by Jim Struck | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Coach is In… “We see truth through the eyes of our bias.” – Charles F Glassman One of the ‘threads’ that came to mind during my writing about grace, acceptance, love in the face of worthiness was ‘bias and assumption.’ I would like to ‘pull’ on that thread now....
by Jim Struck | Sep 2, 2021 | Personal Development
The Confluence of Grace, Acceptance, and Love in the Face of Worthiness – Part 1 Do you have days where you are looking for some inspiration, or you are trying to connect some dots in your life? What do you do during those moments? What I find myself doing is trying...
by Jim Struck | Aug 11, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
The Coach is In… “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates Much of how well we do in life, and as a leader, comes from our self-awareness. Do we ‘know ourselves?’ Do we have a strong sense of who we are and our purpose? How close is how we see...
by Jim Struck | Jul 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I left Part 2 of my post on self-care and corporate care, I kept thinking there was something more. The ‘something more’ turned out to be a story that is a powerful illustration of depletion and renewal. Megan was in the back of the room with fellow...
by Jim Struck | Jul 18, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
I lead with a quote from a piece that my friend and colleague, Richard Smith, wrote RENEWAL. . . OR IS IT. . .REPAIR? “ ‘IT’ has many names: hurry sickness, stress, burnout, depletion, self-violence. No matter what ‘IT’ is called we know it is so pervasive that in...
by Jim Struck | Jul 3, 2021 | Articles, Personal Development
Self-care and Corporate Care How Are They Working? “The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.” Jim Rohn For the past few weeks, I have witnessed several crises of self-care in individuals around me. Because...
by Jim Struck | Jun 28, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
On more than one occasion I have written about my father on Father’s Day. For some strange reason, this year I am thinking that it would be interesting to write about my children and what they have taught me about parenting. I was 27 when my first wife and I talked...
by Jim Struck | Jun 7, 2021 | Articles
Gratitude and Capacity It is Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Our kids and their kids (6,4,2), five in all, are moving out of our house to their new home today. You might remember that they have spent almost 11 months with us after the duplex they were renting was...
by Jim Struck | May 15, 2021 | The Coach Is In Blog
In June, 2015 I wrote a piece on “embracing the chaos” in our lives. I thought, given the past year, it might be interesting/helpful to revisit the topic. A few years back I was mentoring a young man from our church. He was a senior in college and full of questions...
by Jim Struck | Apr 28, 2021 | Articles, Personal Development
The other day I was speaking with a client (I will call her ‘Amy’) about her Emotional Intelligence assessment. During the course of our conversation she mentioned that she really needed help with her work-life balance. I continued to listen to her share a few...
