Coffee with Colm

Coffee with Colm

By Colm O'BrienBusiness
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  • Time - The Great Leveller - In This Episode Yours Truly Uses The River Shannon To Explain

    Time - The Great Leveller -
    In This Episode Yours Truly Uses The River Shannon To Explain.

    Time is infinite.
    Your time, my time, not so.

     

    This week, I threw myself

    in the River Shannon (voluntarily and safely) to draw an analogy between the
    inexorable flowing of the river and that of time itself using a twig to explain
    my thinking.

    Many people act like twigs ending up in life where life takes them; more and
    more of us are beginning to realize we can direct our efforts. I think the
    point is well made, even if I say so myself.


    As ever I invite you to stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and think (you're
    not a twig, like) with me for a few minutes

    Enjoy

    5 min
  • Professionals Never Lose - They either Win or They Learn.

    Professionals Never Lose - They either Win

    or They Learn.

     

    I’m sure you were taught, as I was, the

    phrase, “Sometimes I win and sometimes I lose” and yet again we were taught wrong.
    No more than, as we said last time on “Coffee with Colm”, Practice does not
    necessarily make perfect, but practice ALWAYS makes permanent, this week we are
    revisiting a CWC Classic, and reminding ourselves that the correct way to finish
    this week’s sentence is…

     

    “Sometimes I win, and sometimes I LEARN!”

     

    Professionals NEVER lose; they win or the

    learn. Amateurs lose all the time. Be honest with yourself (there’s nobody
    watching) which are you? If the former, great, if the latter, decide to change.

     

    As ever I invite you to stick on the

    kettle, grab a coffee, and think with me for a few minutes; you have nothing to
    lose 😊


    Enjoy

    Yours Truly


    Colm O'Brien


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    Yours Truly

    Colm O'Brien

    5 min
  • Practice Doesn't Make Perfect - Practice Makes Permanent

    I'm sure you were taught, as I was, that practice makes perfect and yet it seems we were both taught wrong, not on purpose mind, but wrong nonetheless.


    Practice does not necessarily make perfect, but practice ALWAYS makes permanent.


    You see whatever you practice you get better at. As human beings, we learn to operate mainly subconsciously in terms of something we practice regularly, think driving for example. 


    But, unless you passed your driving test last week, how would you feel about your chances of passing it if you had to retake it in 48 hours time? I am full sure I'd fail! Why? Because my 'practice' over decades has created 'permanent' habits that I don't believe would stand up to scrutiny of a drive test professional!


    There are four areas around which I suggest you consider your automatic practices:

    • Your Health
    • Your Wealth
    • Your Relationships
    • Your Spirit

      • I invite you to stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and practice thinking with me for a few minutes.


      Enjoy

      6 min
    • Coaching - THE Quintessential 100 Year Work - Possibly the Most Important Work in the World

      Coaching - THE Quintessential 100 Year Work - Possibly the Most Important Work in the World.


       Recorded ON Lough Derg (not in it this time) on my birthday - Yay, Happy Birthday to me! Level 61 and

      loving life - in this week's "Coffee with Colm" Yours Truly ruminates about one of his most cherished views, that we are ALL involved in 100 Year Work, for better of worse, (actually until death do us part!) whether we like
      it or not.
      I believe Coaching could possibly be the most important work ever - passing on learned skills to others, so that those skills and attitudes don't get lost in the mists of time.


      And so our work, as coaches, is eternal!

       

      And because I believe in Coaching so much, I want to enable more of it, thus my involvement in the

      start-up, COACHY.ie

       

      I invite you to stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and think with me for a few minutes from ‘The Spirit

      of Kilalloe’ on my birthday.


      Enjoy

      4 min
    • Caroline Rigney, a renowned Co. Limerick farmer took time out to attend Pendulum Summit in January – and then to have “Coffee with Colm”.

      Caroline Rigney, a renowned Co. Limerick farmer took time out to attend

      Pendulum Summit in January – and then to have “Coffee with Colm”.

       

      From pigs breaking through fences, to packaging

      delicious pork and bacon product for fans nationwide, to Killaloe Farmer’s Market,
      to forgiving ourselves and our parents, to letting go of the past, and
      embracing the present with one eye on the future, I had the most enjoyable coffee
      chat with Caroline Rigney.

       

      I know Caroline and Joe Rigney, primarily

      because myself and Mrs. O’B are regular imbibers of their delicious (no, seriously!)
      fresh food at Killaloe Farmer’s Market of a Sunday.

       

      They are a class act and to watch them work

      in harmony is always a treat. You join the queue (always a queue – which tells
      you something) and watch Caroline interact with her regulars, as she effortlessly
      relieves them of a few bob, while Joe cooks away in the background, turning to
      the front to ask, “Salad, tomato and onion with that?” during which time
      Caroline has moved on to take another order. Poetry in motion!

       

      So, I was delighted when Caroline decided to

      join our little group of Vagabonds to attend Pendulum Summit in January.

       

      We finally got a chance to grab a virtual

      coffee together and have the chats. It was fabulous, very real, totally
      life-affirming.

       

      Stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and think

      alongside Caroline (and Joe popped in for a sec, too) and me for a few minutes;
      you’ll fall in love with the Rigneys…

       

      Enjoy...

      14 min
    • A "Coffee with Colm" Special recorded LIVE while immersed in 7 degree water in the Shannon River as the sun dawned on the last Sunday of February 2024

      A "Coffee with Colm" Special recorded LIVE while immersed in 7 degree water in the Shannon River as the sun dawned on the last Sunday of February.

