the greatness of humility

This is so well said, I had to share - thanks Luke (who ever you are)
http://lukenewman.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/humility/

"...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."

"Most conflict resolution requires humility because you have to admit the possibility of being wrong."

Body image ladies

Oprah is banging on about body image,    her stats say:

Do You Like Your Appearance?
60s: 64%
Teens 69.3%

Do You Look Good for Your Age?

60s: 88.3%
Teens 80.2%

There are more on the site - go visit - mostly it's healthy stuff to hear, and may help anyone on a day of crisis.

And there's also an ace  article from Amy Bloom also on Oprah - thank you Amy,

"... Stop criticizing other women's bodies for sport or to soothe yourself. 

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. "

In 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. 431

pre-requisites for creating success in life

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.


Then I found in my email a reminder to listen to a talk by Brian Tracy. It said:


"Brian [Tracy] has discovered two things about successful people: 
1) they know more things than others about their craft and 
2) they think in a different way than average people."


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.