Johan Van de Put - JoCoach
Certified Affective Coach - 3Keys to Self-Understanding Practitioner
Editing by Marzena Lesiñska
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Your Future doesn't just happen - It is shaped by your own Choices
Your Future doesn't just happen - It is shaped by your own Choices
Hey there, thank you for your visit!
Will you be able to find, what you are looking for here?
I very much hope so.
In my personal life I have overcome important challenges, which impacted my overall perception and led to revisiting priorities. I learned, and still learn, to make choices as a grounded adult, free from conditioning and patterns from the past. This results in increased happiness and peace of mind. And I would like you to gain this freedom too.
How do I work? I listen. I ask questions. I clarify. I summarise my observations to help you rediscover and make contact with your Core-Self. Then I assist you in moving towards your desired goals.
I am looking forward to meeting you!
Let us unleash your full potential and create a better life!
Check out the photo gallery below illustrating my philosophy and views of life, the texts are credited to Marzena Lesiñska, creative haiku & poetry writer @ #somewhatintowriting
"Who is "I"?"
We are all influenced by the messages from our childhood and we take them into adullt life. These messages impact our thinking and our behaviour and they stay with us for the rest of our lives... until we do something about it.
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Feel that you contributeFeel that you contribute
When people are truly passionate about what they do, they consider their job as an important contribution and never have the feeling to be at work. Professional fulfilment of single employees results in cumulated engagement and bears fruit in form of both individual and collective successes.When people are truly passionate about what they do, they consider their job as an important contribution and never have the feeling to be at work. Professional fulfilment of single employees results in cumulated engagement and bears fruit in form of both individual ...
Watch human interactionWatch human interaction
Organisations, which pay closer attention to the way their teams interact, gain knowledge about the unique potential of their employees. Adjusting leadership styles to the people (and not the other way round) can increase synergy levels and will result in high performance and collaborative connectionsOrganisations, which pay closer attention to the way their teams interact, gain knowledge about the unique potential of their employees. Adjusting leadership styles to the people (and not the other way round) can increase synergy levels and will result in high perfor...
Celebrate !Celebrate !
When milestones are hit or objectives achieved, be generous with complimenting those who contributed to the success. A party, an after-hour drink, a breakfast deluxe - whatever works to have your staff feel special and motivated for more challenges to come.When milestones are hit or objectives achieved, be generous with complimenting those who contributed to the success. A party, an after-hour drink, a breakfast deluxe - whatever works to have your staff feel special and motivated for more challenges to come.
Empower, empower and then again empowerEmpower, empower and then again empower
When people feel empowered they have a clear view about how they contribute to the organisations' success. It is only through empowering that the spirit of entrepreneurship flourishes and regular employees transform into “Service Enthusiasts".When people feel empowered they have a clear view about how they contribute to the organisations' success. It is only through empowering that the spirit of entrepreneurship flourishes and regular employees transform into “Service Enthusiasts".
Be positive (and informal)Be positive (and informal)
Bringing people together to exchange ideas in an informal sphere with a drink or a snack will generate positivism and let the coffee and creativity flow.Bringing people together to exchange ideas in an informal sphere with a drink or a snack will generate positivism and let the coffee and creativity flow.
You are different (happily!)You are different (happily!)
And therefore you are interesting. Stimulate your staff to focus on the positive differences in teams. Leave painting everybody with the same brush and you will be surprised about the unexpectedly powerful colours coming to light.And therefore you are interesting. Stimulate your staff to focus on the positive differences in teams. Leave painting everybody with the same brush and you will be surprised about the unexpectedly powerful colours coming to light.
Face yourselfFace yourself
Do not search for purpose in others. Look yourself in the eye and listen to what your inner voice has to say. Who were you, if you left the judging outside the room? Where would you go, if you stopped closing yourself up? What would you do, if you realised that the key to your own super-power had always been within a hand’s reach? Little self-confidence, little happiness, little life. You are so much bigger than this.Do not search for purpose in others. Look yourself in the eye and listen to what your inner voice has to say. Who were you, if you left the judging outside the room? Where would you go, if you stopped closing yourself up? What would you do, if you realised that the k...
Do not knock on closed doorsDo not knock on closed doors
Sometimes life throws you outside the matrix. It can be a professional setback or a deep personal loss. Do not rush to go back where you are coming from. Turn around, seek, inquire. A painful event is no more than that, a painful event (even if it has a severe impact on your current life). And it is an illusion thinking it could ever deprive you of your true home. Home is always here, where you are. But an interesting question remains, what else is out there to find. What else?Sometimes life throws you outside the matrix. It can be a professional setback or a deep personal loss. Do not rush to go back where you are coming from. Turn around, seek, inquire. A painful event is no more than that, a painful event (even if it has a severe impact...
