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The Cost of Being an Information Junkie

Apr 10, 2012 By Joseph in Blog, Business Performance, General, Life, Work 14 Comments

“Hello I’m Joseph and I’m an Information Junkie …” It’s an interesting thing being addicted to information … especially as an information producer. Let me back up for a moment, and then I’ll get to my point … The Life of an Information Junkie … An information junkie consumes and collects information like an [...]

Mentoring In The Wild

Feb 19, 2012 By Joseph in Blog, Elite Performance, Life, Mentoring, Transformational Change & Performance, Work 18 Comments

Getting Advice From A Great Mentor Isn’t Just Useful … It’s Damn Indispensable If You’re Serious About Discovering What’s Possible On The Path Mentoring is the process of renting your brain to someone else to use for a while as their own… – Alan Weiss, Ph.D. Author of “Million Dollar Consulting” Mentoring 101: One [...]

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I have known of Joseph for more than 13 years. However, it took about 10 years before I let him into my life at all. Over all that time he never pressured me to engage with what he has to offer. I flirted with the idea of working with him on a number of occasions … and then retreated again! This is a reflection of where I was in my life and his great acuity to see that it was for me to be ready for a meaningful engagement.

I have worked with a number of executive coaches over the years and have had mixed experiences. A common outcome was that I ended up feeling that the coach that I was working with was colluding with me and hence not supporting / pushing or enabling me to make the break throughs that I was seeking in my professional (and personal) life and self.

After a stand off of nearly 10 years I let down my guard … a little. Well, approaching 50 seemed like a good time to grow up and start enjoying all the blessings in my life. As I have got over my lack of “trust” for coaches / advisors / mentors based on self fulfilling prophecies that had repeated in my life, I let Joseph in. As I started to trust him I have found that I have had life changing experiences – in my professional, family and personal fulfilment. That does not mean that it has always been easy – and indeed I believe that is part of why I have been able to make fundamental shifts in how I am experiencing my life. In my interactions with Joseph he is relentless in his pursuit of the outcomes that I am seeking in my life – many times this is frustrating for me; at other times it is non-sensical. However, the more I trust him and the ways he works with me the more profound and transformational the changes that I am experiencing.

From trying to control everything in my life and taking things way too seriously – I am now more able to see things more for what they are – to others as well as myself – to laugh at myself and with others more, and to meet life as it unfolds.

So thank you Joseph for the ongoing gifts that you share with me and for the journey that we share.

- Hilary Samson-Barry

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