Coaching, reloaded - Coaching question of the day #374. - Your next bold statement

Swedish writer, educator, and suffragist Ellen Key (1849-1926) famously said: "Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it."

It's a fascinating observation, in which being bold and being willing to dare are seen as important prerequisites for achieving (and pursuing) happiness.

[What if our bold statements would be

absolutely necessary for our happiness?]

Isn't it a little bit like they were synonyms, in the end?

Can we be truly happy without being brave enough to stand up for ourselves and make a bold statement if necessary?

Coaching question of the day: 

"Which bold statement should you make right now?"                              

                                                    

Tags: Coaching question, Self-coaching, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Self-empowerment, Quotes, Boldness, Being brave, Making a bold statement

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Google celebrates Austrian/Swedish architect Josef Frank with a colorful Doodle

Google Doodles are almost always very poetic and beautiful and it's a real pleasure to start my 'search engine journey' with something different and unexpected, now and then.

Today Google celebrates Austrian/Swedish architect Josef Frank's 125th birth anniversary [July 15th, 1885] with an explosion of shapes and colors, a Doodle realized by displaying some of the most beautiful creations from Frank.

[Google Doodle for July 15th, 2010
Josef Frank's 125th birth anniversary]

Let's party: Unpublished texts by Stieg Larsson appeared

Today I've found in an online newspaper a huge present for me and for millions of readers:

In Stockholm have emerged early manuscripts of the cult author Stieg Larsson, who died before his 'Millennium Trilogy' became an international bestseller. "We have get material from a small magazine called 'Jules Verne Magazine', where some manuscripts of Stieg Larsson were that were never published", said the deputy head of the Swedish National Library, Magdalena Gram.

So far I've read "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Girl who Played with Fire". Saying that I have "devoured" them may be more appropriate, to be honest. I've never read a book with a character so amazingly similar to me, before. Never. Obviously, I'm not a 100% Lisbeth Salander (I hate maths and I am not a hacker...) but similarities are still very big.

[Swedish actress Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander 
in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009, Män som hatar kvinnor) 
by Niels Arden Oplev]

I've started twice "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", but I didn't want to finish it because... it's the last book from Stieg Larsson and I didn't want to know that I can't read nothing more from him, in the future.

[Swedish writer and journalist Stieg Larsson in the Nineties]

Now... it's not the last book anymore. Now some science fiction novels, written by a 17 years old Stieg Larsson, are waiting for me, someday.

Let's party!

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