The Blame Game
Submitted by kurt.stewart on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 00:05
“Come on down Peter, come on down Mary, come on down John, come on down everyone. You are about to begin the blame game. Step up to your little stand and on the count of three yell out all the names of the people and situations in life you would like to blame for not being rich, successful or happy. Ready the countdown begins, 3……2………..1 Go!”
Names are being yelled out left right and centre, screaming voices are heard, anger in building. Finally the bell sounds to end the blame game.
“Okay we have a winner. The person who yelled the most names, who was the angriest, who was the most excited about naming names, who wanted to blame everyone is contestant number 4. Come on down winner of the blame game. You are officially the angriest most blaming person here today. You are the greatest victim here. So tell us contestant number four, what kind of a life do you have?” Read more »
On being overly significant
Submitted by kurt.stewart on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 18:41
Sometimes we can’t help it – we get caught up in our lives, wound up about issues, work, relationships and a thousand little things that build up throughout the day. And we can get weighed down by it all. Maybe we take ourselves a little too seriously sometimes too.
We talk about this in one of our coaching tools called “Lightness v. Significance”. We look at what happens when we become “significant”- and some ways to shift our perspective to a lighter, more positive one.
What is Significance? Here is a Buddhist tale that illustrates what happens when we become overly significant.
A young monk was traveling with an older monk. Along the way, they came to a stream where a beautiful woman was standing, afraid to cross. Without hesitating, the old monk picked her up, carried her over the water and placed her down safely on the other side. The young monk was shocked but said nothing. They walked on until they reached their destination. Finally, the young monk, who was so disturbed by what he had seen, could hold back no longer.
“Why,” he asked angrily, “ did you carry that young woman across the stream. We monks have rules – it is forbidden to touch women!” Read more »
The Origins of Lobii - FAQ
Submitted by kurt.stewart on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 22:40
The birth of Lobii...
How did Lobii come into existence?
Lobii.com is the brainchild of Robyn Logan, the founder of International Coach Academy, and its CEO, Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland. During 8 years of training coaches all over the world to professional standards, they saw their students not only become coaches, but more importantly, they were making hugely positive changes in their personal lives. Then the question was, “ How can we give this experience to more people who want to develop themselves?” and, “How can we bring clients and coaches together in the same space?” The answer was Lobii, a place where anyone passionate about personal and professional development could go and be part of a worldwide social network of like-minded people
What does “Lobii” mean? Read more »
Welcome to Lobii!
Submitted by kurt.stewart on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 22:32
Welcome to Lobii!
Lobii is our vision of the possible. It’s where we want to realize coaching’s full potential. It’s the beginning of a growing, worldwide community of people.
Coaches, yes, but also teachers, parents, health professionals, doctors, executives, psychologists – in short, people dedicated to adding their skills and experience to the growth of human development.
Lobii is the name we’ve given to this new company. It is the result of International Coach Academy’s 8 years of experience in the coach training business. While ICA continues to focus on the profession of coaching and professional training, Lobii will be looking to the future of what coaching can become.
With Lobii, we are beginning a process of discovery. We ask the questions, “ How else can these coaching principles be developed?” and “Where else can we apply them?”
Lobii is open to anyone curious to find out answers to these questions and future questions that the coaching profession, as it stretches and grows, will be answering.
Find out more about our project of discovery and register with us as we expand coaching worldwide into new and unexplored territory.
Cheers
Kurt Stewart
