Comments on: Five Tools to Sharpen Your Authentic Edge http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/ Tom Volkar ~ Coaching the leap and the landing to small business success. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:39:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guided Meditation to Find Work That You Love | Delightful Work http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Guided Meditation to Find Work That You Love | Delightful Work Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:54:41 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1604 [...] Through this guided meditation you can access your authentic edge. [...] [...] Through this guided meditation you can access your authentic edge. [...]

]]> By: Bruce Elkin http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1560 Bruce Elkin Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:51:31 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1560 Hi Tom, The article on practice is called Ten Thousand Hours: The Awesome Power of Passion, Persistence, and Practice. It can be accessed at http://hubpages.com/hub/10-000-Hours--The-Awesome-Power-of-Practice. Thanks for the support. Much appreciated! Hi Tom,
The article on practice is called Ten Thousand Hours: The Awesome Power of Passion, Persistence, and Practice. It can be accessed at http://hubpages.com/hub/10-000-Hours–The-Awesome-Power-of-Practice.
Thanks for the support. Much appreciated!

]]> By: Tom Volkar http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Tom Volkar Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:35:58 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1558 Molly - Welcome, yes slipping into comparison is a natural outcome of us all being so well connected these days. The important point is that we remain aware and catch ourselves as you have obviously done. So nice to have you visit. I'm a big fan of your work. Manya - Welcome. I's an honor to met yet another authentic soul who is committed to expressing that authenticity in her work. You're more than enough just the way you are. Looking forward to connecting further. Bruce - Welcome and thanks for the Twitter connection. I just got Outliers for Christmas and haven't cracked it open yet. I'll be on the look out for your excellent points. If you read this come back and leave the link for your Hub article. Molly – Welcome, yes slipping into comparison is a natural outcome of us all being so well connected these days. The important point is that we remain aware and catch ourselves as you have obviously done. So nice to have you visit. I’m a big fan of your work.

Manya – Welcome. I’s an honor to met yet another authentic soul who is committed to expressing that authenticity in her work. You’re more than enough just the way you are. Looking forward to connecting further.

Bruce – Welcome and thanks for the Twitter connection. I just got Outliers for Christmas and haven’t cracked it open yet. I’ll be on the look out for your excellent points. If you read this come back and leave the link for your Hub article.

]]> By: Bruce Elkin http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Bruce Elkin Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:58:51 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1557 Got your post from Molly. Much appreciated. I like the concept of the authentic edge, and not being distracted by comparing yourself to others. The Buddha once said that, "Comparison is sin." Indeed! I'm also a big fan of practice -- and The Ten Thousand Hour Rule -- that Malcolm Gladwell talks about in Outliers: The Story of Success. I wrote an article about it a couple of years ago that's up on HubPages now. Interesting that much of Outliers is about debunking the heroic version of success, and although he does say it takes a lot of effort to be be and stay successful, it also takes a lot of lucky circumstances. So, comparing yourself to Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or other well known successes is usually futile. Love your blogsite. Very clean and appealing. Cheers! B. Got your post from Molly. Much appreciated. I like the concept of the authentic edge, and not being distracted by comparing yourself to others. The Buddha once said that, “Comparison is sin.” Indeed!

I’m also a big fan of practice — and The Ten Thousand Hour Rule — that Malcolm Gladwell talks about in Outliers: The Story of Success. I wrote an article about it a couple of years ago that’s up on HubPages now.

Interesting that much of Outliers is about debunking the heroic version of success, and although he does say it takes a lot of effort to be be and stay successful, it also takes a lot of lucky circumstances. So, comparing yourself to Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or other well known successes is usually futile.

Love your blogsite. Very clean and appealing. Cheers!
B.

]]> By: Manya Arond-Thomas http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1555 Manya Arond-Thomas Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:47:15 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1555 Tom, What a fabulous post! I've just discovered your blog and so glad to find it/you. What you wrote just reached in and held my heart as I have been challenged to let go of all the shoulds and comparisons in my own quest to develop a business that reflects my authentic self and talents. It's quite a journey. And I have been listening and watching that video for over 2 months, and it still is magical! Tom,

What a fabulous post! I’ve just discovered your blog and so glad to find it/you. What you wrote just reached in and held my heart as I have been challenged to let go of all the shoulds and comparisons in my own quest to develop a business that reflects my authentic self and talents. It’s quite a journey. And I have been listening and watching that video for over 2 months, and it still is magical!

