tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19590581795046103222024-03-05T13:30:09.533-08:00stella george's blogDr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-10857237836641431972013-06-09T08:20:00.003-07:002013-06-09T08:20:44.770-07:00Natural Skin Carehttp://livingboho.blogspot.ca/2013/06/anti-makeup-campaign-or-feed-your-face.htmlDr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-52918718248885792972013-04-15T12:37:00.001-07:002013-04-15T12:37:49.904-07:00Gen Y investing in other Gen Y businessesIf you are a Gen Y who needs capital investment then these guys might be worth considering.<br />
http://genycap.com/apply/Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-42979915979148134852013-02-19T11:46:00.001-08:002013-02-19T11:46:33.647-08:00An article on new genre leadership http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=managementfacpubDr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-61899820913019183792013-02-16T13:29:00.003-08:002013-02-16T13:29:38.215-08:00a great story is worth telling - and here's howTruly excellent TED talk that gives the research behind the structure of a good presentation and storytelling.<br />
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http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks.html<br />
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<br />Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-60331265143116230492013-01-29T14:50:00.000-08:002013-02-16T13:30:02.187-08:00feedback drives performanceSimon Walker talking at TEDxPortsmouth, UK <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J1WKsnDF92c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J1WKsnDF92c</a> on the role of social media is performance development.<br />
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At the high end organizations send people on training courses etc etc., but the follow up on what you are doing to reach your goal doesn't always happen. This is where there can be a use of a social network fulfill the feedback route and opportunity - face to face, emails, phone, social media technology it doesn't matter, doing it works.Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-58068244341840714022013-01-29T12:53:00.000-08:002013-01-29T12:57:01.805-08:00Peter Bensen talking about "spark"Peter Bensen talking about spark in relation to US kids (there's 80 million of them).<br />
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Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-21027932263576437672013-01-24T07:37:00.002-08:002013-01-24T07:37:34.120-08:00this is who I amI blogged this on my <a href="http://lifecoach.independent-thought.com/">life coach blog</a> and I love it so much I'm putting it here too.<br />
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Today I collided with a great article on Linked In by Greg McKoewn, bam, it was one of those that makes perfect sense and is so clear. Based on <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/08/the_disciplined_pursuit_of_less.html" target="_blank">his article </a>in the Harvard Business Review, Greg describes the most effective way to build your career that's meaningful to you as well as future opportunity.<br />
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This is exactly what coaches should focus on with their clients, players, thinkers, people. By focussing on finding the best example from each phase your life you gain a true understanding of what you value and what is valuable about you. For your career, as in Greg's article, this is what sits at the intersection of talent, market and passion (what you're good at, what there's need for and what you love doing).<br />
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Greg uses a great camping metaphor to show that doing the same thing over and over builds expertise in one area, but when people are getting to know you, only the best example from that area is needed - your longest tent pole....<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> "capable people often add additional poles of the same height to their career tent. We end up with 10, 20 or 30 poles of the same height, somehow hoping the tent will go higher. I don't just mean higher on the career ladder either. I mean higher in terms of our ability to contribute." Greg McKoewn.</span></blockquote>
This also applies for life in general too. People know us for what they see us do most. My kid laughed in that "I can't process that idea" sort of way when she discovered I used to be a university teacher - to her I am only and always mum. I do think this is partly why getting back to work after having a career break is hard - even in our own minds we are really only one thing at a time.<br />
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Greg gives a wonderful example of a Stanford University law professor (that's a long tent pole right there) who created a clean and concise resume.<br />
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So, be clear what you would like to remember yourself for, in each phase of your life, and see what it tells you.<br />
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Thanks Greg.<br />
Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-61849801224504556992012-11-25T12:43:00.002-08:002012-11-25T12:43:53.862-08:00Professional Coaching Global AllienceThree top professional coaching organisations to join together to form a Global Coaching & Mentoring Alliance<br />
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ICF - International coach federation based in North America.<br />
EMCC European Mentoring & Coaching Council - European and based in UK<br />
AC - Association for Coaching also based in UK<br />
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<br />Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-53054237854048816602012-11-06T14:13:00.004-08:002012-11-06T14:13:53.515-08:00First be effective then be efficientthat's all, nothing more.<br />
