Author Archives: Jean-Sébastien Simon

In the world of coaching, we are often encouraged to “go bigger”, and “dream bigger.” Sometimes, that’s what we need. Back in 2019, when I participated in a Deep Dive lead by Rich Litvin, one of my biggest takeaways was that I could dream bigger, and it was OK to do so. I realized thatContinue reading “Playing Big vs. Playing True”

Karmic Power In 2007, I returned to my country of birth, Thailand, for the first time since I left at age 4. My family and I were visiting a friend of my parents who is a renowned university professor coming from a wealthy family in Thailand. I asked a bit more to my dad aboutContinue reading “On the Power of doing Secret Good”

Happy New Year everyone ! Yesterday, I joined a group of beautiful Souls lead by Bob Russo for a bi-monthly online gathering. As we started, Bob said: “Congratulations everyone for having been so far in Life.” I paused for a moment, and chuckled inwardly: I remembered that life is a Game ! (I tend toContinue reading “On the importance of Celebration”

In a few months, France will hold it’s next Presidential Election. Some people look at this election as another opportunity for change, while others stay with apathy, as they believe that it will be like all the previous ones and bring no change whatsoever. This is shown by the very high abstention scores during secondContinue reading “You are voting much more than you think”

If you’ve worked with me as a coach, or if you are in the Personal Development community, you’ll often hear how you can empower yourself by working on your limiting beliefs, and how you can create your work and your life from the Inside-Out. If you’re not familiar with that, or need an important reminder,Continue reading “External Circumstances Matter”

In The Prosperous Coach, Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin explain one of the powers of great coaching: It helps the client shift from their Default Future (what would happen in their life and business without coaching), to a Created Future. Recently, I’ve been thinking that this is great, as we can create phenomenal (and Impossible)Continue reading “On Creating a Lovely Default Future”

In previous articles, I explained the power of taking responsibility (Responsibility, Leadership and Integrity in Challenging times, and Conscious Leadership). Responsibility, though can be a tricky concept to apply. It can be easy to avoid taking responsibility (which gives our power to others or external circumstances), or on the opposite, to take too much responsibilityContinue reading “Circles of Responsibility”

Yesterday, I went to the Opera in Nice. I managed to get one of the last seated tickets for Philipp Glass’ Akhnaten, for the last day it was playing. I am so grateful I caught this opportunity. Funny things happened that evening. A digression First of all, I caught myself treating myself cheaply, trying toContinue reading “The Forrest Gump Effect: Or the Power of a Beginner’s Mind”

On trusting figures of authority Back in high school, I remember once, when I had spelled the word “spoon” in French (cuillère) in an unusual way: “cuiller”. I had discovered earlier that the word had two spellings. My Spanish teacher corrected my spelling as if it was a mistake. This left me with doubts. BackContinue reading ““No Coaching the Coach”: On overachievers, figures of authority, doing less and trusting yourself.”

Image by rihaij from Pixabay Enter Holographical Thinking Holographical thinking means you can think and make instant connections at a high level of abstraction and think about multiple ideas/relationships/connections at once. (My view differs slightly from the traditional NLP definition). For example, you can think at a literal level, as well as an abstract levelContinue reading “On Holographic Thinking and Holographic Working”