Many within our profession (and those like it) have yet to learn that it’s not about being the smartest person in the room, but rather being the person who is the most capable of reading the room, and then doing something meaningful with the information you gather by speaking in a language that others can relate to and understand.

Dunning-Kruger effect, which is a cognitive bias that exists where individuals who possess a very low level of ability or true competence perceive themselves to be vastly superior to those around them or in their abilities in general.

Meyer defined patience as not simply the ability to wait, but rather “how we behave while we’re waiting.” This quote is one of the best I’ve come across because it defines a word in a simple yet effective way, but also references

Empathy is one of the strongest leadership traits there is,

Imposter syndrome (which is now becoming more commonly known as imposter phenomenon since it is not viewed as a true medical disorder or diagnosis)

Our biological proclivity for competition and social comparison goes so far that researchers even have a name for the relative joy we feel when we see others whom we envy, are annoyed by, or perceive as rivals fail, perform poorly, or fall from grace: Schadenfreude. Think of Schadenfreude as a momentary lack of both compassion and empathy, and one

The best coaches are the best not because they think of themselves as a master, but because they always want to keep learning. So, the term Conscious Coach was born.

the effectiveness of any practitioner is truly dependent on their ability to discover and see the underlying cause of a problem without being blinded by bias or a lack of understanding.

consultant to the research firm Gallup, stated it far more concisely. “The key to human development is building who you already are,” he said. Rath is right. To better establish a true identity and strategy of our own, we must understand our past, understand the strengths that were born as a result of our past, and finally, understand how to