A good friend asked me a great question this week and I am still pondering over the answer. She asked me whether I still want to coach now that I am working for someone else full-time. Now, don't get me wrong, I still use my coaching skills all the time at work and I am planning to do my Executive Coaching training next year so this is not a complete change in direction. It is more about whether I want to work one on one with people outside of the 9 til 5.

And here is where I probably need some coaching myself as I really am sitting on the shelf.

I love working with people 1-2-1 and I have had some great successes. To be fair, all those clients who have stuck with coaching for their 6 sessions have done tremendously and that really is worth all the effort. What disheartens me is those who come for 1 or 2 sessions and say that coaching is not for them when in fact they are looking for a magic wand and I don't have one. What I have is a toolbox of tricks you can use to transform your life but they are there to be learnt and practised which takes time and effort. Trust me, I have been using them for many years and I still have the odd blip even now.

I know that if I had a steady stream of clients knocking at the door saying that they wanted to change their lives and they were prepared to do it I would be very keen to welcome them in. So maybe it is me who wants that magic wand?!!! Change is exciting and I will carry on supporting people change because of that excitement.

It worked! So I am back up and running at last! 10 weeks, 10 whole weeks! How did that happen? Life just flies by and sometimes we have to take a step back and look at where we are or we miss bits. I suppose that is where I am now.

For the past 10 weeks I have been working at my new job and enjoying all the benefits you get from working in a corporate environment: a team, knowing the rules of engagement and facing the challenges the corporation gives you. But I must not let sight of who I am evenings and weekends and that is a coach and a damned good one if I say so myself!

Recently I have seen a couple of my clients go out into the big wide world with their toolbox full of tricks to survive anything life can throw at them. It is an exciting time for them but a little sad for me cause I loose the connection, often, just at the time when the fruits of my labour are there to witness. I am lucky that a few of my ex-clients keep in touch or are in the media often so I can see how well they are doing in life. I can not take the credit for their development as it is all their own hard work but at least I may have supported their focus a touch.

In this day and age I really think that you can do whatever you want. The hard part is knowing exactly what that is and many people feel dissatisfied in life because they never find that passion and give up looking. Or you turn one or two wrong corners along the way. So be it...life is a journey however cliche that may sound and as long as you have some fun along the way, I say go for it and laugh at your own mistakes. It was a lesson I learnt the hard way, but a lesson that has stood me in good stead.

Enjoy
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