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“The Eye of Winter” – Epic Fantasy and Positive Psychology
Written by Mind Forge Director Jaques Smit Grab it for free on Amazon on 12 and 13 August 2024! Amazon AUS | Amazon US | Amazon UK...
Jaques Smit
Aug 12, 20244 min read
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What does it take to reach your goals?
Does positive thinking help you reach your goals? No, but this is how it can...
Jaques Smit
Jan 18, 20245 min read
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How to Assist Your Team to Navigate Conflict in 2024
As a leader, your role in helping your team resolve conflicts is vital...
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Jan 9, 20243 min read
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Use Team Autonomy for Valuable Outcomes
Explore Team Autonomy, learning how Valuable Outcomes and Appropriate Constraints foster a productive and efficient Team.
Jaques Smit
Jul 18, 20233 min read
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The Value of Leadership Development
In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business environment, effective leadership is more important than ever. Leaders are responsible...
Jaques Smit
Mar 23, 20234 min read
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Fight back against Loss Focus
What we do as Mind Forge is critical in today’s world. This week I saw stressed business owners who are trapped in a deep loss frame...
Jaques Smit
Nov 19, 20223 min read
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How to discover a meaningful topic for Coaching?
How do we find ‘enough’ of a topic when the coach inevitably asks “What do you want to talk about today?”
Mark Gemmell
Sep 20, 20225 min read
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Jaques' client Gerusio shares his experience
During a public demonstration for Coach Masters Academy on 17/08/2022, Jaques Smit, PCC, coached Gerusio Matonse in front of 65 observers...
Jaques Smit
Aug 20, 20221 min read
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How to hear someone with whom you disagree
Someone was leaving the company. I wasn’t. I felt staying at the company was a good choice (at least for me); the other party disagreed....
Mark Gemmell
Aug 19, 20223 min read
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Learning from Silence
I was honoured to speak at the Coach Masters Academy ICF Coach Week celebration in 2022. Here I share the recording: Yet, we know there...
Jaques Smit
Aug 18, 20221 min read
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Recommended Reading: Personal Growth
It is important to support your coaching journey by building your understanding of human thinking on reliable, well researched sources of in
Jaques Smit
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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Your Personal Growth Journey
Coaching grows your way of thinking by builds on what is already there.
Jaques Smit
Mar 15, 20223 min read
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What Coaching Is
coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their potential.
Jaques Smit
Mar 15, 20222 min read
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Where Are You Now?
Your journey will change you, and so we can know how and how much, we must take stock along the way.
Jaques Smit
Mar 15, 20222 min read
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There is more power in observation than in prediction
We often think that we can predict someone else's behavior based on our past experiences with them. However the odds of those predictions...
Jaques Smit
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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How to Frame Feedback to have Impact
Feedback is important, and poor feedback does more damage than good. What does good feedback look like? 1. Be Objective 2. Build...
Jaques Smit
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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Understanding and Mastering your Mindset with Cynefin
Stop being a victim of mindset. Changing your mind is powerful. Here is some knowledge that can help you turn the automatic program in...
Jaques Smit
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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Stop Harmful Thinking Loops
“If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about the solution” - Albert
Jaques Smit
Mar 14, 20226 min read
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From Burn-out to Low Stress Success
Why am I here?
I have found coaching to be a valuable tool for improvement and it has helped me a lot, and now I want to help you. There is
Jaques Smit
Mar 14, 20224 min read
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