What about Fulfillment? “The class.” Yes. “It was wonderful.” In Atlanta? “Yup.” What else? “I had an epiphany of sorts about coaching men.” What about coaching men? “That I need to do it. From the first day of my CTI Fundamentals class, I committed myself to coaching women. Men were too competitive, there was too …
What inspired this? “Watching John Mayer play guitar next to B.B. King.” In what way? “My 12th and final novel, Arrival / Departure: Clark County, got written while listening to a lot of B.B. King. I saw him at Majestic Theatre a couple years before he died. He exuded such kindness, and that colored the …
What’s new? “So many things, and yet absolutely nothing, I suppose.” Go on. “The residual effects of the Happiness Program continue along sweetly. New morning meditation routine. New reading recommendations. Numerous new thoughts about everything from responsibility to decentralization. New coaching workshops upcoming in Atlanta and Seattle. New thoughts about coaching. Many thoughts about self-acceptance.” …
What is the primary difference you see between them? “A couple, actually. One is connotative and the other is denotative.” What is the denotative difference? “Attraction is a part of magnetism but only half. Magnetism comprises repulsion as well. That is not a difference that came to mind immediately, but a friend helped me see …
What was the greatest discovery at this weekend’s Happiness Program? “The happiness quotient we discussed on day 3.” Go on. “It goes something like this: If you write all your responsibilities on the left side of a piece of paper and all your needs on the right side and then tally them and subtract right …
“On Pinterest there was a post about intermittent fasting, and it interested me.” What interested you? “All the benefits.” Go on. “Well, before I do, let me say that on Pinterest I also saw a thing about the benefits of taking cold showers. I don’t know which to try first.” I do both. I have …
Mediator: Ok, thank you both for being here today. Please tell me what brought us here. Bart: My contention is that ORSC is a better coaching methodology and one our client should pursue certification in. Barry: And I disagree fully. Whatever benefits ORSC has, CTI is the much better pathway for our client. Bart: You …
So, how did the ORSC workshop go in Denver? “I want to talk about ORSC as its own entity, today, not in a comparison with CTI.” Go right ahead. “The tools are immensely powerful.” What tools? “The creation of a system’s founding myth, as a means of reminding that system what it loves about itself.” …
This blog is named, in part, after a city, not a memorial. San Antonio is known as Alamo City for its most famous and first of five Spanish missions, and San Antonio is where I have resided since 2010. It is my favorite place I have lived, and despite what heat and tension rise with …
“I feel like whenever I accomplish something important I’m immediately anxious – like, with a feeling of having no direction.” What are some of the questions you ask yourself when you accomplish something? “What’s next? Was it really such a great goal? Who cares?” It’s that last question, I believe, that goes to status and …