Just a few days ago Anthropic dropped a study that looked at millions of real AI interactions to understand which jobs are most exposed to AI and which are less affected. Instead of speculating about what AI could do in theory, the researchers looked at how people actually use AI tools in professional contexts today. …
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How Do You Become Your Own Coach
Self-coaching is accessible to anyone, and many of us already do some of it without realizing it. Morning affirmations on tough days, New Year’s resolutions, a deep breath in a stressful moment, searching for an upside when things are hard – all of these point to an inner capacity to guide ourselves. You are not …
Why We Should Not Give Up On Remote Work
I have asked AI to generate an image of how the office of the future will look like. And here I am looking at this picture and thinking – does that even have a point of coming to the office when you are plugged into the VR/AR device the whole day or when you are …
2024 Challenges for HR Leaders
I started my career in HR 16 years ago with a too-complex generalist role in a fast-growing and turbulent startup. 🚀 It was too complex because my primary job included everything from recruitment and onboarding to business partnering and talent development. One hour, I was interviewing people for marketing, operations, or store managers; the next …
Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 20: A LOVE LETTER TO MYSELF
At the very beginning of our “Morning Coffee with Myself” journey, we had that first ‘date with ourselves’ ❤️. Today, after four weeks of self-exploration, it’s just about time to get back to ‘yourself’ with a follow-up letter 💌. But not a standard ‘…thank you for your time in the last weeks. It was a …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 19: MY PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT
In “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” Stephen R. Covey emphasizes the importance of creating a personal mission statement, “Begin with the End in Mind.” He argues that individuals, just like successful organizations, should have a clear understanding of their values, principles, and long-term goals. He introduces the concept of a personal mission statement …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 18: MY CORE VALUES
😌 They say that aligning our lives with our core values leads to greater happiness and fulfillment. But what are these core values that shape our true selves? 😊 There is a simple way to identify your core values. Take a moment to reflect on your current life situation and ponder the question, “What matters …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 17: MY CORE STRENGTHS
Acknowledging what we do well boosts our confidence and makes it more likely for us to succeed. Only imagine a life in which you are doing what you love and what is in tune with your natural talents. It means you will be more likely to enjoy the process and stand out from the crowd …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 16: GOAL SETTING
Life isn’t always a straight line, but that’s what makes it an adventure. Setting our personal goals gives us purpose and direction, keeping us engaged in the pursuit of our dreams. We don’t have to be rigidly attached to the goal outcomes, but they can certainly help keep us focused and moving forward. 🚀 Find …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 15: THE BIG PICTURE
🌟 Gain Perspective, Diminish Anxieties 🌟 In the hustle of day-to-day life, it’s all too easy to let anxieties take the center stage, overshadowing our sense of perspective. But here’s a simple exercise: Choose a significant aspect of your life—maybe your career, finances, or relationships. 🚀 Now, invest just five minutes to vividly imagine how …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 14: ACCEPTANCE
In psychological terms, acceptance is our ability to acknowledge a situation without a protest or making any attempt to change it. 🧘♂️ Acceptance is not about being passive or opting out, it is about recognizing which aspects of our lives are beyond our control. Many of us find it hard to accept tough or painful …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 13: FOCUS FOR THE DAY
Our heads are full of so many different thoughts daily. According to research, the average person has approximately 60,000 thoughts per day. The paradox of how our brain is designed is that we can only properly focus on one thing at a time, which means that at one point in time all but one of …
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The Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 12: THE POWER OF “NO”
Saying “no” is a powerful act of setting boundaries. 🛑 We were all masters at it in our toddler days, refusing the pushchair ride or battling the dreaded broccoli. As grown-ups, uttering that two-letter word becomes tricky; we yearn to please, be liked, and avoid causing offence. Saying “yes” to everything can lead to overwhelm, …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 11: GRATITUDE
It’s ingrained in our nature to strive for more, to enhance the quality of our lives. 🚀 But, let’s take a moment to appreciate all the good we already have. 🌟 Picture a life without the wonderful people and things surrounding you today. It’s a whole different world, right? 🌍 You might notice that there …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 10: FEEL THE FEARS
Day 10: FEEL THE FEARS We are hardwired to feel fear – it keeps us safe, after all. But a lot of us are also prone to inappropriate fears: fear of failure, fear of public speaking, fear of leaving bad relationships, whether personal or professional. Inappropriate fears have no positive purpose and they don’t actually …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | Day 9: HOW DO I REALLY FEEL TODAY
