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12,000 parts to a piano

3/10/2019

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I scrapped the piano. It took me over two hours to undo the bolts and screws and remove the different sections piece by piece (eventually resorting to a crowbar) and I later learned there are over TWELVE THOUSAND parts to a piano. 

The piano is so complex. There must be very few people on this planet who understand not only the component parts but also how to create masterpieces.

Of course no one is born with the skill to master EVERY aspect of the piano; it takes hours of practice. But how do we know the habits we practice are the right things? To master the piano and accelerate to the very top of masterpiece creation it would be necessary to invest maximum focus, energy, time and money into:

  • Learning from coaches, teachers and experienced masters to help ME master the piano
  • Repeatedly practising the best possible habits for the piano
  • Taking the opportunity to push the piano knowledge beyond what is comfortable
  • Self-reflecting on which areas of the piano need to be worked on​

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10 powerful coaching questions

3/7/2019

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You're only as good as the questions you ask.

This was Steve Jobs famous question:

"'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' If the Answer is 'no' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

Back in the early days of coaching I was too ready to give people the answers they were looking for. Now I spend more time crafting and searching for the right question.

If I ask the right question, the answer is more beautiful and more perfect than than best of the answers I could've come up with. Why? Because if you ask the right questions you get to the truth. Sometimes we don't know our own truths. That's one of the reasons why coaching can be so powerful.

The questions I ask my people are usually the things that trigger BREAKTHROUGH thinking.  I wanted to share some of them with you. Don't just read them. Answer them. 
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  1. Do you believe it’s POSSIBLE that you could be achieving more?
  2. If you KNEW you couldn’t fail what would you do be doing?
  3. If I gave you a MAGIC wand what problems would you make disappear?
  4. What are you SCARED of?
  5. What’s STOPPING you?
  6. With whom would you be MOST proud to share your GREATEST achievement?
  7. What do you have already and what are you missing to fulfil the life you dream of?
  8. Why don’t you have your DREAM life already?
  9. Whose fault is it that you’re not where YOU want to be?
  10. WHO has the knowledge you need?

SP :)


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You're only as good as your circle

3/4/2019

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Jim Rohn, the Godfather of personal development famously said:

"You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with."

When I'm working with people, I take it further. Take a look at your five closest: 

Are you satisfied that you will never amount to anything more than their collective knowledge and thoughts?

This is why; you don't know what you don't know. To close the gap between where we are right now and where we want to be includes at least one blind spot. This will rapidly reveal itself when you bring someone into your circle who has already had success. It's not so much what people know, it's how they think.

If you want to change the way you make money you have to change the way you think.

Who do you need in your circle and how are you going to make it happen. Remember the success of anything is built on trust. What could you do which will build instant trust?

​SP :)
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