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Loved the illustrated examples and diagrams

Practical reflection questions. Relatable scenarios and thoughts.

At this point in my life, the book feels uncannily relevant, as if it’s guiding me through my own crossroads! Loving it so far.

Side note: You really need breaks between ideas to reflect and digest the information

It’s getting interesting

Research suggests that our intelligence (our IQ) might account for just 20 per cent of our career success. The rest is down to our personality, (preferences, attitudes, postures, etc.) and, of course, emotional maturity. This is great news because, although personality and IQ remain fairly fixed over time, our emo-tional maturity is something we can always work on, to develop and improve.

Emotional maturity-a key to coaching

It is important to recognise that we do not always occupy one fixed place: metimes, we are relaxed and resourceful; sometimes, we are uptight and crit-al. To be an effective coach, we want our general levels of emotional maturity most circumstances to stay healthy. By 'healthy', I mean that our behaviours d responses create a mostly constructive effect over time.