Muses are sources of inspiration The historical Muses were the daughters of the Greek Gods Zeus and Mnemosyne – they embodied and inspired humans in the realms of arts, history and science. Closer to us, muses have been known to be mysterious or flamboyant women, admired and cherished by artists as a source of inspiration…
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: What are some professional projects for which you’d like to get more space, as in : more resources, more visibility, more power, etc? What exactly would you like to get more of? If you get more space for that
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: What were your key successes over the last year? Who are the people who need to know about them? Who among these people are indeed aware of your successes? What do they know about them? What do they ignore? What
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: Who are the 2 or 3 key people who most influenced the kind of leader you’ve become? What are some traits, skills or attitudes you’ve developed thanks to them? How could you leverage this legacy even better?
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It’s important to understand and navigate through complexity… Inspiration rarely choses nerdy, complicated, nerve-breaking or headache-provoking alleys. Inspiration is very much about simple, obvious and striking images. About an immediate and compelling understanding. It’s the “eurêka” moment that creates alleviation and joy, and triggers the desire to act. That sudden “insight” which fuels our energy
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Why speak, if you don’t think you’ll be heard? Sometimes you’re the only one to have a different opinion in the room. Caution or strategy would call you to keep quiet. But courage calls you to express your point. Why in heaven should make your point if you know that a decision has been made?
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Are “small mistakes” really not important? Why would something be right or wrong? Many people struggle to make effective, ethical decisions because they don’t fully realize what consequences their action will have. They might see only one of the many consequences and think – well, it’s not that great, but it’s not that important either,
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Trying to catch someone’s attention? « Well I didn’t dance for too long, I was really tired and all, and you know I don’t like it too much, but I made sure that I was right next to him, so he could really notice I was there, and I was having fun, and like I’m cool
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8, 10 or 12 months – the exact time when a baby truly starts discovering verticality and craves for walking varies quite a bit. Yet at a certain point, they all find the signal: raising their heads, waving their hands, grumbling… the call is clear and it means only one thing: if you’re an adult,
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Apparently it’s De Gaulle whom we owe this theory of 246 different types of cheeses in France – which, according to him, clearly showed we live in a country that just can’t be governed. An old saying pretends that in our beautiful homeland, one can try and eat a different cheese every single day of
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