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Bruce Elkin
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    The Life Design Framework

    ByBruce Elkin July 16, 2019August 9, 2023

    What Is The Life Design Framework? Life Design is a vision-driven, reality-grounded organizing structure for creating outstanding results, with whatever you have to start with You go through life taking the path of least resistance…The underlying structure of your life determines the path of least resistance…You can learn to recognize the structures in play in…

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    How Can I Thrive — Not Just Survive?

    ByBruce Elkin July 9, 2019September 16, 2019

    There are 3 types of people: Victims, Survivors, Thrivers. Only Thrivers create real and lasting results with ease. I help people become Thrivers.

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  • Three backpacking hikers on a rocky mountain ridge. Behind them, the sun is setting over higher mountains, and clouds through which the sun is a fuzzy yellow-white patch
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    Journey or Destination?

    ByBruce Elkin June 27, 2019September 16, 2019

    In my Life Design Coaching practice, I work with clients who want to create results that truly matter to them, but, so far, have not been successful in doing so. Many, if not most, are stuck because they confuse the relationship between process and results. Journey or destination? My approach embraces both journey and destination. …

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  • A photo of the philosopher, Denis Diderot, at his writing desk, wearing his elegant, new dressing robe. Beside the picture, these words: "My friends, keep your old friends. My friends, fear the touch of wealth. Let my example teach you a lesson. Poverty has its freedoms; opulence has its obstacles."
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    Living Simple in the City

    ByBruce Elkin June 18, 2019September 16, 2019

    Simple living and minimalism create freedom to do what matters. Buying uneeded, new stuff can erode that freedom. Best to make do with what works.

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  • Sun is just beginning to hit a wooded hillside above a lake. In front of the water, marsh grasses are silhouetted. Mist rises off the deciduous forests, forming wispy clouds, in which the round bright shape of the sun is trying to peek through.
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    Beware The Verb “To Be”

    ByBruce Elkin May 27, 2019September 16, 2019

    The verb “to be”—It is. I am. You are.—is judgmental. Absolute. It can make your thinking absolute, and get in the way of creating the success you long for.

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  • An executive at a team building retreat is spread out on steep rock slope, looking for his next hold and step. He's wearing a blue helmet, a blue and white stripped t-shirt and rock climbing shoes. Behind him and to the left side, sun lights up a forest of beech or birch.
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    The Power of “Yet”

    ByBruce Elkin May 8, 2019September 30, 2019

    Adding “yet” to “I can’t do it” changes the statement from an absolute judgment—an action stopper—to a hopeful statement, and more effective action.

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  • A single man in silhouette running in early evening. A river in background, and purple and pink clouds streaming overhead.
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    The Fifteen Minute Test

    ByBruce Elkin April 18, 2019May 5, 2020

    A personal story about how I learned to overcome bad moods, and take action even when I felt bad. That increased my resilience and led to successful results.

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    The Power Of Practice

    ByBruce Elkin March 20, 2019September 30, 2019

    Old wisdom and new research show that deliberate, structured practice is key to creating results. Plus coaching in how to learn and grow from experience.

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  • At the edge of a deciduous forest, six square boards on 2 by 4 stakes, spell out the word CREATE. Each board looks hand painted by kids. In the foreground a flower filled meadow.
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    React? Respond? Or Create?

    ByBruce Elkin March 5, 2019September 30, 2019

    Many people’s go-to habit is to react to urgent but not important stimuli. Others acknowledge the stimulus, and rise above it to create results that matter.

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  • A woman sits in a grassy meadow wearing blue jeans and writing in a journal propped on her knees.
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    Life Design For Writers And Creatives

    ByArchivist February 13, 2019August 9, 2023

    Design Your Life To Support Your Passion Bruce’s understanding of what it takes to break free of old patterns and move forward surpasses other “coaches” I’ve had. His simple, practical approach creating both simplicity and success motivates me daily, and keeps me on track toward the results I most care about. Lisa Cherry; Writer, Editor…

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    Links and resources

    ByArchivist February 13, 2019April 19, 2022

    peer.ca – The Peer Bulletin is the best coaching magazine I’ve found. Great resource for coaches and those thinking about becoming a coach. boomerwomenspeak.com – Join Dotsie Bregel in her online haven where baby boomer women connect, encourage, and support one another every day. eartheasy – ideas for environmentally sustainable living. With every activity of our daily lives,…

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    Deep Change

    ByArchivist February 13, 2019March 26, 2022

    “My first 8-weeks of coaching showed me new ways of thinking about and acting on what I used to call goals, and now call results. But as I stretched for larger results, I needed support. Bruce’s follow-up programs helped me groove in skills, deal with setbacks—and persist until I think I could create almost any…

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