Coaching for Change

IN THE MOMENTS OF CHOICE... What you sow, so shall you reap. In other words, our actions decide the results we get. So we have all heard. But even before we act, there are 2 steps that happen in our mind which we most of the times do not pay attention to. In fact, these 2 steps that we are unaware of are so crucial that they actually dictate the action we take and the result we get. These 2 steps that quietly take place in our mind unknown to us are … ATTENTION and CHOICE. Most of us, at any given point in time, when we choose to undertake a particular action; we actually choose based on where our attention at that point in time is. Every minute is a tradeoff. The fact that you are reading this piece is because you chose to over every other thing on the earth you could have done. And that you chose this is because something about this piece caught your attention. Let me explain further. The video games these days have almost every teenager hooked to it. While coaching a teena...

GOAL SETTING Goals are critical. They keep you focused on what’s important, and allow you to make the best use of your 24 hours each day. We all know that. And yet research shows only 20% of the population sets goals and 92% of those goals are never achieved. And it becomes more challenging when the person you want to set goal is an Adolescent! It is difficult for teens to see beyond the present. Goal setting challenges them psychologically because it involves having to wait for a long time to see the results, which, again, is a good lesson to teach as kids grow up. They should learn that anything good is worth working for and that it is only over time and effort that we see the true results of all of our hard work. Very few things come to us immediately. We all know without a goal in mind we can end up wasting time and energy and are finally left with nothing in hand. In a bid to demonstrate to them how gratifying, energizing and fulfilling goal setting and accomplishing can...