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this excellent thought comes in the form of <i>doing the right thing before doing it right</i><br />
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<i><br /></i>Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-20095757915195414682012-09-18T06:20:00.003-07:002012-09-18T06:20:33.935-07:00One of life's most fulfilling moments occurs in the split-second when the familiar is suddenly transformed into the dazzling aura of the profoundly new.<br />
One of life's most fulfilling moments occurs in the split-second when the familiar is suddenly transformed into the dazzling aura of the profoundly new.<br />
Edward B. Lindaman -Thinking in the Future Tense<br />
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Thank you to <a href="http://gratefulness.org/">gratefulness.org</a><br />
Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-74984893406736003952012-06-22T08:51:00.000-07:002012-06-22T09:05:18.509-07:00Being intelligent in purchase choices<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Daniel Goleman's latest book is Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything. The book argues that new information technologies will create radical transparency, allowing us to know the environmental, health, and social consequences of what we buy.</span><br />
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I love the idea that we can start to balance up the asymmetry of knowledge about the products and their production process that exists between us the consumer (with the buying power) and the producers and suppliers.<br />
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Not all choices are equal check out Good Guide - <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=good%20guide&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CG4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodguide.com%2F&ei=P5fkT7FZpIPoAdPJ2cYK&usg=AFQjCNG_lhypKUnjhRreCRd6K9ivFhhx6w&sig2=m6Q0M3Z2NOjVulWAZUZ6bg">Green, Healthy, & Safe Product Ratings & Reviews | GoodGuide</a>. And ask what suppliers, producers are also doing to pick good purchasing choices - do they use <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=earthster&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthster.org%2F&ei=opfkT_bGBabI6gGL77TLCg&usg=AFQjCNEzhqd0jvxwmwoMyZyV9vC9uHImGQ&sig2=lXMKuRrB-icMm1hItYxqew">Earthster</a> to help them.Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-28773221441848780062012-06-21T07:03:00.002-07:002012-06-21T07:03:26.285-07:00Bees message about sustainability and risk<a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/06/a_beekeepers_perspective_on_ri.html">http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/06/a_beekeepers_perspective_on_ri.html</a>Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-6836034607247021702012-06-20T14:38:00.001-07:002012-06-20T14:38:54.803-07:00A reminder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-71011379729234296432012-03-19T07:17:00.000-07:002012-03-19T07:17:02.625-07:00Engaging (higher education) students in learning now and in the future<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">John Seely Brown (JSB)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">the Digital Age calls for mash-ups, customization, multi-tasking, data mining, and collaboration by difference."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>Full article by Lisa Spiro, the <a href="http://www.nitle.org/about/bios/spiro.php" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">director of NITLE labs</a>, editor of the <a href="https://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/w/page/17801672/FrontPage" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Digital Research Tools Wiki</a>, and author of <a href="http://digitalscholarship.wordpress.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Digital Scholarship in the Humanities</a> blog. You may find her on Twitter as <a href="http://twitter.com/lisaspiro" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">@lisaspiro</a>.</em></span><br />
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http://lukenewman.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/humility/<br />
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"...why would anyone want to be humble if it means you can’t be proud of accomplishements? People who look at humility this way just don’t get it. Humility is not about rejecting pride in a job well done. Humility merely allows for the possibility of imperfection. It’s admitting that there may be someone out there who could possibly have done a better job."<br />
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"Most conflict resolution requires humility because you have to admit the possibility of being wrong."Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-8666688187601069192011-10-31T12:08:00.000-07:002011-10-31T12:09:25.601-07:00Body image ladiesOprah is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Read%20more:%20http://www.oprah.com/style/Body-Image-Statistics-How-Women-Feel-About-Their-Looks#ixzz1cO5NmRyo">banging on about body image</a>, her stats say:<br />
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Do You Like Your Appearance?<br />
60s: 64%<br />
Teens 69.3%<br />
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Do You Look Good for Your Age?<br />
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60s: 88.3%<br />
Teens 80.2%<br />
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There are more on the site - go visit - mostly it's healthy stuff to hear, and may help anyone on a day of crisis.<br />
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And there's also an ace <a href="http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Improving-Body-Image-How-to-Feel-Beautiful-Improving-Self-Esteem">article from Amy Bloom</a> also on Oprah - thank you Amy,<br />
