Coaching Blog - Personal Development

With regular coaching practice, my coaching ear becomes more and more sensitive and is able to pick up seemingly innocent phrases and declarations better and better. Today let's spend a moment on our sense of agency and see how it manifests through various expressions. I wonder how is your sense of agency. And would you believe that you don't really MUST do anything? "MUST" rules Please, note how often the innocent but destructive word "must" appears in our wording (and there

Isn't it that when we shave or do make-up in the morning we think about what will be at work? The same thoughts accompany us at breakfast

Timothy W. Gallwey (born 1938 in San Francisco) is an outstanding thinker in the fields of personal and professional excellence, business health and education, and the ability to push yourself beyond limits - especially in the area of competitive sports. He developed the concept of "The Inner Game", which became the foundation of modern coaching. Tim Gallwey is a prolific writer. His books include The Inner Game of Tennis (1974), Inner Tennis: Playing the Game (1976), Inner S

Each of us is looking for a recipe for a happy life. We are watching the world. We talk to people. We read books.

The support of a professional in managing your own business is invaluable. If you run a company, you are the president or a member of the management team, and you want your company to develop dynamically. It is worth reaching out for business coaching. It is carried out by a qualified business coach who will thoroughly analyze the company's needs and its situation and, on this basis, will propose a way of cooperation. The coach helps to solve short-term and long-term problems

Anthony de Mello, a Catholic priest, offers us another anecdote from his book The Prayer of the Frog. All the more interesting because it concerns faith and religion and tells the story of a priest who misunderstood God. This is another pinch of educational humor on the Empowerment Coaching Krakow blog that shows how disastrous the effects of limiting beliefs can be. The anecdote about the priest and the three boats The priest was sitting at his desk near the window, preparin

Original graphics by Dusan Petricic Happiness and beauty live in many, often short, moments and opportunities the world gives us every day. We have to be able to notice them. However, we first need to stop to experience them and store them in our memory. Mindfulness and conscious practice of gratitude can radically change our view of the world and take our sense of happiness to an entirely different level. That's why, on the occasion of another Christmas, we would like to s

Few myths are as universal as the belief that leaders should be tough and confident. At least that was the case before the Covid-19...

We all make mistakes in both personal life and professional environment. It is natural for human beings. And in fact, we learn the most from our mistakes, not our successes. Sometimes, we can quickly correct the situation and prevent the undesired outcomes. In other cases, we can forget about the error and move on. But it also happens that our mistake is a serious one. There is no longer a way to fix it. It is the worst-case scenario. We have to face severe consequences the m

Today, we are starting a new category of posts on the Empowerment Coaching Krakow blog. We will regularly publish reviews of valuable books . These are books worth reading at least once and often worth returning to discover new insights. These books moved us or inspired us to make significant changes. They contain valuable knowledge and practical personal development tips that lead to a better, fulfilled life. We start our series with Don Miguel Ruiz's New York Times

When you're trying to balance work and family, work and personal life, it's good to have an understanding and supportive boss. Someone who doesn't frown when you want to leave work early to attend your children's school event or when you ask for time off to take one of your parents to the doctor. But what if your manager doesn't understand your family's responsibilities? Or worse, is your boss disrespectful or even hostile to your family matters? How do you deal with a boss w

To make the right choice for your new career path, you need to decide what factors are most important to you in your new job, and then choose the option that best reflects them. And it works on two levels - rational and emotional, "intuitive" . You will only be truly happy with your decision when they are matched. This post presents a method that can be used to analyze options at both levels and design your new career path. As you begin preparing for the career change you wan