Category Archives: Love

“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. And the best time to love is now.”

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“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. And the best time to love is now.”

– Rick Warren, Christian pastor and author

In the world of business and executive coaching, the subject of love is rarely discussed in great depth. In the field of life or personal coaching, it’s far more acceptable and often very welcomed.

Many coaches, including myself, believe that all coaching is life coaching, with variable degrees of focus on the areas of greatest importance. When you dig into these areas, of course, what you then discover is that foundation of love.

Exercise:

How can you stand on a foundation of love and give your time to those things you care deeply about – now?

“Our job is the excuse through which we get to love people.”

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“Our job is the excuse through which we get to love people.”

– Panache Desai, author of You are Enough

What percent of your life do you spend engaged in work? For the sake of today’s quote, I’m going to define work as our vocation, or the way we earn a living.

For the person working Monday through Friday, a minimum of 8 hours a day (who does that these days?) work represents approximately one fourth of our life. If the song lyrics from the Beatles tune are true, and all you need is love, or the old song love makes the world go round, then perhaps Desai is really on to something.

Exercise:

How can you view your daily work efforts as an act of love, contribution and generosity, instead of something to get through on the way to your weekend?

From Mick Brown, journalist and author

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“Ultimately the measure of every human being is their capacity to awaken the love in themselves and to extend it to their fellow man.”

– Mick Brown, journalist and author (paraphrasing Bede Griffiths)

As a business and executive coach, I tend to deal with many practical and quantifiable issues facing my clients. Beneath the surface of these objective details are the softer sides of things.

The term “love” is often consider off-limits in business – yet I find that it is often the hidden foundation of outstanding results. There is great power and connectivity that brings great possibilities to life, when we awaken and extend love to those around us.

A smile, a caring ear, a helpful act of service, a thank-you and even a hug from time to time are some simple things we can do.

Exercise:

What are some other ways you can extend your loving nature to others?