Sean Payton and Bill Parcells are close friends from Payton's time working on Parcells' Dallas Cowboys staff.

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PALM BEACH, Fla. -- At the NFL meetings every year, there's a Monday night reception with a band (Adele seemed to be the flavor of the evening last night) and most of the coaches, owners, GMs, league people and media mixing it up. At this little soiree, I got one question about 18 times: "You think Bill Parcells would come back?''

I do, under the right circumstances.

I covered Parcells for four years as a Giants beat writer for Newsday in the '80s, and have known him well since then. I watched a spring training game with him in Jupiter, Fla., on Monday. And so I've spoken with him about the Saints situation at some length. And there may never have been circumstances more right than these for Parcells to get back on the sideline.

Five reasons why:

1. It's a 10-month job. Nine-, maybe, by the time Parcells would take over. Parcells, who will be 72 on opening day, insists on a one-year contract with ESPN because he doesn't want to be pinned down for longer than that.

2. It's with a legitimate Super Bowl contender. He's had Phil Simms and Drew Bledsoe, who were very good quarterbacks, but never a quarterback who's the complete package playing at this high a level as Drew Brees. It's a passing league. He knows he'd be able to basically cede control of the offense to Brees and offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael, sit back, and watch them put 30 points on the board most weeks.

3. He really likes Sean Payton. He'd be doing Payton a solid.

4. The money's good, or should be. Parcells owns horses and likes money.

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Peter King: Five reasons Parcells would consider coaching Saints; mail

The Nation March 28, 2012 1:00 am

Jean-Francois Cousin, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Apiwut Pimolsaengsuriya and Jimi Potchanart.

In this special book, coaches Jimi Potchanart, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Apiwut Pimolsaengsuriya and Jean-Francois Cousin explain why executive coaching is more and more recognised by the human resource community in Thailand as the most effective tool to unleash leadership potential.

They offer many simple keys to tap managers' potential, and practical tips on how to best leverage executive coaching. They also explain what is "situational coaching", how life-coaching is tightly linked to executive coaching, what really happens in the coachee's brain when the coach asks questions, what are the pitfalls, secret recipes and success factors in executive coaching, how to select the best coach for you, among others.

The book is an easy read, inspiring with many stories from real life and a quiz. It can be a friendly companion for all HR professionals in Thailand. The first edition is in Thai, with an English version likely to follow.

The four authors will be present to sign their book and discuss the "best of" the chapters at the event from 6pm on launch day.

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A manual of coaching wisdom

New Life Coaching Certification Website Helps More People Attain Certified Life Coach Dreams

A brand-new website at http://lifecoachingcertificate.com/ offers details on becoming a certified life coach. The Spencer Institute for Life Coaching offers a wide range of coaching courses.

In addition, the new site offers several free gifts for life coaches to help them start their coaching careers.

If youve been curious about life coaching and certification options and are ready to take the next step, this website can take you step-by-step through the certification process, said Dr. John Spencer Ellis, CEO and president of The Spencer Institute. Whether you have a passion for food coaching, stress management issues or more global life coaching, we offer a variety of life coach certifications for all interests.

Some of the most popular Spencer Institute life coaching training programs include:

Life Strategies Coach: The perfect introduction to a life coaching career, this certification includes basic through advanced life coaching techniques and business strategies. Wellness Coach Training: A life coach certification focused on helping clients develop healthy living habits, reducing stress and improving overall happiness. Stress Management Coach: Designed for life coaches and fitness and wellness professionals, this training focuses on the growing, lucrative field of stress management. Food Psychology Coach: This one-of-a-kind professional training program is perfect for life coaches who need tools for helping clients with behavior modification as it pertains to food and eating habits. Holistic Life Coach: Holistic life coaches enhance personal development from a multi-directional approach, viewing the person as a complete being and focusing on a wide spectrum of needs. Sports Psychology Coach: A life coaching certification that blends into careers in sports, fitness, coaching or psychology.

All of the self-paced online life coaching certificates provide cutting-edge techniques and time-tested principles for becoming a successful life coach. In addition, the Spencer Institute life coach training also focuses on creating and growing a profitable life coaching business.

About the Spencer Institute and Life Coaching Certification Founded by Dr. John Spencer Ellis, an international leader in wellness coaching, personal development and fitness, The Spencer Institute offers life coaching, holistic education, nutrition coaching, sports psychology and wellness training certification programs delivered in online and distance learning formats that are designed to provide a step-by-step blueprint to success. The programs were developed to help people find the career of their dreams while helping others live better lives. For more information about the Spencer Institute or online life coaching certification, please visit http://lifecoachingcertificate.com/

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New Life Coaching Certification Website Helps More People Attain Certified Life Coach Dreams

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25-03-2012 06:49 I know this one is so similar to the self-helpless episode that it seems as though you've seen it before, but what can I say, obviously they have an enormous wealth of material to choose from!

