https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157233394432687/ Episode #133 — But I'm a ... The first time I remember my dad, "Dr Poppy," becoming a patient himself, I learned that the old adage "doctors make terrible patients" was uncomfortably true. Most of that, I believe, is about how uncomfortable it can be to cede control. Or maybe acknowledging weakness. Or needing…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157216571037687/ Episode #132 — Kindness is an inside job. On a coaching call this week, a senior executive was beating himself up for being upset about what was "going wrong" in his world. To be fair, in addition to the personal and community impact of the global pandemic and the political upheaval, there are tectonic…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157200639787687/ Episode #131 — Daylight is where creation lives. Back-to-back-to-back. That's what my Mondays have looked like for the last many weeks. On a couple of Mondays, that extended into the late evening. Now that wouldn't be a problem if that was only on Mondays and only for a brief stretch. But over the last…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157186740702687/ Episode #130 — More Play. Every Day. I'm spending the majority of this week in a mastermind with 30 other coaches from around the world. In the app that we are using to support this event we have been posting photos of ourselves as children. I shared one of me at age 2½ in…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157170438917687/ Episode #129 — Play is the new work! Pandemic. Politics. Paradigm shift. OK, I get it. There are serious issues in our world. AND ... just because things are serious doesn't mean we must be serious. In fact, should we be only serious we'll likely find our predicaments extended, deepened ... or both. "Necessity…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157153919222687/ Episode #128 — Choose Consciously NO! This is not another rant on "making lemonade out of lemons." Take this, instead, as a call to arms! In the battle for your peace of mind, your most effective armament is intention. "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157136428997687/ Episode #127 — Own being human. "Oh, those wacky humans!" One of my earliest coaches said that to me so many times I wanted to drive thew 1,021 miles to his office in Toronto and slap him! To be fair, his jab was always in response to me acting like I wasn't human. "As…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157119618737687/ Episode #126 — The birds and the fish are on their own. I see blind people. Everywhere ... I know because I am one of them. Though I love a good movie reference, this is more than just a pop culture playground. I am constantly amazed at how blind to our own wants, fears,…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157102361942687/ Episode #125 — Get present! Fear is future-based. What I mean is that most of the things that we are afraid of are things that have yet to happen. Not only do those fears of possible futures drain us of energy in the present, they also rob us of the present itself. "Don’t think…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10157083457512687/ Episode #124 — Internal Combustion Engine It's a dance. If I invest in my dreams and ... what if they don't come true? What if? And what if I do? What if I give my all to the dreams and they do come true? What then? "Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll…
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