The power of choice.....

What situations in your life right now do you want to make choices in?  

"We believe that coaching is chiefly about discovery, awareness and choice. It is a way of effectively empowering people to find their own answers, encouraging and supporting them on the path as they continue to make important choices ..........

.........A coach is someone who cares that people create what they say they want, that they follow through when they choose. The coach is there to hold people accountable and keep them moving forward toward their dreams and goals"  

Co-Active Coaching ( coaching people toward success in work and life) by  Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House, Henry Kimsey- House 

So.....whether you are making work choices, difficult choices, career choices, lifestyle choices, struggling with choices others are imposing on you or you just want to make some choices - and not live with "I dont know, I'm not sure" any longer!! 

Are you willing to be coached to support you along the way?

Are you willing to be successful in your choice?

Are you willing to invest in the future you want?

Today  dont let life pass you by without making choices, intentional choices - not "choices by default"  when, by not making a choice we've chosen to stay the same.

So today, start a convesation with others about the choices you want to make or take some time on your own, start travelling in the direction you want - making choices is powerful.

"I'm in the game"

..... are you?

One of the best  moments of this year was when a client and I were reviewing their progress, from when we started coaching....

It was just the best as I saw him laugh, light up, smile, look so relaxed, be excited, full of hope and looking forward to the future ...... and the words "I'm in the game"  said it all, along with how he said it and how he looked.

My client is intelligent, successful, fun, busy, stressed, accomplished, highly capable, works hard and very long hours.

He is now, "in the game" of creating and living the life he wants, at work and home.

..... are you?    I can support you too, to be there - you only need to be willing!! 

Tasting more of your success

You've been "in training" for such a time as this, you have experience, qualifications, skills, talents, strengths, vision, sponsors, role models, personal qualities, character, known different roles, different organisations

You have achievements, learning from things that went wrong, situations that could have gone better, gone through tough times, felt the exhilaration of delivering well, winning people round, read and developed, undertaken training, reflected on your personal and professional development  in a whole number of ways, achieved real results!

So what now....what will success look and feel like?

Pause....off the top of your head?

1. Who has made the biggest difference to your life and career so far, what did they give you?

2. What has made the biggest difference to your life and career so far?

3. What does that tell you, if anything? about your next steps, if you were talking to yourself, as your own supportive mentor - what 3 small actions would you tell yourself to take, to taste more of your own success?

Pause

Next steps? take one step today - make it small, taste how it feels to do what you've committed to, no excuses 

Just one of the reasons I'm a coach is to see people taste more of their own success.

What are you building for the future?

On my wall in colour in my office, on a very large piece of paper, I have created a wall, brick by brick and I enjoy adding to it every time I achieve something that is a "building brick" to the life I'm creating and living.

So what are you building? Is it the shape, size, colour, location, texture that delights you? -  that makes your day when you think about it - or do you need to rebuild, redecorate, need an extension, need to do some restoring  - have you set strong foundations but come to a bit of a halt?

Each day we are building relationships, careers, health, hobbies, family and friends, departments, teams, homes, memories, enjoyment, legacies, businesses, clients ..... and more and more, what would you add?

So are you happy with what you're building, when it's finished will you be delighted and proud of your achievement? Do you need to acknowledge how grateful you are for the building bricks you already have?

This year, what are you building for the future - is it what you want?  Draw your own wall with all the bricks you have  to date  ( you don't have to be an architect!)  and then another wall of those bricks still to be built ..... Go on have a moment of reflection, what does it tell you? Do let me know, email me, love to hear from you and writing it down will help!

Build well and strong this year, it matters for your future.

Think, decide, do ....

At the start of this year,  I did a simple thing - asked myself what  I wished I'd done at the start of last year - and did it.  What a great feeling!!  

What have you spent time wishing you'd done at the beginning of the year  - or,  now that you think about it, what would have made a big difference to you? 

Think about it right now, decide and do it very soon - do something that makes a difference to you.  May real success and fulfillment follow.....