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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach, and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

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How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Published on May 14, 2017 05:39

Turning from the ugliness of the moment

No matter where we are, and I hope you are in a beautiful place right now, turning from the ugliness of the moment is something we can all do. This is especially so when we widen the scope of what we mean as ugliness to include negative world events, collective concerns and personal fears.

Rather than suggesting we should bury our heads in the sand, nor even ignore whatever we dislike, we can choice to manage our attitude towards the ugliness of the moment.

Personal fears deserve focused attention to investigate their validity plus the element of learning they might contain for us. Turning from the ugliness of the moment, in this case, would be a case of looking below the surface to comprehend what we need to take on board before dismissing the rest.

Collective concerns, such as unusual climatic occurrences for example, likewise require a clear-headed effort to understand what each of us is able to do to at least not perpetuate the situation. Turning from the ugliness of the moment here would be more a question of turning the matter around to gain insight and find a way through the mess.

Negative world events have the power to overwhelm us only of we give away our ability to face them with intelligence and objectivity. Turning from the ugliness of the moment in this instance would mean trusting ourselves and the world at large to overcome ugliness with goodness, compassion and beauty.

Ramblings no doubt, but thanks nonetheless for connecting and reading this post today. If you’d like to share your input on the issue of Turning from the ugliness of the moment, please feel free to leave a comment below.

Brian.

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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach, and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

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How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Published on May 10, 2017 22:34

How to learn from then for the benefit of now

With this ‘How to learn from then for the benefit of now‘ post, I am not suggesting all events from the past justify or warrant a plaque to remind the world of their occurrence.

Looking at yesterday’s experiences for the sake of developing ourselves today is, however, a practice worth investing in. From this perspective, we are as it were demonstrating how to learn from then for the benefit of now.

Using history – be it our own, that of a country or even of the world as a whole – we are tapping into a valuable resource and showing we know how to learn from then for the benefit of now.

Naturally, in the process, we obtain information and ideas about both what we can implement and what is best left alone.

Taking the issue of how to learn from then for the benefit of now to a much more personal level, let me stop here by asking this question: “What has been the key lesson for you from the year to date?”

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Brian.

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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach, and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

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How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Published on May 07, 2017 01:16

Packaged simply

Be it an object or an idea, when packaged simply anything has the potential to be understood in an instance. A certain neatness draws us to it we might say.

In terms of using the object in question packaged simply, the simplicity of packaging might help us in connecting to it for the sake of implementing or using it. Certainly, it is not fair to assume this will always be so, yet many times it is.

Another benefit of having something packaged simply, at least from the perspective of respecting the environment, is the absence of unnecessary waste. So often we have to fight our way through needless layers of plastic, cardboard and the like to actually reach the thing which could easily have been packaged simply.

The question to be asked may well be whether those who, for whatever reasons, fail to ensure their product or service is packaged simply have ever attempted to use it? If yes, why weren’t better opening instructions included? If no, why not?

Taking the matter of being packaged simply to perhaps extreme levels, to what extent are we hiding behind facades, hype, and bluff? Would it be fair to say we live up to our words and communicate effectively who we are, being authentic at all times?

To share your thoughts on the points raised here, please leave a comment below. For now, thanks for reading this ‘Packaged simply‘ post.

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Brian.

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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach, and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

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How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Published on May 03, 2017 23:22

Being seen as we are in every moment

Putting aside the benefits or otherwise of being seen as we are in every moment by way of the numerous CCTV cameras directed at us everywhere, let’s consider the idea of being seen behind the facade and masks we may use for whatever reason as we go about performing our daily routines.

It is likely we have become accustomed to undertaking various roles over the course of the day. With these parts – worker, student, customer, father, mother, family member, friend, neighbour and the like – come expectations regarding our performance. Authenticity and integrity, however, could suffer in the process.

Attempting to live up to what is required or considered best practice leads, in many cases, to the aforementioned facade and masks. It is so easy to forget who we are in such instances. Letting go of any worries about being seen as we are in every moment by others can be liberating.

Being seen as we are in every moment by ourselves, on the other hand, involves a good measure of self-awareness coupled with a dash of curiosity. From this position of clarity, we are able to ensure that the forthcoming efforts are directed towards our desired goals, as opposed to those of everyone else excluding ours.

To share your input on the issues raised, please leave a comment below. In the meantime, thanks for reading this ‘Being seen as we are in every moment’ post.