Engineer your lifeEngineer your life
You have all the tools within you to make this machinery of your life work. Habitual beliefs and past conditioning can stop you from moving forward like blocked or damaged gears. Where do you feel rusted or broken? And what if I told you that it takes making your hands dirty; that it requires courage and persistence, but in the end it could be fixed?You have all the tools within you to make this machinery of your life work. Habitual beliefs and past conditioning can stop you from moving forward like blocked or damaged gears. Where do you feel rusted or broken? And what if I told you that it takes making your han...
Build your team around self-consciousnessBuild your team around self-consciousness
If you continue your journey letting your core self steer you, it will attract other likeminded people and help you (and them) achieve common goals. You can all be different, but whoever acts out of self-awareness will foster mutual respect, acceptance and cultivation of individual strengths.If you continue your journey letting your core self steer you, it will attract other likeminded people and help you (and them) achieve common goals. You can all be different, but whoever acts out of self-awareness will foster mutual respect, acceptance and cultivatio...
Afraid of never finding your way out? (Don’t!)Afraid of never finding your way out? (Don’t!)
Do you have a feeling that you are lost forever? That you are stuck, regardless which choice you will make? I assure you, this is good news! This is your life sending you a love letter saying, please try something different. Reflect on patterns, which led you nowhere. Learn from hurdles. Be patient. Be stubborn. And the way will unfold itself in due time.Do you have a feeling that you are lost forever? That you are stuck, regardless which choice you will make? I assure you, this is good news! This is your life sending you a love letter saying, please try something different. Reflect on patterns, which led you nowhere...
Contemplate and restContemplate and rest
Everything has its own time. There is time to aim for the mountains and there is time to take a well-deserved break. When in stillness, ask yourself: Am I still on the right team? Will I continue in the same direction or will I make amends and welcome a change? Ideas do not fall from the sky, but they are born to steady hearts and quiet minds, open and wide like a horizon.Everything has its own time. There is time to aim for the mountains and there is time to take a well-deserved break. When in stillness, ask yourself: Am I still on the right team? Will I continue in the same direction or will I make amends and welcome a change? Ideas...
Get to know yourself wellGet to know yourself well
Do you want to widen your inner circle? Perform a meaningful job and inspire people? First step is to find out who you really are. Spend some time in solitude and remember, where you come from, in which place you are today and what you are dreaming about. Embrace the whole truth about yourself and be faithful to your core. Freedom dwells in authenticity, not perfection.Do you want to widen your inner circle? Perform a meaningful job and inspire people? First step is to find out who you really are. Spend some time in solitude and remember, where you come from, in which place you are today and what you are dreaming about. Embrace the...
You are not alone!You are not alone!
I know that living can sometimes feel like a never-ending quest. It can be exhausting, repetitive and lonely. Reach out to others, be honest, ask for help. I assure you that we are all in the same boat. And it is through vulnerability that we can create real connections and overcome hardships, together.I know that living can sometimes feel like a never-ending quest. It can be exhausting, repetitive and lonely. Reach out to others, be honest, ask for help. I assure you that we are all in the same boat. And it is through vulnerability that we can create real connecti...
Leave safe harboursLeave safe harbours
When was the last time you did something that scared you? If you build up your life around comfort and stick only to things that are familiar, change will be reluctant to find you. Superheroes do not have monopoly on bravery. Courageous means also breaking out of patterns and taking a full lead of your own existence. Safety is cosy, but it is confining too. Be free.When was the last time you did something that scared you? If you build up your life around comfort and stick only to things that are familiar, change will be reluctant to find you. Superheroes do not have monopoly on bravery. Courageous means also breaking out of pat...
Never fly lower.. than your dreamsNever fly lower.. than your dreams
Don’t adjust your dreams to the limited assumptions you have about yourself. Don’t try to censor them with your rational mind. While trying to control your dreams, you are cutting yourself off from the life energy. Dreams are messengers bearing longings deeply rooted in your heart. Listen to and nurture them as your dearest friends. May they fill you with hope. May their wild nature serve as a reminder of your own untamed greatness.Don’t adjust your dreams to the limited assumptions you have about yourself. Don’t try to censor them with your rational mind. While trying to control your dreams, you are cutting yourself off from the life energy. Dreams are messengers bearing longings deeply rooted...
