - a backslapping, glad-handing, insincere person with a gift for gab, and a pressure close. Very few of us want to see ourselves like that. Yet in reality, you sell to people every day. If you didnât, it

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJun 17, 20111 topic

Psychology and Leadership: What Does Your Style Say about You?

Leadership is a complex skill that is difficult to pin down. Much of the research on the subject has focused on obvious traits such as command, decision making, risk-taking, etc. While these definitions capture much of what is widely recognized as leadership in business and politics, it limits leadership to one or two of the six distinct human Perceptual Styles. On the surface, itâs true, some of these psychological styles look more like natural-born leaders than othersâb

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Lynda-Ross VegaDec 28, 20091 topic

Help Yourself with the Skills of Others

Remember how Tom Sawyer convinced all those other kids to paint the fence he was supposed to paint? He made wise use of other peopleâs skills. One of the secrets to success in life is making use of the fact that others can contribute to your success with their diverse interests, skills and talents. There are things you do better than other people; these skills and talents are what you do naturally. Your joy, satisfaction, and meaning in life come as the result of opportunit

Primary topic: Motivation

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJul 14, 20121 topic

Leadership: What Is It? And Why Is It So Important to Us?

Google the word âleadershipâ and the search will return 360 million results. This staggeringly large number points out one âtruismâ about leadership â it is a topic about which much has been said and written. A brief survey of even the first page of Web results will reveal that there are nearly as many opinions on the subject of leadership as there are people talking about it. One of the things about leadership that I often strikes me in the 30 years that I have foc

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Lynda-Ross VegaDec 11, 20091 topic

How to Follow a Path with Heart For Greater Life Success

The world is full of âsuccessfulâ people who donât enjoy their work, find no joy in their daily activities and wander from one diversion to another with no true direction or chance at experiencing life success. In our work with clients, we most often see this situation with people who have chosen their direction in life based on suggestions from others, how much money they thought they could earn, or because they never really thought about their natural talents and how

Primary topic: Motivation

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By Lynda-Ross VegaNov 13, 20091 topic

Life Success in 3 Steps

We all recognize that the growth that takes place between birth and ages 18 to 21 are pretty dramatic. But physical, emotional and intellectual development continues throughout your life even if the changes are less noticeable. One of the most exciting areas of adult development â and one that is the key to true success in life is in the area of skills and roles. In other words, what do you want to spend your time doing, both at work and at play? Just like a 10-month-old ba

Primary topic: Achievement

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJul 21, 20111 topic

Psychology and Leadership: Vision and Adjustments

The Vision Leadership StylernPeople with the Vision Style are dynamic, energetic risk-takers who inspire, encourage, and motivate followers with their optimistic commitment to a long-range vision. Vision leaders attract followers with their ability to paint a vivid picture of the future. Flexible and enthusiastic, individuals with this style tend to be open to new opportunities and courses of action, whatever those may be; for them, the failure of any particular direction, pl

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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By Lynda-Ross VegaAug 15, 20121 topic

Leadership: Does the Situation Matter?

In previous posts weâve talked about two major camps of leadership theorists: those who believe leadership is all about a handful of universal traits, and those who believe itâs all about a handful of different leadership styles. Both of these approaches clearly have merit. After all, there are certain traits that effective leaders seem to share, and yet, experience shows us that leadership is not a âone size fits allâ proposition. Thereâs a key element in leadershi

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Lynda-Ross VegaAug 8, 20121 topic

Leadership: Is It All About Style?

rnDo all leaders possess the same key traits? The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu thought so. In his famous book on leadership, The Art of War, he proposed that all effective leaders possess the same five characteristics: intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and discipline. In modern times, however, weâve discovered that different leaders lead in different ways â and that what works for one type of leader wonât necessarily work for another. Style theories

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJul 24, 20121 topic

Are the 5 Classic Traits of Effective Leaders All There Is To It?

One of the classic schools of thought on the subject of leadership holds that leadership â whether in business, politics, or other areas of society â consists of a collection of traits. These traits can be cultivated by anyone who wishes to become a better leader. To show you just how long this school of thought has been around, Iâd like to share a quote with you from Sun Tzuâs The Art of War: Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courag

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Lynda-Ross VegaApr 27, 20101 topic

Iâm Right, Youâre Wrong: Behavioral Science Explains Away This Universal Belief

I have always been fascinated by the âwhyâ of human behavior. At the heart of the work I do in my practice with my colleague Gary Jordan is Perceptual Style Theory (PST). This comprehensive, well-researched behavioral science theory, is the direct result of our pursuit over the last 30 years to make sense of the everyday differences people experience between themselves and others. Our objective has always been to provide a tool that people can easily use to understand the

Primary topic: Assessment Tools

Assessment Tools

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJun 2, 20101 topic

Searching For Success? Discover Your Talent Advantage First

It never ceases to amaze me how often people are their own harshest critics and assume some level of failure because they havenât found the level of success or happiness they expect in life. The root of this unhappiness is usually a total disregard for what they do well naturally and repeated attempts to succeed with skills they have acquired rather than those with which they were innately gifted. They focus on their inability to succeed as the problem instead of on their n

