The Big Difference Life Works When You

The Big Difference tackles one of life's toughest issues-how to make choices and discover the decisions that will have the greatest and most profound impact. Nicola Phillips guides you through the process and shows you how to make the leap from understanding to action.

Nicola Phillips runs an executive coaching practice that specializes in work and personal issues ranging from mentoring new executives and directors to developing new processes for e-business. She lives in Derbyshire, U.K.

Choosing and losing
Choosing	p. 4
Self-belief	p. 10
Belonging	p. 12
Control	p. 14
Great expectations	p. 16
Feel the force	p. 23
Getting your head round things	p. 26
Unthinkable activities	p. 30
The story so far...
Telling the story you'd rather be telling	p. 42
In narrator mode	p. 47
It's a wonderful emotion	p. 51
Not losing the plot	p. 57
The cutting room floor	p. 62
Beyond the frame	p. 65
Take no notice of the man behind the curtain ...
So where does the need for fantasy come from?	p. 73
Special delivery	p. 77
Creating castles in the air	p. 80
Unbearable reality	p. 84
Time out	p. 88
An imperfect solution	p. 98
Stuck
Drama	p. 107
Coming unstuck	p. 111
The truth, the whole truth, and everything but the truth	p. 115
Toxic waste	p. 121
Open secret ...	p. 128
The 3 Rs: rebellion, revenge and resentment	p. 129
Out of control	p. 130
Saying relax doesn't do it	p. 133
Living in chaotic space
Welcome to chaotic space	p. 150
So what does living in chaotic space look like?	p. 152
What is out there that can make a difference?	p. 154
Time to exhale again	p. 157
The virtues of vague: senna pods for the soul	p. 159
Setting free the bears	p. 163
Never up, never in	p. 165
Give it a label	p. 168
F8 and be there
Be there	p. 180
The interminable everydayness of being ...	p. 184
So what do all these wise words mean?	p. 186
Great myths and suspicions about making a difference	p. 187
Empty	p. 191
Let's take some time to blink	p. 196
Be clear about what you are working with: You	p. 198
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The Big Difference Life Works When You Chooose It

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