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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

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Published on April 30, 2017 00:26

WAVES RIGHT NOW from More Heart Poems Captured From Dreams

WAVES RIGHT NOW from More Heart Poems Captured From Dreams

“Waves shape the sea, as our presence shapes today.” @bgdtcoaching

The waves carry hope, clothed in a mist.

Each crest rises and falls, relentless in its march.

Reefs, wrecks and waste fail to impede

the charge of the white horses.

Ride the force, languish in the pool.

No man is spared the unyielding waves.

A verse from the mariner, a shanty whistled softly.

Life is captured in the waves of the moment.

Waves of loss crash cruelly against the rocks.

Waves of love kiss gently the shore.

Nothing is certain, save the waves right now.

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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

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How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Published on April 28, 2017 02:28

Honestly, what is clouding the issue for you?

If you are like many people who make contact with me about coaching, you want to be and do your best yet feel frustrated, so let me ask immediately: “Honestly, what is clouding the issue for you?”

With this proverbial elephant out in the open, we have the opportunity to work on exploring the ins and outs of honestly what is clouding the issue for you. Each and every doubt, element of confusion or uncertainty, lingering negative experiences plus whatever else we trust to the conversation, offers the chance for learning.

With clarity, the main focus ideally comes into view. Objectives in most instances are already clear to us – at least in our heart if not in our head. Admitting, even if only to yourself honestly what is clouding the issue for you can be a significant first step to moving anew towards your key goal.

If you’d like to examine honestly what is clouding the issue for you, perhaps as part of a complimentary coaching session via Skype or Google+ hangout, please get in touch.

Kindest regards.

Brian.

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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

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Published on April 27, 2017 02:37

Why do we indulge in turning back the clock?

Yesterday has gone, the past is over, yet why do we indulge in turning back the clock? So often reference is made to the ‘Good Ol’ Days’, an almost mystical era in which today’s experiences cannot be favourably compared.

Rather than worrying excessively about whether in fact what came before was indeed better than this present moment, maybe we should concern ourselves with what is presumably lacking now to answer the question ‘Why do we indulge in turning back the clock?’

Attempting to escape reality seems to make up the focus of attention for many people and the entertainment industry feeds the desire with films and novels set in earlier times. Choosing such pastimes – no pun intended – is of course quite valid.

Deciding to live fully in the present is likewise an option with benefits, so ‘Why do we indulge in turning back the clock?’

However you embrace time, thanks for spending some of it here today reading this ‘Why do we indulge in turning back the clock?’ post.

Brian.

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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

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How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Published on April 23, 2017 00:38

How to benefit fully from the positives and negatives

How to benefit fully from the positives and negatives of the moment is much about embracing whatever we have right now. In many instances we hear people bemoaning the lack of this or that, using the perceived shortfall in resources as justification for remaining stuck where they are.

Looking at how to benefit fully from the positives and negatives from a proactive position, we are able to move towards our goals regardless of external circumstances and internal doubts. We can believe everything has something to teach us. By looking for these lessons we connect with many opportunities all around us.

The labels ‘Positives’ and ‘Negatives’ could be questioned when we look closer at how to benefit fully from the positives and negatives of events and situations. What at first appears to be without value can be crucial to our development. The opposite is also most likely true, but again it is all a matter of perception.

For now, let me just thank you for reading this ‘How to benefit fully from the positives and negatives’ post today.

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Brian.

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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

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How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Published on April 20, 2017 08:50

What to do when facing a sweet choice

Life is not always a bowl of cherries, yet at times it seems to consist of many opportunities and equally pleasant options, so much so the problem becomes ‘What to do when facing a sweet choice?’

How we respond to this dilemma determines most likely as to what to do when facing a sweet choice.

Being aware of the potential impact our eventual pick will have on subsequent moments is perhaps a fundamental part of our decision-making process. After all, would an element of delayed gratification produce a more beneficial effect later?

At times we might be tempted to decline whatever is on offer, particularly if we feel the best thing what to do when facing a sweet choice is in actual fact ‘Nothing at all’.

Moving to a wider perspective of what to do when facing a sweet choice, that of living circumstances from the position of our values, selecting this or that possibly becomes easier. Choosing based on the criteria of what resonates most with us ensures we fully embrace the moment.

To share your input on the issue of ‘What to do when facing a sweet choice’, please leave a comment below.

Brian.

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About Brian

Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

Publications

How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)