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December 2024: Why Most New Year’s Resolutions Fail

Why Most New Year’s Resolutions Fail (and How to Make Yours Stick)     Every January, millions of people set lofty New Year’s resolutions, hoping to make sustainable changes. Yet, by February, the gym memberships gather dust, journals lie abandoned, and enthusiasm wanes. Why do so many resolutions fail? Here are four common reasons—and “fixes” to help you create lasting change.   1. Resolutions Focus Solely on Goals, Not Self-Care   Most resolutions are centered

Book Review

Book Review: The Culture Playbook by Daniel Coyle

At Potentials, we often hear churches describe themselves as if they were unicorns. “We are so different from other places.” “With our history, outsiders just can’t understand.” “We are special.” We know that every church has its own distinct culture. But we also know that most people only know pieces of that culture. Building on his work in The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle develops practical exercises for deepening a community’s understanding of its culture in

Coaching

Maximizing Potential: Why a Coach Can Be Key to Organizational Success

We have all heard, and maybe even used, the phrase ourselves: “let’s get them some coaching on…” That usually means advice – call it mentoring or counseling, consulting or guidance, advisory or directive counsel, it is not coaching. In these circumstances the advisor, whatever their contracted or relational role, is involved in imparting wisdom and guidance to the person they believe needs help, whether asked to do so or not. They are providing a potential

Coaching

Bringing the “Unthought Known” to Life

Coaching & Consulting: Bringing the “Unthought Known” to Life We all have them, unthought knowns, that is. “What the heck is she talking about?”, you may well ask. In this book, The Shadow of the Object, Christopher Bollas both coins and defines “the unthought known” as…  “…preverbal, unschematized early experience that may determine one’s behavior unconsciously, barred to conscious thought [1].” To add a couple of other concepts of knowing to those raised in our

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October 2024: America and Coaching Culture

America has become a “Coaching Culture.” A few years ago, no one heard of the expression “coach” other than in relationship to sports.  But today, coaching is one of the fastest growing industries in the country.  The coaching industry has grown by an average of 20% per year in the past five years. It started with individuals, but now companies, churches and schools use professional coaches to help strengthen their people and organizations. Why? What

Book Review

Book Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Summary of Key Points: Thinking, Fast and Slow  By Daniel Kahneman  The divisions we experience in society seem to have permeated every institution that intersects with our lives: home, business, church, schools, etc. At Potentials, we work with our clients to develop evidence-based practices for engaging one another thoughtfully and respectfully, with the goal of transforming the larger contexts or our lives through the intentional, humble, and curious engagement of those different from ourselves.   In

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