SimonHarlingBlog by SimonHarling

#90 Mar 23, 2026

The games we play

Folks, In the book The Coaching Habit, author Michael Bungay Stanier has a question he calls the opportunity cost…

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#89 Mar 16, 2026

Make it obvious

Folks, If you want to be a speaker, book a stage. If you want to be fit and healthy in your old age, don't think about…

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#88 Mar 9, 2026

Trading Places

Folks, You can work on the system, or more commonly, you can work in the system. Same for businesses and coaching,…

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#87 Mar 2, 2026

What do you see?

Folks, “Stand in front of the mirror and tell yourself the truth.” That’s not advice for the faint-hearted, is it? It…

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#86 Feb 23, 2026

It’s a bit like riding a bike

Folks, What’s a bit like riding a bike? Coach education! Are you sure? Yep. We all know what education looks like.…

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#85 Feb 16, 2026

Robustness

Folks, We are told to keep the end in mind. After all, reverse engineering from the place you want to go to makes sense.…

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#84 Feb 9, 2026

Snail mail for the win

Folks, I'm going to start with a note I got in the post last week from the creator of The Dot, Peter H Reynolds. The…

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#83 Feb 2, 2026

Respond - Resist

Folks, If I have a theme from last week, it is respond - resist. A coaching conversation I had last week started with…

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