Almost every client who asks about personal coaching has a list of goals they want to achieve. Often the answer is measured in years, and that can be a problem. Human beings are goal-seeking creatures. We are impatient and try, and fall, and try again until we learn to walk. We babble and coo and struggle until we learn to talk.
Skinned knees mean nothing in the quest to learn to ride a bike.
Recently, the world has watched Olympic athletes overcome incredible obstacles in the quest for a medal. Often there is a subtle, almost unnoticed conflict between our stated goals and our values. Watching the Olympics, the training and dedication is only possible if the athlete profoundly believes they have the potential to succeed. Having many solid, vitally important reasons for our goals will drive us more powerfully than anything else. Knowing that family, friends, business partners or the entire world is cheering for us, counting on us and supporting us is critically important.