Plan less, live morePlan less, live more
Don’t get me wrong. I am a believer of well-structured plans, which get you to desired outcomes. Especially when managing organisations, strategies are valuable orientation points. The trick is to not become a slave of methodologies, when confronted with the unpredictable, organic and creative force of life. Dare to let go, be spontaneous and get enchanted by the unknown.Don’t get me wrong. I am a believer of well-structured plans, which get you to desired outcomes. Especially when managing organisations, strategies are valuable orientation points. The trick is to not become a slave of methodologies, when confronted with the unpredic...
Keep goingKeep going
Wheel of fortune tends to be capricious. It throws ups and downs on us without following any logic. It is often only later that we understand the deeper meaning of cycles we underwent in our lives. The art of living is less about the goals and way more about how we move towards them. How we remain consistent in following our own path, true to ourselves, regardless of hardships. Keep growing, keep going, but one step at a time.Wheel of fortune tends to be capricious. It throws ups and downs on us without following any logic. It is often only later that we understand the deeper meaning of cycles we underwent in our lives. The art of living is less about the goals and way more about how we m...
Cultivate joy (it’s contagious!)Cultivate joy (it’s contagious!)
Children find joy in the smallest things. When we grow up, we often lose the ability and set the bar high for what we consider “worth” our excitement. Have you already smiled today? When was the last time your belly muscles ached hard, because you simply could not stop laughing? Seek out ways to bring more lightness and fun into your life. The more you practice it, the more you inspire others to do the same. Joy is epidemic. Children find joy in the smallest things. When we grow up, we often lose the ability and set the bar high for what we consider “worth” our excitement. Have you already smiled today? When was the last time your belly muscles ached hard, because you simply could not st...
You don’t know? (that’s ok!)You don’t know? (that’s ok!)
Who am I? What do I want? Where do I go? When the only thing you know is that you do not know, you feel overwhelmed with uncertainty. But how do you deal with not-knowing? First of all, accept it. How unnerving this stage might be, a crisis is always a chance. If you treat yourself with patience and kindness, keep an open mindset along the way, you will come out the other side with a new perspective and a purpose. It is alright to be lost. There is nothing wrong with you. Good things take time. Who am I? What do I want? Where do I go? When the only thing you know is that you do not know, you feel overwhelmed with uncertainty. But how do you deal with not-knowing? First of all, accept it. How unnerving this stage might be, a crisis is always a chance. If you...
Pull your own stringsPull your own strings
A child is being controlled and shaped by its caregivers and environment. An adult is supposed to be responsible for himself, but do you take a full advantage of this privilege? Or do you often just sail through life adjusting to expectations of what you shall be and do? Adulthood is trusting your inner compass. It is choosing what matters to you most. It is setting healthy boundaries, when others and their judgements attempt to take the wind out of your sails. Are you an adult yet?A child is being controlled and shaped by its caregivers and environment. An adult is supposed to be responsible for himself, but do you take a full advantage of this privilege? Or do you often just sail through life adjusting to expectations of what you shall be and...
Don’t be afraid of the darkDon’t be afraid of the dark
Sometimes it is the darkest before the dawn. You try to transform your life. You fight, you work hard, you do not give up. And despite all the efforts, nothing changes. There is no more left to do than to let go, to go inwards, to surrender until a ray of hope, a shimmer of possibility emerges on the horizon. The new beginning alike a rising sun appears out of nothing, out of stillness and you cherish it knowing it was worth all the hardship and the wait. Sometimes it is the darkest before the dawn. You try to transform your life. You fight, you work hard, you do not give up. And despite all the efforts, nothing changes. There is no more left to do than to let go, to go inwards, to surrender until a ray of hope, a shi...
When you know, you knowWhen you know, you know
Searching for one’s mission in life might be a tedious and discouraging process. You might feel like quitting. And not once, but hundreds of times. You might curse the fact you left the comfort zone at all. But what seems like a never-ending quest of unrelated circumstances, setbacks and knocking on endless closed doors makes perfect sense as soon as you found the right path. Keep looking, keep inquiring until you perfectly know what to do and where to go.Searching for one’s mission in life might be a tedious and discouraging process. You might feel like quitting. And not once, but hundreds of times. You might curse the fact you left the comfort zone at all. But what seems like a never-ending quest of unrelated circum...
Find your tribeFind your tribe
Who are your cheerleaders through thick and thin? Who does send you out there to fly and either flies along or sits on a roof terrace and enjoys the view? Who is not scared of your potential, who does love you freely? Whoever comes to your mind, those are your people. Take care of them. Adore them. And keep your eyes and heart open, because at any stage in your life, you can extend your tribe. You were never meant to travel the road alone.Who are your cheerleaders through thick and thin? Who does send you out there to fly and either flies along or sits on a roof terrace and enjoys the view? Who is not scared of your potential, who does love you freely? Whoever comes to your mind, those are your people...
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