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"... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Stop criticizing other women's bodies for sport or to soothe yourself.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">And start. Start admiring aloud the things you really do admire. Show what you love and value. If you think Marta of Brazil is fantastic, put up her poster and get a group together to watch women's soccer. If Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Hillary Clinton or Aung San Suu Kyi is your hero, say so.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span>Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-57534407434728045552011-10-30T08:47:00.000-07:002011-10-30T08:47:51.380-07:00The holistic nature of being self-assured<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I saw this on fb "A boy makes a girl jealous of other women. A gentleman makes other women jealous of his girl."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">and wondered whether it could also apply to purposeful life.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">"A life without purpose is jealous of those who have meaning. A life with purpose life effortlessly shares meaning with the world."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Ja, needs work.</span>Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-38357796572481820032011-10-26T06:25:00.000-07:002011-10-26T06:25:26.927-07:00In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else. Thomas Merton "Day of a Stranger," Thomas Merton Reader, p. 431Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-43743756597569515222011-10-16T16:49:00.001-07:002011-10-16T16:49:25.216-07:00"and i urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'if this isn't nice, i don't know what is.'" - kurt vonnegutDr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-79323214922552083572011-10-16T07:14:00.000-07:002011-10-16T07:14:36.929-07:00pre-requisites for creating success in life<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I'm refreshing my coaching mind (with Coachville) and have been thinking v.much about what makes a great coach and what coaches do that help people get to the moves that they want - coaches are not about maintaining the just OK status quo, they are about co-creating easy opportunities for positive changes as each unique individual/coachee/ player/ client sees it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">This pretty much sums up what coaching toward success is all about - coaches help people think different about themselves and their actions so they can jump into that success.</span>Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-70131768608444302112011-10-11T19:28:00.000-07:002011-10-11T19:28:44.682-07:00Chinese BambooI'm listening to Aleph - Paulo Coelho on CD from the library - a wonderful way to make the driving fun, enjoyable and useful. It's great on many fronts and I'm sure they'll be more nuggets but today the nuggets is all about Chinese bamboo.<br />
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Paulo says he read a throwaway article about Chinese bamboo taking 5 years to establish it's roots with no apparent growth or activity and then boom it storms ahead making huge changes growing up to 25 metres in the next can't remember months or years. Wonderful metaphor for introverts and the idea of mastery.Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-26784655296341656852011-10-08T20:02:00.000-07:002011-10-08T20:02:25.800-07:00Connect with the world to get creativeExcellent article on Oprah.con Tom Kelley talks to Jancee Dunn (from O I guess) on getting creativity flowing.<br />
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/6-Steps-to-Get-Unstuck-and-Get-Your-Creativity-FlowingDr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-17657238617621421712011-10-07T07:49:00.000-07:002011-10-07T07:49:05.183-07:00This web article (<a href="http://www.realage.com/health-tips/eat-at-home-to-lose-weight?eid=1010648418&memberid=32373514">http://www.realage.com/health-tips/eat-at-home-to-lose-weight?eid=1010648418&memberid=32373514</a>) seems to be suggesting that'd women when happy makes the healthiest eating choices when at home. Doing some additional things that make dinner time beautiful (soft, light , cadres, gentle music) will have a positive emotional effect too.<br />
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Unfortunately for most mums dinner is a totally stressful time of balancing the fussy food ideas of their kids and the rush of after school and early evening activities. Could a message here be make sure you have time to eat in a relaxed atmosphere as many times as possible. If this means preparing food in advance (moving the stress to another past of the day) and sometimes feeding your kids at a separate meal time so that you can meet their often very restricted needs and then get some kick back time to yourself. For some mums that's going to be dinner for one!Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959058179504610322.post-20494693938677208082011-10-04T07:20:00.000-07:002011-10-04T07:20:34.846-07:00use the facts not your interpretation of themLove this article in Scientific American by psychology doctoral candidate who finds of interest in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Maria has written number of articles, I like this one on how our interpretation of a situation changes it. <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/10/04/lessons-from-sherlock-holmes-trust-in-the-facts-not-your-version-of-them/"> http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/10/04/lessons-from-sherlock-holmes-trust-in-the-facts-not-your-version-of-them/</a><br />
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"Often, our mind conflates the world and our own interpretation of it without much thought. We simply assume that the way we see is the way it is."Dr Stella Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14997585144136487066noreply@blogger.com0