]]> By: Molly Gordon http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Molly Gordon Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:07:26 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1554 Tom, what a terrific post. This, "An outside focus will dull your authentic edge by positioning you in the reactionary hell of deadly comparisons," really grabbed my attention today. I'm intrigued by the relationship between sharpening the saw and maintaining one's authentic edge. I know that I find it easy to slip unconsciously from pursuing mastery to comparing myself with masters. I'm looking forward to exploring this and will come back after more thought. I'm grateful for your work. <abbr><em>Molly Gordons last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShaboomInc-Blog/~3/488180037/how_prospective_clients_can_teach_you_marketing_the_surprising_relationship_between_marketing_and_empathy.html">How Prospective Clients Can Teach You Marketing: The Surprising Relationship Between Marketing and Empathy</a></abbr></em> Tom, what a terrific post. This, “An outside focus will dull your authentic edge by positioning you in the reactionary hell of deadly comparisons,” really grabbed my attention today.

I’m intrigued by the relationship between sharpening the saw and maintaining one’s authentic edge. I know that I find it easy to slip unconsciously from pursuing mastery to comparing myself with masters. I’m looking forward to exploring this and will come back after more thought.

I’m grateful for your work.

Molly Gordons last blog post..How Prospective Clients Can Teach You Marketing: The Surprising Relationship Between Marketing and Empathy

]]> By: Tom Volkar http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Tom Volkar Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:03:33 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1528 Gilmar - Welcome. Be sure to return and tell us how your empathy development is going. Gabriel - Welcome. Yes. Confidence is absolutely essential for success. Liara - Welcome. Well said. That is the bottom line. Focus on what you want. Gilmar – Welcome. Be sure to return and tell us how your empathy development is going.

Gabriel – Welcome. Yes. Confidence is absolutely essential for success.

Liara – Welcome. Well said. That is the bottom line. Focus on what you want.

]]> By: Liara Covert http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 Liara Covert Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:22:42 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1521 You live the life you think about. That is what it comes down to. The focus of your thoughts and fears becomes the life you lead. <abbr><em>Liara Coverts last blog post..<a href="http://blog.dreambuilders.com.au/journal/2008/12/31/what-do-you-do-when-they-fear-for-you.html">What do you do when they fear for you?</a></abbr></em> You live the life you think about. That is what it comes down to. The focus of your thoughts and fears becomes the life you lead.

Liara Coverts last blog post..What do you do when they fear for you?

]]> By: Gabriel - Gadfly Revolution http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Gabriel - Gadfly Revolution Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:47:20 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1511 I can definitely agree with the idea that confidence helps you to achieve more, and therefore increases your success. I'm a writer -- a poet mostly, but I do some fiction work too -- and people always say to me, "I wish I could write, but I'm no good at it," and I always have to tell them, "No, not with that idea in your head." Our reality is what we make it: we each have boundless potential, and we are capable of anything. <abbr><em>Gabriel - Gadfly Revolutions last blog post..<a href="http://gadflyrevolution.com/2008/12/happiness-doesnt-have-a-secret/">Happiness Doesn’t Have a Secret</a></abbr></em> I can definitely agree with the idea that confidence helps you to achieve more, and therefore increases your success. I’m a writer — a poet mostly, but I do some fiction work too — and people always say to me, “I wish I could write, but I’m no good at it,” and I always have to tell them, “No, not with that idea in your head.”

Our reality is what we make it: we each have boundless potential, and we are capable of anything.

Gabriel – Gadfly Revolutions last blog post..Happiness Doesn’t Have a Secret

]]> By: Gilmar http://www.delightfulwork.com/business-coaching/five-tools-to-sharpen-your-authentic-edge/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Gilmar Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:04:34 +0000 http://www.delightfulwork.com/?p=280#comment-1510 In a word? PERFECT. I am still in awe with so much food for thought. I always say I'm a very musical being so having the song and the awesome video here does make a huge difference for me. I totallya agree with most of the comments and the idea of developing empathy is the key one for me. Thank you very much for sharing. <abbr><em>Gilmars last blog post..<a href="http://gilteacherbrazil.blogspot.com/2008/12/web-20-favorite-images.html">Web 2.0 - Favorite images</a></abbr></em> In a word? PERFECT. I am still in awe with so much food for thought. I always say I’m a very musical being so having the song and the awesome video here does make a huge difference for me. I totallya agree with most of the comments and the idea of developing empathy is the key one for me. Thank you very much for sharing.

Gilmars last blog post..Web 2.0 – Favorite images

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