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Penn and Teller - Life Coaching (Full Episode) - Video

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25-03-2012 19:50 In this week's tip, Dr. Lisabeth Medlock of Life By Design Coaching talks about how life involves some low points and suffering, but it is in the suffering that growth can occur and ways to move forward can be found.

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23-03-2012 23:48 Author and Life Coach, AJ Mahari, has been working in the niche area of relationship coaching and even more specifically toxic relationship coaching now for some time without actually talking about it in video. She is now going to devote a site to much more information on this specific niche area of her Life Coaching and provide more services, products and free information on the topic of toxic relationships, toxic people, how to create healthy change whether you are a loved one or a toxic person yourself - meaning someone who needs to get your life more emotionally regulated and find out more about what causes you to feel and think the ways that you do so you can feel better. Partners of those who are toxic - or those in toxic relationships have much more to learn about themselves in order to grow, heal, recover and/or create healthy change in their lives.

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AJ Mahari - Toxic Relationship Coaching - Video

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24-03-2012 11:16 Fowler Wainwright International's Life Coach Training and Certification Introduction. 800-711-4346 Learn more at http://www.fowlerwainwright.com. Attend our Free Live Webinar where you can learn more about coaching. Sign up for our Free Newsletter and receive our 4 videos - How to Start Your Coaching Business on a Shoestring Budget

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Life Coach Training and Certification with Bob Circosta and Barbara Wainwright - Video

I asked Geno Auriemma on Saturday whether coaching 17-year-old girls was different now then it was 10 years ago, when he was young, perhaps filled with more energy, etc.

I have less patience for these guys now than I did when I was 30-something, Auriemma said. I used to try and see things from their standpoint. Now I am like a lot of old people [he is 58] that dont really give a crap about anybody but themselves.

Have you ever been to a place where I am signing autographs? Well, there will be nine 8-year-olds in line and some 75-year-old will just knock the kids over to get an autograph. Theyll just bulldoze the kids thinking you know what, Im 75 and I dont have much time left and you have the rest of your life so get out of my way.

Im getting to an age where I have less patience. Ive been doing this for 30 years and if I do something, then do it. Dont look at me and ask why. When I was 35, I would say OK and then explain why we want to do [something]. So is there a difference in me? Yes, I guess I just have less patience and they have less of an attention span. That is not a good combination.

Im trying to teach them to have more patience, better concentration for longer periods of time. And theyre testing my patience.

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Auriemma On Coaching Kids These Days

By Rus Baer

Sunday, March 25, 2012

John Morris was hired in May of 2005 to build a high school football program at Hallsville.

After almost seven years laying the foundation, the 38-year coaching veteran was voted out of his coaching and administration position last month by a 4-3 vote of the school board.

"My career has consisted of starting programs, restarting programs and putting life back into programs," Morris said. "Sometimes you have to make decisions that aren't the most popular in the world, but they're the best for the program.

"I don't do politics. I do what I think is right and make decisions on what I think is right, and if there are negative consequences, then I accept those consequences."

In four varsity seasons, the Indians won only one district game against winless Southern Boone in 2008 and compiled an 8-32 mark. The past two seasons, Hallsville finished 3-7 after winless district slates against state-ranked powers Centralia, Macon and Brookfield.

With the playoff format changing next season and Hallsville moving to the Tri-County Conference, Morris was looking forward to the next step of the Indians' excavation.

"The thing that upsets me more than anything else is I poured my life into this thing, and we were coming," Morris said. "We were getting close.

"Even if I'm the only one that thinks so, I think I've built a hell of a foundation for a pretty good program."

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Hallsville makes coaching change

ST. LOUIS A life-altering experience doesnt necessarily prevent someone from living the dream.

Roy Williams was in his ninth season coaching basketball at Kansas when his overriding goal was shattered.

His Jayhawks, saddled with just one loss all season after a funny bounce at Missouri, lost in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament to Arizona. A 34-2 record, Williams best win percentage in the 15 seasons he spent at KU, ended in unforeseen heartbreak.

And I thought, what else can I do? Williams recalled. And so at that point, I changed my dream of life, so that I could live long enough to coach my grandchildren in Little League baseball and basketball.

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Until then, Williams desperate desire was to win a national championship at KU.

He never did so, yet as he spoke Saturday about the Midwest Regional final in which he will coach North Carolina against Kansas for a berth in the Final Four, Williams was in many ways the same ol Roy who coached the Jayhawks.

Yet in the past tense.

The opportunity to reminisce allowed Williams to touch on a variety of topics. Among them:

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Kevin Haskin: Grandpa Roy living another dream