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I recently listened to David Hemery of 1968 gold medal Olympics fame and of 21st Century Legacy fame. Last year he ran the London Marathon to raise money for 21st Century Legacy. For those not in the know 21st Century Legacy is behind the Be the Best You Can Be! programme in schools to unlock the valuable potential in each child.

David is an inspiring speaker, fundraiser, coach and do-er, and has worked assiduously with 21st Century Legacy to raise funds to ensure the charity can provide this great programme at minimum cost to schools. He has been a coach and mentor for many years and engages eagerly with the discussions around the overlaps and distinctions between the different descriptors of “coaching, mentoring, advising, consulting”.

The ultimate aim of those of us who deliver coaching/mentoring/advising/consulting is to elicit the best from those we work with and enable them to elicit their own best. David does this with schoolchildren and students giving them the opportunity to discover their own greatness on whatever scale and in whatever dimension. I do it with grown-ups to help them enhance and develop possibilities and opportunities in and for themselves. Neither of us, or anyone else in our profession, needs to worry about terminologies as long as we make sure those on the other side of the relationship understand that we are there to somehow make their lives change for the better. Be the Best YOU Can Be. As David said, it isn’t about being the best of or better than everything and everyone, it is the best YOU.

Read more about 21st Century Legacy and get your local schools on-board. Don’t let the kids miss out!

www.21stcenturylegacy.com

Every picture tells a story and a picture is reputed to be worth a 1000 words.

How would you describe your perfect strawberry indulgence? Maybe strawberries are not on your yummy list. Maybe strawberries bring you out in a rash. If that is the case what would you substitute to use as a metaphor. Or maybe the imagery will work for you anyway. Suspend your disbelief and drop those strawberries in that bowl of cream….

Strawberries and cream; strawberries unwashed; strawberries washed; strawberries dipped in sugar; strawberries sprinkled with sugar, strawberries with black pepper, balsamic vinegar drizzled strawberries, strawberries sun kissed straight from the plant, strawberries dipped in dark chocolate, strawberry shortcake, strawberry jam dolloped on cream on scones, strawberry ice-cream, Eton Mess – what is your preference? Do you nibble at the strawberry or do you pull it from the stalk with your teeth or do you slice it?

What can the metaphor of strawberries, and / with, tell you? Traditional or experimenter; sweet or sharp; unvarnished or adorned – it’s all simply information.

Here’s a little exercise:

Pick one of the above list and if you were described as that, what might it tell you about your leadership, your approach to change, your image, your profile, how others see you, who you are and who you would love to be? What layers of understanding might the metaphor enable you to access? How could you stretch possibilities to access more of your potential? Then explore another one from the list, and another. Share with us what you discover. What memories surface? What likes and dislikes?

A childhood memory of a large strawberry bed in the garden with straw cushioning the jewel like fruits each with their personal greenhouse in the shape of a jam jar so that always there was a profusion of deliciously sweet taste bombs each summer. Bliss!

For more ways to find out what your choices tell you about yourself, just contact Smart Coaching & Training and indulge in the discoveries.

Submitted by Halina Jaroszewska

Be the Best You Can Be

www.21stcenturylegacy.com

Strawberries and cream

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