This is a slide deck from my Spring 2021 section of The Art of Self-Coaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Course materials are archived at https://www.edbatista.com/the-art-of-self-coaching-course.html.

1. The art of
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self-coaching
Ed Batista
CLASS 9: ENDINGS
Spring 2021

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Small groups & debrief 20 mins
Remarks on endings 10 mins
Closing your partnerships 30 mins
My final remarks 10 mins
Your final remarks 10 mins
Agenda

3. Small groups
What does self-coaching mean to me?
What will it look like in the real world post-GSB?

4. Endings

5. Everything ends badly; otherwise it wouldn’t end.
~Cocktail

6. Endings
Endings tend to evoke sadness & loss
Because endings are symbolic deaths
So every ending is a learning opportunity

7. The end of a melody is not its goal.
But nonetheless, had the melody
not reached its end it would not
have reached its goal either.
~Human, All Too Human

8. Transitions
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9. Transitions
Change is situational. Transition is psychological.
Transitions start with letting go of what no longer
fits the life stage you are in.
~William Bridges

10. Transitions
To become something else, you have to stop
being what you are now… Even though it
sounds backwards, endings always come first.
~William Bridges

11. Transitions
The process of transformation is essentially a
death and rebirth process rather than one of
mechanical modification.
~William Bridges

12. Just a change?
or a transition?

13. Just a change
What is ending for you?
What are you letting go of?
What is dying? What is being born?
or a transition?

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Closing with your
Personal Partner

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Now with Prof.
partners

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A reminder…

17. Feedback for me
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Your input matters to the school and to me

18. My closing
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remarks

19. Good education…
…is like a depth charge.
It goes off some time later as it sinks in.

20. Learning how to
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learn

21. Growth

22. Growth
Exhortation will not suffice to change anyone.
What is needed is a concrete strategy of
behavior change.
~Christopher Peterson

23. Habits
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24. Habits
Could the young but realize how soon they will
become mere walking bundles of habits, they
would give more heed to their conduct while in
the plastic state.
~William James

25. Practice
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26. Practice
Every uncomfortable experience we avoid
is a missed opportunity to prepare for
the times when we have no choice.

27. Moments
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28. The good life
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29. The good life
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Everyday life poses demands & I am not saying
that we should ignore those we do not like.
I am saying don’t sweat the small stuff & most
of it is small stuff.
~Christopher Peterson

30. Gratitude
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31. Gratitude
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32. Gratitude
Soon you will be nobody and nowhere,
nor will anything you now behold exist,
nor anyone who is now alive.
~Marcus Aurelius

33. Your closing
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remarks

34. Thank you!
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