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Why you can’t worry your way to success: What to do instead

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:05/10/2016
  • Post category:Flourishing / Learning / negative thinking / Solution Talk / Thinking / Thriving
  • Post comments:1 Comment

I love Sonya Lyubomirsky and Chris Tkach's article on Dysphoric Rumination.  It explains perfectly, in academic speak, why you can't worry your way to success and what to do instead. …

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[How] are questions better than affirmations?

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:08/03/2012
  • Post category:Goal Setting / Achievement / Interpersonal Skills / Managing People / Solution Talk
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Thanks to John Campbell at Growth Coaching International for the link to recent research into the benefits of asking questions before doing a task, versus making affirmations.  The research shows…

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From Doubt to Curiosity with a “Possibility Pill”

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:04/09/2007
  • Post category:Growth & Change / Leadership / Solution Talk
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I have a client who came to me with a problem - she doubts everything, both her capability and the capabilities of her team. In certain arenas the doubt has…

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Expertise and Responsiveness – what you need depends on where you’re going

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:21/08/2007
  • Post category:Learning / Solution Talk
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It's confession time. Even though I (Sharon) have been in the consulting/training game for over 15 years, I still find it very difficult when I am expected to "tell people…

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Miracles do happen

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:13/08/2007
  • Post category:Growth & Change / Solution Talk
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In my programs I sometimes ask people a "miracle question", a visualisation activity, where they get to imagine that they go to sleep and a miracle occurs overnight and the…

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Future Perfect – a direction rather than an end goal

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:23/07/2007
  • Post category:Solution Talk
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I've just read that the new Solutions Focus book is getting a plug in the Australian Institute of Management's “Management Today” monthly magazine under the heading "Best Books in the…

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Building a Solution Focussed Platform for Change

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:05/07/2007
  • Post category:Growth & Change / Solution Talk
  • Post comments:1 Comment

I have been using the Solutions Focus approach for a few years now in change and restructure work. It's energising because it focuses on what people can and are already…

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