by Will
Craig
Events that take place in our lives, and the lives of our clients,
are not always predictable much less controllable. Sometimes we
work for weeks or months toward a goal only to have our efforts
thwarted in the home stretch. Our clients experience the same challenges
and, often times, this is what has brought them to us in the first
place.
When confronted
with these situations, we find ourselves wishing for other choices.
Wouldn't it be great if we were not in the predicament we find ourselves?
Wouldn't it be great if such-and-such had not happened? Wouldn't
it be great if we could turn back the clock?
The fact is,
we have none of these options.
Responding
With Ability
We do have a responsibility to ourselves, our clients, and our loved
ones to push forward. We must respond with ability (the components
of responsibility), and in this case, the ability possessed by each
of us is coaching. Where is our energy directed? Where can we do
the most good? What are we focusing on?
Are we looking
back in anger and frustration? Are we wallowing in negativity and
resignation with the Despair Triplets "coulda, shoulda, and
woulda?" Or are we creating a vision for our future that engenders
excitement and anticipation? Are we helping our clients envision
the life they truly desire and deserve?
Newton's First
Law of Motion states, "An object at rest tends to stay at rest
and an object in motion tends to stay in motion." It's time
to get it in gear. It's time to make things happen. Granted, it
will be challenging to build momentum from a complete standstill.
This, good friend, is what we signed on for when we joined the profession.
It is easy -almost
reassuring in a strange way- to look behind us and justify all the
reasons that have us frozen in our tracks. It's a little bit tougher,
yet far more rewarding, to look to the horizon and take the next
step -however small- and keep moving forward!