      My lovely Mam passed a year ago - on Feb 20th 2023 - God Rest Her.
      Being an all year round open-water swimmer since
      2020 I was intrigued to stumble across an open-water swimming challenge called Freezebrury - to remain immersed in open water for a cumulative total of 435 minutes during the month of February, when Irish waters are at their coldest,
      sea, lake and river.

      So I decided to accept the challenge and in so
      doing raise funds for the wonderful work done by the beautiful end-of-life carers employed by the Irish Hospice Foundation.
      I completed Freezebrury at dawn (on Sunday Feb
      25th) and recorded this episode of "Coffee with Colm" during the
      final moments of the final swim of that month-long challenge, immersed up to my chin in 7.8 degree water! I was in the water for 26 minutes BEFORE I hit record!


      During this episode I share some pertinent lessons I have learned over the years to help me get more out of life.

      If you'd like to find out more, stick on the kettle, grab a HOT coffee, and think with me for a few minutes.

      You can make a donation here if you wish: https://hospicefoundation.ie/donate/
      Enjoy...

      4 min
    • Karen Pappin’s Standout Pendulum Speaker had an Immediate and Profound Impact on her – one she was not expecting!

      Karen Pappin is a fellow Dub (South Side, but

      we’ll let her off – although I had to address it over our coffee chat!) living in and working from beautiful Kinvara, Co. Galway.

       

      She’s a storyteller – a Brand Storyteller - and

      she came along to Pendulum as part of our little group of Vagabonds, not knowing what to expect.

       

      The speaker that ‘spoke’ to her was not even

      on her radar before she attended, and interestingly he did so through story – no surprise there perhaps?

       

      Before the conference had even ended, Karen

      had made a decision (and taken action!) to make changes in certain aspects of her life and puts those changes on public record in this week’s episode of “Coffee with Colm”.

       

      Stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and think

      alongside Karen and me for a few minutes, you’ll have a laugh, and learn
      something along the way.

       

      Enjoy

      14 min
    • Coaches! Disruption Incoming! If you Coach, this episode of "Coffee with Colm" is for you...

      The Biggest Challenge Most Coaches Face is

      Filling Your Diary.
      We have the solution for you.
      As a Professional Coach myself (part-time), like you, I learned that the hardest part of coaching is… prospecting… to find clients.
      Coaching is not the problem, prospecting is.
      When I looked around me at all the coaches I know (and know of), I realised the majority had the same problem; you and me, we would coach all day long -
      oftentimes evenings, and weekends - helping people with their life and business
      challenges. All you want to do is serve people with your knowledge, your
      empathy, your listening skills and if only you could get them on a Discovery
      Call, you know they’d hire you.

      Am I right?
      So, I set about creating a team to solve the prospecting problem – and we think we may have just done that.
      As Uber is to the Transport sector, and Airbnb is to the Accommodation sector, COACHY (launching May 1st 2024) is to the Coaching sector.
      Currently in beta testing phase – COACHY is built solely to facilitate more Discovery Calls for you.
      Embrace your inner FOMO to find out how COACHY can help you to stop selling and start serving more people in 2024, register your Pre-Launch interest here: https://adsuite.clickfunnels.com/coachy-pre-launch

      Or stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and think alongside young Ciaran Griffin and me for 10 minutes, and get a feel for

      what COACHY can do for you, and how you can pre-register your interest so you don’t miss out on Launch Day, May 1st 2024.
      Ciaran is my fellow COACHY co-Founder along with Tim Kelly and Christopher
      Heaney.

       

      Enjoy...

      12 min
    • From Early Retirement to Pendulum to Teaching Future Generations ~ Paul Massey has Coffee with Colm

      Paul Massey was a retailer back in the day. One

      thing he insisted on was that he trained his staff what to do in the event of a robbery – no eye contact, open the till, step away, no heroes.

       

      When two guys arrived one evening, one with a

      sawn-off shotgun, the other with a hammer, Paul found himself instinctually NOT
      following his own advice!

       

      Paul is lucky to be alive. He retired from

      retail shortly thereafter but has never stopped contributing.

      We were blessed to enjoy Paul’s company as part of our little group of Vagabonds
      attending Pendulum Summit in January.

       

      In this “Coffee with Colm” episode we discuss

      what Paul took from it, and what is happening as a result. Wonderful stuff indeed.

       

      Stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and think

      alongside Paul  and me for a few minutes,
      and get a feel for Pendulum (and maybe consider joining us next year on Jan 8th
      and 9th 2025 in Dublin, PM either of us if you’d like to find out
      more)
      Enjoy

      19 min
    • He (or She) Who Collects The Most Nos Wins

      How do some people, get ahead, and many don't? 


      Those who get ahead in any area of life, take more shots than those who don't - simple! In so doing, they experience more rejection, and the natural outflowing of experiencing more rejection, is... more success!


      I was a tad under the weather for the past week and as such missed the opportunity to have coffee with one of the Pendulum Vagabond Crew - don't worry, we've some crackers lined up over the coming weeks, this is just a blip - life throwing a curve ball.
      Instead, this week I'm up-cycling a "Coffee with Colm" Classic from early on in my podcast journey.
      Stick on the kettle, grab a coffee, and think with (younger) me for a few minutes.
      Enjoy 

      6 min

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