Emotions are like a colorful palette of our inner world, with countless shades and patterns waiting to be explored. Unfortunately, we often neglect self-reflection and truly ‘feeling’ our emotions. It’s crucial for our mental well-being to stay attuned to our feelings because they provide essential insights. Our emotions are valuable data sources, guiding us to …
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Morning Coffee with Myself | DAY 8: BOX BREATHING
Especially in times of stress, Box Breathing has proved to be helpful in bringing relaxation. It is a four-step technique that can reduce symptoms of anxiety and improve attention. Take a moment to reset and recharge with Box Breathing! Step 1: Breathe in, counting to four slowly. Feel the air enter your lungs. Count as …
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Morning Coffee with Myself | Day 7: BRAIN DUMPING
Much like computers 🖥️, our brains 🧠 function at their best when they’re not bogged down by too many background tasks. An excess of thoughts can overwhelm our minds, causing them to slow down. To clear our minds, we practice ‘brain dumping’ 🗒️. It’s simple: Take 5 minutes to transcribe every thought from your mind …
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Morning Coffee with Myself | DAY 6: THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE 💫
Acknowledging happy moments in our lives is important. This exercise is designed to help you become more aware of the positive moments in your life and to promote gratitude and positive thinking. 😊 🌿 1. Find a quiet and comfortable space where you won’t be disturbed. 🌿 2. Close your eyes and take a few …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | DAY 5: SOMETHING IS BLOCKING
Mental barriers often block us from pursuing our true wishes, desires, and goals. Sometimes, they even block us from listening to our own basic needs. Simply put, a mental barrier is a limiting belief or assumption that we have about ourselves in regard to our ability, potential, and self-worth. So how can we work with mental …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | DAY 4: AWARENESS
Mindfulness is all about being fully present and attentive to the current moment. It’s a state of heightened awareness where you not only acknowledge what’s happening around you but also within you. 🌼✨ 👀 Our senses are crucial for awareness because they provide us with real-time information about the external world, allowing us to perceive …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | DAY 3: TODAY I AM…
Preparing mentally for the day and getting yourself to focus on what is important today is a vital morning exercise. Yes, we might have “that” day, when something unpredictable comes up and there might be distractions you didn’t wish for, but what about you and your needs? How do YOU feel and what do YOU …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | DAY 2: MY SOURCES OF ENERGY
For the next few minutes, think about the times, spaces, and situations when you felt most energized. Finish this sentence: “I feel most energized when…” Sit with these examples for a few moments. Think of your sources of energy and how you can focus on activities, people, or places that empower you and give you …
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Morning Coffee With Myself | DAY 1: START WITH INTRODUCTION
As with any new meeting, we kick things off with introductions. Since we’re embarking on this journey of ‘meeting ourselves’ each day as a new ritual for the next month, let’s get to know ourselves better. Grab a mirror or open the front camera on your phone, maybe even record a video for a powerful …
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Join me in “The Morning Coffee with Myself”
https://www.loom.com/share/d7d296eb642b4fb98f567e779252d2bd?sid=6e7ef196-2188-4df4-b749-cb2ae32040fa Hello everyone! This is Olya, @YourOwnCoach. My ultimate goal as a coach is to help people live more contentful and happier lives.😌 🌿 I like to say that I coach where personal meets professional! I come from 16 years of experience in the corporate environment and executive roles and I understand how it might …
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Teaching Our Managers to Coach or Just Coach Them: What Can Make a Bigger Impact
Leadership development is critical to any successful business, as it can significantly impact employee engagement, productivity, and overall success. Coaching is becoming increasingly accessible to leaders and managers of different levels and is a valuable instrument in helping people achieve better results in the workplace. Even though we see more leaders working with coaches today, …
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The Polarities Between Business and People Needs in 2023
And how to manage it to a peaceful resolution. Within the last years, we had the opportunity to encounter two phenomena: the “great resignation” and the “layoffs.” I would only dare to provide my thoughts and analysis of the situation based on my observations as a People & Culture professional: we are experiencing an existential …
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The 5 regrets I don’t want to have at the end of my life
While working as an Australian nurse in palliative care, Bronnie Ware was caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She spoke with the patients and recorded their epiphanies at the very end of their lives. People have shared their thoughts on regrets they have about their lives. Here are the top …
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The cost-of-living crisis brings more salary conversations to managers. How do you deal with this?
