Category Archives: Misc

I Have a Coach at CBT Nuggets!

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Coach

I am so excited to start the Accountability Coaching program at CBT Nuggets. I really need to update my MCSE skills in the Windows Server department, and I just keep dragging my feet on it.

I might not train on these products in the future, but I sure use them everyday as I choose to run VMs and Cisco’s VIRL against these server platforms.

From what I have heard about Coaching at CBT Nuggets, it will be a great way for me to ensure I am staying on track with this endeavor. I will be sure to post here about my experiences in the program. In fact – step 1 has already happened and was painless. I was assigned a coach – Karin – and I visited her CBT Nuggets page in order to schedule my first coaching call. I was thrilled to see she had several time slots available tomorrow since I really need to start this journey right away.

Here is a video on the coaching program that I watched that got me excited about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-VmQren2tg

How Well are You REALLY Listening?

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More times than I want to admit it – I don’t listen to others all that well. Hey – after all – I am paid to TALK – not always to listen.

In the 7 Habits of Kick Ass people (I think the actual title might be Highly Effective People or something like that) – we learn there are different levels of listening. I am really going to work on empathic listening from now!

  • Ignoring – here we are not listening at all – it was I do when I hear a Kayne West song 😉
  • Pretending – I am guilty of this with my wife sometimes
  • Selective listening – we are only hearing what we want to really
  • Attentive listening (active) – we are paying attention and focusing energy on the process
  • Empathic listening  – the highest level we can achieve!

Listening