I have been extraordinarily busy the last 2 weeks. Some of you who follow me on Facebook know that I was really sick for four days, which put me behind in many areas. You can follow me on Facebook Here: Follow V. Anyway, I had to cancel and reschedule my coaching clients and technical projects had to get moved on the calendar. Needless to say, I was pretty back to back with meetings, which has left me little computer time. I was in people mode. Now this weekend I’ll spend time on the computer doing technical catch up.
Why do I tell you this?
Through my interactions with PEOPLE these last 2 weeks it hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday after my last coaching session. READY, HERE IT IS: “We all need to remember to ask ourselves hard questions that we actually answer.” (This includes me, too. I’ll share my story in a minute).
My student was stuck. And this “stuckedness” was paralyzing her. It was like she was thrashing about in a pool when all she had to do was put her feet down because she was in the shallow end but she couldn’t. Sometimes we do not want to see what is right before us and we’d rather thrash about until someone throws us a rope.
My client has a major breakthrough yesterday. While she came to me for technical training, yesterday I was really pushing on her from a life perspective. I asked some really hard questions about what she wanted and needed in life. And I asked until she answered. Repeating myself when she tried to divert me. Maybe I was in a feisty mood but I wasn’t going to let her stay stuck.
The result was clarity. A clear, honest, vision of what she wanted for her life and business. A BIG AHA.
It was a calming aha moment where I could feel the shift and we could move on to the tactical.
Why was I pushing so hard yesterday? Well, two weeks ago as I was in bed sick with nothing to do but lay there I had my own AHA moment of sorts. And yes, I was so sick I couldn’t even have my laptop in bed so all I could do was sleep and think. Between naps I had time to ask some real questions of myself about what I wanted to do in my business and how I was going to get to my goal of multiple 6 figures. What was I willing to do/give up, what wasn’t I willing to do, what wasn’t serving me anymore – a real heart to heart with myself around my commitment to my goals.
So my QUESTION to you as your coach: ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF THE HARD QUESTIONS.
And more importantly: ARE YOU WILLING TO ANSWER THEM?
Have a great week!
