I’m all for focus and personal responsibility – they are corenerstones of coaching. I have found that really concentrating on what you want is very freeing – assuming that you are taking action to move closer to your goals.
However I have also found that getting closer to what you want places new, often exciting challenges in your path. How you react to these things determines, at least in part, how you continue to move forward.
For example, my business is largely built around referrals and personal relationship building. I love doing that, but it takes time. I haven’t fully figured it out yet but the work I have done this year in network building is working and I am having a good time doing it. My personal cahllenge is related to the success of this activity. My time is under pressure now so how do I continue to network as the business grows and demands my time elsewhere?
Here are some thoughts:
1. Be ruthless at determining what gives you value. I used to go to everything! Now I evaluate where my time goes
2.Constantly review my goals – why am I in business? What do I want to achieve and how does that fit in with other things in my life – family, personal growth time, tennis, Royals!
3. Be OK with myself for cutting back on certain things
4. keep focus on what works, try new things that play to this focus
5. Find time to decompress. I don’t do well at network meetings when I am tired
There are other things too but keeping the focus and reminding myself why I am going to events, setting meetings etc. helps.
Happy Memorial Day!
