by El | Oct 17, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Conflict, Emotions, Habit, Language, Leadership, Mindfulness, Presence, Relationships, Self-awareness
You’ve got brilliant ideas, a passion for your work, and ambitions that stretch as far as the eye can see. But somehow, when it comes to sharing those ideas or asserting yourself in a meeting, you freeze up. If this sounds like you, you’re definitely not alone. In...
by El | Oct 10, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Habit, Interventions, Language, Mindfulness, Relationships, Self-awareness
At some point, we have all suffered because of miscommunication. Unless we can peer behind the veil and see why interpersonal communication can be complex, we will keep getting the same painful results in our interactions, such as in public speaking, presentations and...
by El | Mar 17, 2021 | Choice, Coaching, Emotions, Habit, Interventions, Mindfulness, Performance, Self-awareness
Waiting sucks. It’s one of the hardest things to do. Doing doesn’t impact us the same way. We can easily find plenty of resources for doing; strategies, methods, tips, etc. And though from time to time, we may be terrified of what we are called to do, I...
by El | Mar 13, 2020 | Book reviews, Habit, Mindfulness, Performance, Self-awareness
Atomic Habits by James Clear This is an extremely lean book; it’s almost almost pound-for-pound substance. It gets straight to the point and maintains interest with a steady flow of interesting knowledge that’s easy to consume. I can see care was taken to make sure...
by El | Oct 23, 2019 | Habit, Performance
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng (@elng.coach) on Oct 22, 2019 at 4:49pm PDT Most people need consistency more than they need intensity. This tweet by James Clear reminds me of one of my coaching clients, whose ongoing challenge is the fostering...
by El | Oct 18, 2018 | Book reviews, Choice, Habit, Performance, Self-awareness
I thought this book was of the positive, self-help variety, but no. It helped me make concrete sense of how I may intervene on my willpower and procrastination, which are issues common with a number of my coaching clients… and I as well! This book is...