How can metaphors, like the "diamond in the rough," help clients understand their personal growth journey?
#Coaching #IWD2025 (3/3)
How can metaphors, like the "diamond in the rough," help clients understand their personal growth journey?
#Coaching #IWD2025 (3/3)
"We are not the same persons this year as last ; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person." (W. Somerset Maugham)
#QuestionsForCoaches in thread below 1/2
"We are not the same persons this year as last ; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person." (W. Somerset Maugham)
#QuestionsForCoaches in thread below 1/2
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." (René Descartes)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
Does this quote seem true to you?
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"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." (René Descartes)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
Does this quote seem true to you?
(Cont in thread below 1/3)
“To my mind one does not put oneself in place of the past, one only adds a new link.”
(Paul Cézanne)
#QuestionsForCoaches
– What’s already here that doesn’t need replacing?
– What new link might be quietly forming?
“To my mind one does not put oneself in place of the past, one only adds a new link.”
(Paul Cézanne)
#QuestionsForCoaches
– What’s already here that doesn’t need replacing?
– What new link might be quietly forming?
"And all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts." (William Shakespeare)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
in thread below (1/3)
"And all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts." (William Shakespeare)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
in thread below (1/3)
"I shall ever remember the gentleness of your manners and the wild originality of your countenance."
(Claire Clairmont)
#QuestionsForCoaches
What parts of you feel most natural when you stop trying to fit in?
Where does gentleness and originality already coexist in your life?
"I shall ever remember the gentleness of your manners and the wild originality of your countenance."
(Claire Clairmont)
#QuestionsForCoaches
What parts of you feel most natural when you stop trying to fit in?
Where does gentleness and originality already coexist in your life?
"To have heard without retaining does not make knowledge." (Dante Alighieri)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
How do you distinguish between surface-level understanding and deep knowledge with clients?
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"To have heard without retaining does not make knowledge." (Dante Alighieri)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
How do you distinguish between surface-level understanding and deep knowledge with clients?
Cont in thread below:
What “price” are you assuming you’d have to pay?
How do you help clients discern the difference between imagined effort and true exchange?
What opens up when we take the first step, and let the music lead?
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What “price” are you assuming you’d have to pay?
How do you help clients discern the difference between imagined effort and true exchange?
What opens up when we take the first step, and let the music lead?
(4/5)
What helps you stay open to solutions even when problems seem overwhelming?
How can coaches, mentors or colleagues help reveal hidden solutions?
In relation to your coaching how does this quote resonate with you?
#Coaching (2/2)
What helps you stay open to solutions even when problems seem overwhelming?
How can coaches, mentors or colleagues help reveal hidden solutions?
In relation to your coaching how does this quote resonate with you?
#Coaching (2/2)
In what ways can the pursuit of simplicity bring clarity to a coaching session?
When have you experienced a moment of clarity by letting go of complexity?
What lessons about simplicity have you learned from your own journey as a coach?
#Coaching
In what ways can the pursuit of simplicity bring clarity to a coaching session?
When have you experienced a moment of clarity by letting go of complexity?
What lessons about simplicity have you learned from your own journey as a coach?
#Coaching
What unexpected paths have opened up because a particular dream didn’t come true?
What lessons can be learned from goals that remain unachieved?
How can you help clients appreciate their progress, even when their path has shifted?
#Coaching (2/2)
What unexpected paths have opened up because a particular dream didn’t come true?
What lessons can be learned from goals that remain unachieved?
How can you help clients appreciate their progress, even when their path has shifted?
#Coaching (2/2)
What happens in a coaching space when perfection drops away?
And as always:
You don’t need to answer every question.
Let the ones that nudge something stay with you a little longer. They often bring a smile with them.
#Coaching (4/4)
What happens in a coaching space when perfection drops away?
And as always:
You don’t need to answer every question.
Let the ones that nudge something stay with you a little longer. They often bring a smile with them.
#Coaching (4/4)
“The best candle is understanding.” (Welsh proverb)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
What happens when you approach difficulties with curiosity rather than judgment?
How do you distinguish between seeking to understand and seeking to be right?
Cont in thread below (1/2)
“The best candle is understanding.” (Welsh proverb)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
What happens when you approach difficulties with curiosity rather than judgment?
How do you distinguish between seeking to understand and seeking to be right?