Primary topic: Assessment Tools

Assessment Tools

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By Lynda-Ross VegaMay 5, 20101 topic

Behavioral Science and the 6 Universal Categories of Perceptual Style

If youâve been following our special article series on Perceptual Style Theory then you are already in the thick of exploring this very important study of behavioral science. If youâre just now tuning in hereâs a refresh on the first two principles of PST and then weâre on to explore PST #3. Principle #1: People perceive the world differently. Principle #2: Differences in perception result in psychological diversity, and psychological diversity is the most profound di

Primary topic: Learning

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By Lynda-Ross VegaApr 26, 20121 topic

Relationships and Psychology: Weâre More Alike than We Think

We receive a lot of input from many sources in life that focus on who is better, richer, stronger, most beautiful, most talented, most athletic, etc. â which puts the emphasis on superlatives and its inherent competition. There are those who believe this contributes to people feeling isolated and âless thanâ. After all, no one is the best at everything, so even if we are the best at something, the media constantly barrages us with more information about the areas where

Primary topic: Success Coaching

Success Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaDec 23, 20101 topic

Personal Development and Relationships: 3 Steps to More Effective Communication

Have you ever had the experience of speaking to someone and, in return, getting either a blank stare or a complete non-sequitur? The easiest explanations are often, âthey didnât hear meâ, âthey didnât want to communicate with meâ, or âthey donât speak my language.â But in reality, this type of communication disconnect occurs most often between people who have no common perceptual ground in their relationships. The Perceptual Style Theory (PST) describes a sy

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By Lynda-Ross VegaApr 23, 20101 topic

A Coaching Dilemma: How to Discover What Your Coaching Client Really Needs

At ACI for Coaches, we recently held our first teleclass, âThe Top 3 Reasons Coaching DOESNâT Work, and What You Can Do About It.â One of the points we make is that a personâs explanation of why they have come to coaching often obscures what they really need to work on. The cause of this is at the heart of one of the main reasons why coaching often does not achieve all that it can. Strength-based coaching is designed to help people achieve their goals by helping them

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaDec 2, 20111 topic

Business and Relationships: Change Your Words, Change Your World

I have several friends who send me interesting emails. You know the type, You Tube videos, jokes, stories â you probably get a few of these, too. Recently, I received one that got me to thinking about its message, which was âChange your words. Change your world.â Itâs a message that really hit home for me, especially within the context of human Perceptual Styles. How you perceive the world â how you make meaning out of what your senses experience â really does det

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJul 1, 20111 topic

Psychology and Leadership: Activity and Methods

Previously, we examined the five qualities of effective leaders, regardless of Perceptual Style. Here, weâll begin to look at the unique leadership qualities of each specific Perceptual Style, along with real world examples of each.* The Activity Leadership StylernThose with the Activity Perceptual Style donât tend to be continuous leaders. (In general, they prefer to let people pursue their own directions.) If, however, a crisis or situational problem arises, they will s

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Lynda-Ross VegaFeb 1, 20101 topic

Preferences for Interaction

Weâre constantly interacting with other people. No matter what the activity, work or play. Itâs a part of life, and how well we interact often determines our success in many areas. You may have noticed that people interact in very different ways with very different purposes. Some people love to socialize at parties while others will avoid such social situations at any cost. In contrast, others like to work cooperatively to make things happen but donât understand how peo

Primary topic: Life Coach and Life Coaching

Life Coach and Life Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaMar 17, 20101 topic

You Can Learn Any Skill With Training But You Canât Learn To Love It!

The concept of natural and acquired skills can be a confusing one. When I talk about building a life around natural skills instead of acquired ones I am always challenged by someone. The challenges come in various forms, but they are always something along two different lines: âYou canât just do the things you like to do and survive in this world.â and âThere are lots of things that I do that I am not naturally gifted at doing, but I do them just fine!â My unequivoc

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By Lynda-Ross VegaApr 14, 20121 topic

Learn How to Celebrate You!

Why do so many people go through life feeling unhappy, dissatisfied, and unfulfilled? I believe that, in many cases, itâs because theyâve been taught to suppress their core being â the unique traits that combine to make them who they really are. This is one of the reasons why people often experience a sense of wonder after they take the Perceptual Style Assessment (PSA); they begin to understand and embrace their unique talents and skills. rnI never get tired of watchin

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaMay 3, 20111 topic

Can You Only Market to People Like Yourself?

