Have you ever felt that you didn’t care (enough) for yourself? Or that you didn’t care (enough) for others? They are closer connected than you might think. 

I have the blessing that I always have people around me who care for me: my family, my friends, my colleagues and even my clients. That is something that I’m much more aware of now, but that awareness wasn’t always there. I took the care I received from others for granted. 

On the other hand, you may think that people you care for, always know that you care for them, but that is also not always the case. How you care and the level of care is not always felt and appreciated by the other on the receiving end. 

So many different people, so many different needs and different expectations of what care they want, and they give (back). Have you experienced that you did everything in your power to arrange something (care) for somebody, but they didn’t experience it in the way that you...

Last week I travelled to Sevilla, Spain, not for vacation, not for relaxation, not for the sun.

Have you ever felt that something needed to change and that change requires something new? Not new in the sense of getting something new, but new in the sense of an update. An update in behavior, my own behavior, and habits.

As CHPC* coach, I think I have a fair level of healthy, empowering, and productive habits in my life. Habits like generating energy, and increasing productivity are examples of the six high performance habits that I strive for in my own life on a daily basis and that I teach and coach others on in their lives.

For what I want to experience in life, I have to admit that there is a new level and direction that I need to bring into my habits. Not completely changing my habits, as the application of the six high performance habits stays the same in principle. It is in what area (direction) in my life that I want to apply the habits (more). Take for example the habit of...

Success is what I (and many of you :-)) have always tried to achieve, success at school, success at work, success with friends, success in relationship(s), success with own company. The taste of success is sweet and satisfying, but sometimes uncomfortable as well especially when people pat you on your back and put your on the proverbial pedestal.

To be continued...