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Intentional vs. Automatic Mode

2022/04/26

A Coaching Power Tool By Margaux Cunin
Business Coach, GERMANY

We live in a world full of excitement and data. This fast-paced, ever-changing environment might make us feel compelled to stay on top of all information, explore all possibilities, and seize all opportunities in order to avoid missing out. How does using intentional vs. automatic mode help the client? or How can intention help the client to use the automatic mode more sustainably? What role will intentionality play in the client’s everyday life in overcoming overpowering feelings and reducing this instinctive manner of reacting to life?

Internal Neglect vs. Internal Determination

2022/04/25

A Coaching Power Tool By Marcel Sanchez
Marriage Coach, UNITED STATES

Shifting from Internal Neglect vs. Internal Determination is a more empowered perspective, one that opens up a world of possibilities and opportunities for growth. This new perspective is an extension. It is neither nostalgic for the past nor preoccupied with the present. It is focused on the future. Before we can use it in our lives, we must first embrace it. Unlike the disempowering perspective of Internal Neglect, it fosters new ways of thinking and creativity.

Faithful vs. Fearful

2022/04/21

A Coaching Power Tool By Lydia Cloos
Life Coach, COSTA RICA

We all strive to keep up in today’s fast-paced environment. Maintaining a healthy work-life balance, pursuing our aspirations, maintaining our social life, and dealing with our responsibilities, joys, disappointments, and joys. When life is hectic (and why), it can be difficult to navigate and stay on top of what is important to us. We all have different concerns (some more impactful than others) due to our lived experiences, but in many cases, we see how moving from faithful vs. fearful can change us.

Scattered vs. Focused

2022/04/20

A Coaching Power Tool By Monica Le Crom
Transformational Coach, NETHERLANDS

Today’s lifestyles are extremely stressful. At work, we are supposed to be more productive, manage an ever-increasing number of duties, collaborate, communicate, work as a team, and achieve the objectives set for us. To be deemed successful, we must have outstanding ideas, contribute to the improvement of things, be inventive, and add value. How are we going to manage it all? How do other people manage to accomplish it all? We spend hours on social media, admiring how others seem to have discovered the secret to a glamorous existence in which everything seems to go well. The “Key” to it all is scattered vs. focused power tool.

Self-Limitation vs. Self-Empowerment

2022/04/13

A Coaching Power Tool By Claire Braunwald
Change Coach, HONG KONG

Self-limitations are barriers that a client constructs for themselves, preventing them from seeing the full scope of possibilities and being their most genuine and powerful selves. Self-empowerment, on the other hand, is the ability to be aware of our own choices and to choose our own path to the desired outcome. Self-empowerment is essential for a client’s shift and achievement of their goal. I’d like to call this shift in viewpoint the “self-limitation vs. self-empowerment” power tool because it transforms the client from a bystander to a participant in the circumstance.

Curiosity vs. Perfectionism

2022/04/12

A Coaching Power Tool By Ute Hauck
Career Coach, AUSTRALIA

When I first started thinking about a power tool that could transform an individual to perform daily activities or deal with new difficulties, I was excited about the prospect of developing a way to turn perfectionism into curiosity. Unfortunately, the excitement didn’t last long. As a perfectionist – or at least as someone who regularly receives comments like mine – this activity quickly loses its appeal. Creating this Curiosity vs. Perfectionism power tool will assist me in overcoming similar constraints in the future, as well as the coach who values curiosity and the thrill of discovery over perfection.

Window vs. Mirror

2022/04/11

A Coaching Power Tool By Lutfi Bafagih
Development Coach, SAUDI ARABIA

Emily Style first proposed the concept of “mirrors and windows” for the National Seed Project. The window symbolizes a mindset that allows us to see the impact that someone or something in our environment may have on our life. The mirror, on the other hand, depicts a perspective that allows us to see our potential to influence and manage our life. The purpose of the window vs. mirror, the notion is not to reject the existence of external influences that influence our lives while ignoring our surroundings and the people with whom we live and interact. This concept strives to empower us by instilling in us the belief that it is our obligation to address and learn from the issues we experience.

Fear vs. Trust

2022/04/08

A Coaching Power Tool By Tatiana Mitroi
Personal Coach, SWITZERLAND

Fear is a complex feeling that can arise from a variety of situations, including real-world hazards, memories of scary past events, or imagined scenarios/threats. Although trust is difficult to explain, we can feel and recognize when it is gone or lost. When this happens, our energy and engagement levels drop, and we may feel anxious, distrustful, avoidant, uncertain, or insecure. To help our clients transition from fear vs. trust, we must first help them recognize that fear is present and, where applicable, that it is driving their actions.

External vs. Internal

2022/04/07

A Coaching Power Tool By Michelle Wiebach
Transformational Coach, UNITED STATES

External vs. Internal is a power tool technique that can assist people in discovering their inner voice and truth. This tool assists people in realizing that they are in charge of their lives. It is up to them. There isn’t anyone else. They have the final say. Internal refers to what is on the inside of the self, whereas external refers to what is on the outside of the self. There can be immense growth when employing this powerful tool for investigation in a session. A client may express strong feelings about a situation. This idea could indicate that the client is dealing with opposing forces (external vs. internal). Typically, the client will concentrate on other people and how they made them feel.

Disruption vs. Silver Linings

2022/04/06

A Coaching Power Tool By Jonathon Regan
Education Coach, NETHERLANDS

Challenge, resilience, flexibility, and introspection are all the characteristics of the saying “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” and they all lead to a new and improved state. It means that those who have been through adversity may have been given a chance to succeed. Any situation involving transition can be successfully studied using the power tool Disruption vs. Silver Linings. This tool is flexible enough to crack a small puzzle but powerful enough to smooth out systemic or institutional change when disruption requires a new perspective.

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