As internet marketers, we draw people to our offerings by shining a spotlight on ourselves, our personality and our unique gifts and talents. The way we do this is by utilizing our âSpotlight Style.â Much of what we sell is information â products and services based on what we know, and that we think will be of value to others. Our products and services carry a heavy stamp of our own distinctive personality and they âSpotlightâ who we are. Each personâs Spotlight S

Primary topic: Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy

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By Lynda-Ross VegaMar 26, 20121 topic

Live Your Talents, Love Your Work

After thirty years in business coaching, there are a few things I know to be true: 1) different people have different innate skills and abilities, 2) most people are currently performing jobs that are not supported by their natural skills and abilities, and 3) when people connect with jobs that are supported by their natural skills and abilities, they shine. All of which Iâve always found reflected in the following quote from Confucius: âChoose a job you love, and you wil

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaMay 17, 20121 topic

Just Wonderful: Why We Focus on Our Weaknesses (and Fail to Develop Our Strengths)

A couple of years ago, I presented Your Talent Advantage, the psychological assessment and business development system I helped to create, to a networking group. I thought the focus of the talk was pretty straightforward: the major points behind Perceptual Style Theory (on which our assessments are based), the six innate Perceptual Styles, natural skills versus acquired skills, and how youâre more likely to succeed when you focus on the former. So when I had finished, I was

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By Lynda-Ross VegaDec 30, 20111 topic

Take Off the Blinders! Coaching Based on Perceptual Style

Coaches have the honor and privilege of working with a broad range of clients in a variety of different contexts. Whether the context for that coaching is professional or personal, clients reveal what life is like from their unique perspective. What might come easily for one client is a constant struggle for another. What feels like an opportunity to one client feels hugely intimidating to anotherâ¦ and the list of differences goes on and on.rnSome clients have developed a s

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJan 25, 20111 topic

Business and Creativity: Itâs Not Just for Artists!

There are six distinct Perceptual Styles that characterize the ways the different people see the world. On the surface, some of these styles look more creative than othersâbut creativity is not a Perceptual Style quality, itâs a human quality. Often, when we hear the word âcreativityâ we think of artists and art in the broadest sense of the wordâpainting, sculpture, composing, writing, etc. But creativity is not limited to the artistic field, and entrepreneurs and o

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By Lynda-Ross VegaMar 17, 20111 topic

Relationships and Marriage: Finding Your True Love A Perceptual Styles Perspective

Thereâs no one factor or theory that can fully explain why, how, and with whom we fall in love, but the Perceptual Styles Theory (PST) can help individuals understand the challenges weâre likely to face in different types of relationships. This perspective can be invaluable in predicting communication issues, and in smoothing out issues when they do arise. There are four basic Perceptual Style (PS) experiences in love, based on couples whose styles are the same, neighbori

Primary topic: Relationship Advice

Relationship Advice

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By Lynda-Ross VegaMar 2, 20121 topic

Working Harder vs. Working Happier: What Research Tells Us about Success

Have you ever had the experience of being so deeply immersed in a project that you lost track of time? Research shows that those are the times when weâre happiest- when weâre engaging our natural skills and abilities. As a business coach with over thirty years of experience, Iâve seen it in action, over and over again: people succeed when they put themselves in a position to truly use their natural skills and abilities. Happiness leads to success. When I talk about this

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJan 26, 20121 topic

Coaching and Psychological Styles: Adjust Your Approach!

âAdjust your approach.â As a coach, youâre probably familiar with this concept, as different clients need different tools â and different types of communication â to achieve the results theyâre looking for. But most often, these adjustments are based purely on intuition; sometimes they make a difference in the client relationship, and sometimes they donât. Just as problematic is the fact that coaches often donât adjust their approach until the first approach h

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJan 11, 20121 topic

Life, Business and the Pursuit of Happiness: Do More of What You Do Best!

Why do some people thrive in the work they do while others seem miserable? Throughout my years as a business coach and a consultant, this question always fascinated me. On a practical level, I always tried to place people in the ârightâ job for them. But uncovering ârightâ was a trial and error process of soliciting input from people about what they wanted and then observing their performances. It wasnât until my partner Gary and I developed the Perceptual Style Ass

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaMar 5, 20111 topic

Personal Growth: How Are Your Resolutions Holding Up?

If you are like most people, every January you make a few New Yearâs Resolutions: âThis is the year I am going to. . . lose that extra 10 pounds, finally get organized, stop watching so much television, etc., etc.â But if you are like most people, by the time you get to mid-February (or even earlier) all of your good intentions, dedication, and will power have succumbed to the relentless force of your daily routine. Likewise, every year there are articles from various s

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By Lynda-Ross VegaNov 14, 20111 topic

Getting to the Middle of it: Building a Business From its Core

Just as in the human body, the strength of a business comes from its core. A strong core facilitates growth and endurance, and in business, that growth equals success, and that endurance equals longevity. Naturally, a successful, long-living business is what we all want and strive for! rnYou are the core of your business. You are its strength, its heartbeat, its reason for being. As its core, your strength comes from understanding your skills and talents and applying them in

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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By Lynda-Ross VegaJan 11, 20111 topic

Help! I think I Picked the Wrong Coach: 3 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Tell If Itâs a Bad Fit

The numbers are daunting: one third of all small businesses will fail within the first two years and only one half will make it to year four. When it comes to internet businesses, though, those statistics look positively rosy. According to Sean Donahoe of the ADD Marketing Group, 95% of all internet marketers fail to make any money at all online. According to Donahoe: âThe problem is that people want immediate results and as soon as they hit any form of roadblock they chang

Primary topic: Entrepreneurs

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