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Brian Groves DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer, CTI-trained Co-Active Coach, and Freelance Trainer, supplies professional and personal development through coaching, coaching workshops, marketing development training and English language training.

As an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Brian teaches a postgraduate course based on dramatic texts and elements of coaching to examine various work-related performance matters.

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

Publications

How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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How often do you let your potential shine bright?

May 25, 2017

By asking “How often do you let your potential shine bright?” I’m taking it for granted that at times you do unleash your potential, hence the emphasis should be placed on the ‘How often’ part of the question.

Going beyond this presumption, we might wish to consider how we could ensure we always give our best. In doing so there would be no need to ask “How often do you let your potential shine bright?” as our efforts represent our potential shining brightly right here, right now.

Perhaps you are already shouting out “All the time!” in answer to the question “How often do you let your potential shine bright?” And it stirs no doubts about whether you live life to the full in all you do.

However, the occasions we miss may relate to when we let our autopilot complete actions for us. Possibly we trust habits too much and lose opportunities best experienced by being present. “How often do you let your potential shine bright?” then becomes a crucial inquiry to evaluate and respond to carefully.

To what extent can you imagine a moment in the spotlight – in front of loved ones, friends, and acquaintances – as you perform to the best of your ability? If the thought fills you with pleasure, it is worth letting your potential shine bright every chance available.

So, having danced around the issue let me at this point put it to you: “How often do you let your potential shine bright?” If you’d like to explore your answer as part of a complimentary coaching session, via Skype or Google+ hangout, please get in touch.

For now, thanks for reading this “How often do you let your potential shine bright?” post.

Brian.

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About Brian

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

Publications

How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Reasons for airing our opinions once in a while

May 21, 2017

In all probability, we have accumulated a set of thoughts, beliefs, and opinions over the years. These may now form the compass with which we navigate the sea of life. As such we can choose to set out some reasons for airing our opinions once in a while.

i) Opinions inevitably gather dust and may lose their relevance over the course of time.

ii) Similarly, opinions need to be tested regularly and brought up to date to reflect our current situation.

iii) Without bringing our opinions out for airing every so often, we are unable to stake a claim in the world by standing by them, having our voice heard.

Our perspective on these reasons for airing our opinions once in a while is ours to select as seems most appropriate.

For now, if you’d like to join the conversation here regarding reasons for airing our opinions once in a while, please leave a comment below. In the meantime, thanks for your presence here today.

Kindest regards.

Brian.

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About Brian

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

Publications

How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Heart Poems On Waves

May 18, 2017

“Along the way the journey flows. Starting back then, continuing in waves.”

Based on my love of the sea, this book offers twenty-six inspirational poems, from A to Z, as a celebration of life.

The potential to live fully exists in us all. But being human, we forget this from time to time. Accordingly, this book could be read as encouragement, to us all, to be our best on a daily basis.

I hope this collection of Heart Poems On Waves gives you something to ponder and, dare I say, enjoy. It was a pleasure for me to write and it would be pleasing to think you find value among the words.

In line with Heart Poems Captured From Dreams and More Heart Poems Captured From Dreams, the book sets out another piece of me in words. As mentioned, this latest offering reflects my love of the sea and the influence it has on my view of life. To borrow some lines from More Heart Poems Captured From Dreams: “Waves shape the sea, as our presence shapes today.”

Rather than producing a traditional self-help book along the lines of How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work, the format used here, as indeed in Heart Poems Captured From Dreams and More Heart Poems Captured From Dreams, lends itself to a more open and abstract creation.

Nevertheless, as a support throughout the challenges and opportunities life presents, poems are valid. With this book, you will get the opportunity to:

a) Read lines offered from the heart;
b) Explore ideas wrapped in twenty-six poems;
c) Apply any new thinking in your life.

Possibly this book becomes a catalyst for further reflection on what is dear to you. Though I am experienced in the field of professional and personal development, you are the expert on your life. Implementation of any new thinking will, of course, need to be undertaken by you, I cannot do it for you.

With that said, let me thank you for your presence here and wish you Happy Reading!

Brian.

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About Brian

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

Publications

How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Why the best souvenirs reside in the heart

May 14, 2017

You might be wondering about what I mean with the heading “Why the best souvenirs reside in the heart”. Possibly I am implying the knick-knacks often hawked near popular tourist attractions are less valuable than the memories we create merely by being there.

Alternatively, I might be attempting to explain with the statement “Why the best souvenirs reside in the heart” that to truly reconnect at a later date with a pleasant event or visit, for example, the most important ‘souvenirs’ are those ‘purchased’ by actually living the moment fully at the time of its occurrence.

By being present we avoid that common feeling of having done something, seen something or someone, yet can remember nothing about it. Moving through the day as if on autopilot is the opposite of being present and therefore this is why the best souvenirs reside in the heart.

The notion of a lovely thrilling encounter with reality, or a glimpsing through the crack of illusion if you prefer, is something for which no t-shirts are sold nor fridge magnets exist. Nevertheless, such experiences do occur and accordingly is why the best souvenirs reside in the heart.

Kindest regards.

Brian.

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About Brian

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

Publications

How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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Turning from the ugliness of the moment

May 11, 2017

No matter where we are, and I hope you are in a beautiful place right now, turning from the ugliness of the moment is something we can all do. This is especially so when we widen the scope of what we mean as ugliness to include negative world events, collective concerns and personal fears.

Rather than suggesting we should bury our heads in the sand, nor even ignore whatever we dislike, we can choice to manage our attitude towards the ugliness of the moment.

Personal fears deserve focused attention to investigate their validity plus the element of learning they might contain for us. Turning from the ugliness of the moment, in this case, would be a case of looking below the surface to comprehend what we need to take on board before dismissing the rest.

Collective concerns, such as unusual climatic occurrences for example, likewise require a clear-headed effort to understand what each of us is able to do to at least not perpetuate the situation. Turning from the ugliness of the moment here would be more a question of turning the matter around to gain insight and find a way through the mess.

Negative world events have the power to overwhelm us only of we give away our ability to face them with intelligence and objectivity. Turning from the ugliness of the moment in this instance would mean trusting ourselves and the world at large to overcome ugliness with goodness, compassion and beauty.

Ramblings no doubt, but thanks nonetheless for connecting and reading this post today. If you’d like to share your input on the issue of Turning from the ugliness of the moment, please feel free to leave a comment below.

Brian.

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E-mail: brian@bgdtcoaching.com

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About Brian

Brian’s goal is to support through coaching, training and writing all who wish to reach their full potential, in education, work or life in general.

Publications

How to deliver your potential successfully on the stage of work (2016)

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How to learn from then for the benefit of now

May 7, 2017

With this ‘How to learn from then for the benefit of now‘ post, I am not suggesting all events from the past justify or warrant a plaque to remind the world of their occurrence.

Looking at yesterday’s experiences for the sake of developing ourselves today is, however, a practice worth investing in. From this perspective, we are as it were demonstrating how to learn from then for the benefit of now.

Using history – be it our own, that of a country or even of the world as a whole – we are tapping into a valuable resource and showing we know how to learn from then for the benefit of now.

Naturally, in the process, we obtain information and ideas about both what we can implement and what is best left alone.

Taking the issue of how to learn from then for the benefit of now to a much more personal level, let me stop here by asking this question: “What has been the key lesson for you from the year to date?”

Kindest regards.

Brian.

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