Cont in thread below (1/2)
When have you felt truly seen and supported in your potential?
What leadership qualities do you admire, and how can you embody them?
How do you help clients recognize the greatness that already exists within them?
#Coaching (2/2)
When have you felt truly seen and supported in your potential?
What leadership qualities do you admire, and how can you embody them?
How do you help clients recognize the greatness that already exists within them?
#Coaching (2/2)
"The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs planted by dead men." (Sherwood Anderson)
#QuestionsForCoaches in threads below 1/3
"The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs planted by dead men." (Sherwood Anderson)
#QuestionsForCoaches in threads below 1/3
In what ways have tiny moments shaped your personal or professional journey?
What small action today could help shape a future you would love to experience?
What daily/regular practice could help you refine your craft or skill over time?
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In what ways have tiny moments shaped your personal or professional journey?
What small action today could help shape a future you would love to experience?
What daily/regular practice could help you refine your craft or skill over time?
(2/3)
"There are other tears, bright, clear, untroubled, Shining as the sun, untouched of care." (Zabel Sibil Asadour)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
How do you help clients navigate moments where tears reflect clarity or transformation rather than sadness?
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"There are other tears, bright, clear, untroubled, Shining as the sun, untouched of care." (Zabel Sibil Asadour)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
How do you help clients navigate moments where tears reflect clarity or transformation rather than sadness?
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"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can." (Jane Austen)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
What role does self-compassion play in moving beyond guilt or misery?
Cont in thread below (1/2)
"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can." (Jane Austen)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
What role does self-compassion play in moving beyond guilt or misery?
Cont in thread below (1/2)
"The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings." (Henri-Frédéric Amiel)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
When have you felt most connected to your inner self, and how did it shape your actions?
Cont in thread below (1/2)
"The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings." (Henri-Frédéric Amiel)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
When have you felt most connected to your inner self, and how did it shape your actions?
Cont in thread below (1/2)
What role, does letting go, play in personal transformation?
What “leaves” in your life or mindset might be ready to fall away?
How do you stay connected to your deeper self during change?
How can you use this metaphor in your #coaching?
What role, does letting go, play in personal transformation?
What “leaves” in your life or mindset might be ready to fall away?
How do you stay connected to your deeper self during change?
How can you use this metaphor in your #coaching?
What do you tend to overlook or take for granted?
When have you felt quiet awe, without effort?
What becomes visible when your mind slows down?
How does gratitude move through your coaching presence?
There’s no right answer here, just whatever feels quietly true.
#Coaching 4/4
What do you tend to overlook or take for granted?
When have you felt quiet awe, without effort?
What becomes visible when your mind slows down?
How does gratitude move through your coaching presence?
There’s no right answer here, just whatever feels quietly true.
#Coaching 4/4
"I don't believe there is any finer mission on earth than just to make people laugh." (Roscoe Arbuckle)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
How can light-heartedness help clients navigate challenges more effectively?
What would you say is a fine mission on earth?
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"I don't believe there is any finer mission on earth than just to make people laugh." (Roscoe Arbuckle)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
How can light-heartedness help clients navigate challenges more effectively?
What would you say is a fine mission on earth?
(cont. in thread 1/2)
"If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie." (W. Somerset Maugham)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
How can clients discern wisdom from widely accepted beliefs/trends?
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"If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie." (W. Somerset Maugham)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
How can clients discern wisdom from widely accepted beliefs/trends?
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How do you help clients slow down & notice what’s shaping their views?
When are your own thoughts coming from noise, & when from wisdom?
What shifts when you treat your thinking as opinion, not fact?
Let the question that stays with you be the one you need today.
#Coaching 4/4
How do you help clients slow down & notice what’s shaping their views?
When are your own thoughts coming from noise, & when from wisdom?
What shifts when you treat your thinking as opinion, not fact?
Let the question that stays with you be the one you need today.
#Coaching 4/4
"A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom" (Proverb)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
What does "tasting wisdom" mean to you as a coach?
What would be possible if you trusted your inner wisdom more?
(Cont in thread below 1/2)
"A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom" (Proverb)
#QuestionsForCoaches:
What does "tasting wisdom" mean to you as a coach?
What would be possible if you trusted your inner wisdom more?
(Cont in thread below 1/2)