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These forces had to be felt, not just talked about. That required something therapy had never
Phil Stutz • The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion
Get into the habit of using the Mother tool the moment negative thoughts and feelings start.
Barry Michels • Coming Alive: 4 Tools to Defeat Your Inner Enemy, Ignite Creative Expression & Unleash Your Soul's Potential
Clients want to listen to advisors who have a provisional POV and not advisors who are too hesitant with a declared perspective. This requires a certain degree of mental health.
David C. Baker, Emily Mills, • Secret Tradecraft of Elite Advisors: Covert Techniques for a Remarkable Practice
Third, ask for a temporary agreement to engage in truthseeking. If someone is off-loading emotion to us, we can ask them if they are just looking to vent or if they are looking for advice.
Annie Duke • Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
PLAYING THE HERO:
Ned Hallowell • Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive
Irvin Yalom, the psychiatrist, wrote that it was “far better that [a patient make progress but] forget what we talked about than the opposite possibility (a more popular choice for patients)—to remember precisely what was talked about but to remain unchanged.”
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Sheila Heen • Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Emotional support cannot be virtual, and it’s the most important support in any consulting practice, whether nascent or mature.
Alan Weiss • The Consulting Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Expand a Seven-Figure Consulting Practice
three archetypal roles—Victim, Persecutor