Summary of David Novak & Jason Goldsmith's Take Charge of You

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#1 When you are ready to coach yourself, you must first understand how to best coach the unique individual that is you. This comes from your experience as a professional who has coached a wide variety of people and personalities.

#2 The second thing we will help you do is figure out what we will be coaching you toward. This is a necessity, since coaching should not be an aimless pursuit. If you don’t have a clear idea of your destination, you can easily waste time and resources only to go nowhere or nowhere good.

#3 It can be easy to make big changes in your life or career. However, these changes require more time and thought than simply quitting your job. They require a good amount of self-knowledge in order to know what right means for you.

#4 We can also look at our feelings as a source of information about ourselves. They can help us gain insight into what’s going wrong or what’s going right in our lives, whether we’re on the right track or headed in the wrong direction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669388753

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Insights on David Novak & Jason Goldsmith's Take Charge of You

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When you are ready to coach yourself, you must first understand how to best coach the unique individual that is you. This comes from your experience as a professional who has coached a wide variety of people and personalities.

#2

The second thing we will help you do is figure out what we will be coaching you toward. This is a necessity, since coaching should not be an aimless pursuit. If you don’t have a clear idea of your destination, you can easily waste time and resources only to go nowhere or nowhere good.

#3

It can be easy to make big changes in your life or career. However, these changes require more time and thought than simply quitting your job. They require a good amount of self-knowledge in order to know what right means for you.

#4

We can also look at our feelings as a source of information about ourselves. They can help us gain insight into what’s going wrong or what’s going