Elena.optimaforma.coach

Today is World Book Day! 📚✨ Celebrating the incredible power of books to inspire and guide us!

Three books that transformed my coaching approach:

🧠🔬 “Behave” by Robert Sapolsky Explores what truly drives human behavior

⭐ My takeaway: Understanding the science behind behavior builds empathy. Performance challenges reflect complex biology-psychology interplay, not just “motivation” issues.

💬❤️ “Radical Candor” by Kim Scott Leadership approach balancing honesty with care

⭐ My takeaway: Great leadership means challenging directly while caring personally. Honest feedback given with genuine care transforms teams!

🔄📋 “Business Model You” by Tim Clark & Alexander Osterwalder Applying business modeling to career planning

⭐ My takeaway: Structure makes career transitions less daunting. These exercises clarify your unique value proposition - perfect for navigating changes!

📚 What books changed YOUR professional perspective? Share below! 📖💡

𝑳𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆
I suspect that I have a cosmic connection with luxury lipsticks 😉.
⠀ I have my long time “coach” a Chanel red lipstick which gives me “Go ahead, girl, and take it” spirit.
⠀ And recently, I had a bit of a fairytale story with a new one, Este Lauder coral lipstick.
Duty free shop at Porto airport. I am searching for a special shade of Este Lauder lipstick. Here we are! But near a small sign “out of stock”.. 🥲
I was not sad, it was just another irritating case, recently I had plenty of a way more unpleasant stories like personal crises, divorce and big operation..
I’ve asked a shop assistant to find more or less the same shade with other brands.
She starts, but after few moments she says “I will give you EL tester”
“Sure, I will buy it with a discount” I have replied.
She looks at the shelf and gives me a brand new EL lipstick of perfectly coral shade I need, only slightly differently packed than normal.
“Take it” she says
“Just take, free?!” My eyes are round 😳
“Sure” she says
And at that moment I am totally devastated with gratefulness and unexpected miracle.
Especially after my recent events it was like an embrace from Universe saying “I see you, I love you and I care” 🙏❤️
Under those emotions I ask a lady “ Can I hug you?” She is surprised, but agrees 😊
Probably, Universe sent her a hug, using me as a tool? A hug which she desperately needed at that moment?
⠀ And me? I have now my beautiful, magic lipstick and every time I apply it, I hear a whisper from the Universe “I see you, I love you and I care about you” and I know all will be good!! ❤️