Book Titles

The Coaching Habit
Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

By Michael Stanier

Year Published: 2016
ISBN-13: 978-0978440749
Categories: Coaching

43 Quotes Found

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The Coaching Habit:

The bad news is that you are in fact destined to keep falling into the Drama Triangle for the rest of your life.

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The Coaching Habit:

…use the phrase ‘Out of curiosity.’ What this does is shift the question from perhaps coming across as an inquisition to being a more noble inquiry.

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The Coaching Habit:

One of the most compelling things you can do after asking a question is to genuinely listen to the answer. Stay curious, my friend.

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The Coaching Habit:

We’re slowly waking up to the fact that being busy is no measure of success.

162

The Coaching Habit:

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. – Michael Porter

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The Coaching Habit:

The Strategic Question: if you’re saying Yes to this, what are you saying No to?

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The Coaching Habit:

What gets us into trouble is how quickly we commit, without fully understanding what we’re getting ourselves into or even why we’re being asked.

168

The Coaching Habit:

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions. – Sam Keen

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The Coaching Habit:

When we take time and effort to generate knowledge and find an answer rather than just reading it, our memory retention is increased. – Josh Davis

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The Coaching Habit:

Adding ‘for you’ to the question takes it from the abstract to the personal, from the objective to the subjective. Now you’re helping people create new neural pathways.

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