While the cost-of-living crisis is becoming the same trendy as the “quiet quitting”, we need to think of strategies to make the salary talks positively impactful on your business, not otherwise. While I know for sure, there would be some managers who would think that it is ok to let go of their low-performing staff …
Our Brain Is Designed to Procrastinate. So How Do We Stay Productive?
Our brain designed to procrastinate. So how do we stay productive?
A memo to newly hired leaders
Throughout my practice in managing people in fast-growing organizations, I have seen how teams are built, company cultures shaped and transformed. One of the most common hires that are made on the scale-up stage is a VP, C-level hire, someone who had already successfully built something that we are about to build with our young …
Your Own Self-Inventory (+ bonus PDF Workbook)
At some point we find ourselves in a place which we didn’t plan on going to, being in a situation or environment that doesn’t make us happy, or feel we are stuck between circumstances that pressure us to live our lives in a certain way. I believe it is important to find the time for …
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Self-Coaching Workbook Giveaway
Hi everyone! I am starting this new year with a hope that we all are going to have more good news, that we will be able to meet our families, we will travel again to the beautiful new places, come back to offices, and everyone will be healthy. I also notice how staying quarantined makes …
Establishing Creative Teams
I think most of you will agree that creativity is essential in every business. Sometimes when we think of it briefly, we associate creativity with marketing, design, architecture, and art. But further thinking about creativity leads us to conclusions that even in more administrative functions like accounting there is also room for a creative mind. …
Strengths vs Weaknesses
Depending on our cultural background and our education, we may use our strengths and weaknesses a little differently. Some people put a bet on their strengths since they know this is where their skills stand out, and that’s what makes them successful. Others persuade their weaknesses as an opportunity to grow and therefore become more …
What Am I Actually Angry About?
Psychologists will tell us that the most common roots of anger include fear, pain, and frustration. In situations of uncertainty, losing our areas of control or the comfort zone, being hurt in relationships – all of the above are examples of what can cause anger. We can also discover from the psychology that anger is …
From self-awareness to self-improvement
What is self-awareness To better understand what self-awareness is I like to apply to emotional intelligence. It is an ability to recognize our own emotions, understand how they impact others, and manage them in a positive way; as well as recognize the emotions of other people with the ability to communicate effectively and reduce conflicts …
Happiness in the Workplace: Using PxP formula to create healthy teams
The highest priority I am usually hearing from managers in terms of developing their teams is building a high performing culture, creating teams and dynamics with a strong focus on results, and a good track record in deliveries. But could we really build long term success without creating an environment that makes people comfortable and, …
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Happiness In The Workplace: How do I get it
There is a formula for happiness! And here are some thought on how we can use it.
5 Habits That Make Us Look Unprofessional
Here is a list of 5 most common habits that make us look unprofessional.
Thought Model: how our thoughts trigger feelings and results
How our own thoughts lead us to good or bad results! It’s your choice.
7 signs you stop your team from growth
Being a manager is stressful. You are not only responsible for the whole result of your team. You are a mentor, coach, a leader who has to help people grow. There are 7 signs you are not doing the best job regarding the last one.