Yesterday I told you I have decided to do build from my passion. This is it. To be clear, I love my work. I love 1:1 coaching. I love team coaching. I love motivational speaking. I love facilitating. But my absolute passion? Is helping people to become the very best version of themselves that they can be. Now THAT is lights me up. People who follow my process and say, "I want to be the best in the world", or people who were stressed and then say, "I realise that I am already happy", or people...
6 days ago • 1 min read
In March this year I achieved something huge and it ruined my progress. Let me explain. Four years ago I set out to turn my vocation (coaching) into a business. I had no idea how to do that when I started, but I had faith that if I trusted myself, worked hard and didn't quit, I could do it. And I did. I've made my living from this for 3 years now, which is something I am very proud of. So what's the problem? What happened in March is that I ran the numbers on my current year and realised I...
6 days ago • 1 min read
Today we had a great call in the Stephen Lock Academy community. This is something we do every Friday, but this week's had an extra positive energy about it. Because we're all embarking on a challenge. Let's rewind a little. A few weeks ago I was talking to my client C. He's brilliant, charming and highly skilled. He was also a bit overwhelmed and failing to make progress on his goals. I am delighted to have received a lovely voice note from him today, so I know that's no longer the case....
16 days ago • 1 min read
My good friend Brendan asked me a great question last week. He asked what trends I am seeing in my coaching. The short answer to that is that EVERYONE is struggling to pay attention to the things that matter to them. In a world of emails, Slack, social media and those ever expanding WhatsApp groups, it is almost impossible to avoid being distracted. More recently the rise of AI tools that automatically summarize everything has, counterintuitively, made things worse. It turns out that we were...
19 days ago • 1 min read
How you doing? Having a good week? I hope so. Me too. I'm sure you have heard the phrase "consistency compounds", right? Basically the idea that, if you you show up doing a thing for long enough, one day you will be surprised at what you created. Last week I decided to do a little housekeeping in platform my clients use. This is where my coachees access their course materials as well as the group chat. One of the areas of the platform contains the recordings of group sessions I do each...
25 days ago • 1 min read
So you were lying on a beach, or having an Aperol on a terrace, or maybe sitting in a field and you realised that you were relaxed. That, a few days into your well-deserved and long awaited holiday, you felt like yourself again. And then you turned to your significant other and you said something about thinking you were ready for a change. That when you get back to normal life and the kids go back to school you were going to dive into that important project, go for that promotion or figure...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
STEPHEN LOCK EXECUTIVE COACH Two weeks ago I gave a talk to my clients on the topic How to Finish Things. I recorded a shorter version of it for YouTube which you will enjoy. As part of the talk I gave some advice like this. "If you have a project that is at 90% done and hanging around, you have two choices: finish it within two weeks; or kill it. There is no third option." On the call I talked about something I had been working on that wasn't finished and immediately put a reminder in my...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
STEPHEN LOCK EXECUTIVE COACH We all have a 90 % folder don't we? Whether that is a mental folder or one on your laptop. We all have a folder of projects that we ... never ... quite ... finis This week's post is all about how you can actually finish the projects gathering mental and digital dust. If you prefer your information in video form you can watch a version of this on my YouTube channel. Why We Stall There are three reasons why we don't finish what we start: One: Fear of Judgment....
2 months ago • 2 min read
STEPHEN LOCK EXECUTIVE COACH We're going full productivity-advice this week. This post is for you if you keep getting to the end of a week and you never actually managed to do the things that you wanted to do at the start of the week. If that feels familiar, it probably isn't because you are not trying hard or putting in the hours, it is because you don't have a system to help you run your week. If you prefer your information in video form you can watch a version of this on my YouTube...
2 months ago • 2 min read
