Before we get into the meat of the post though...once again - DISCLAIMER: This blog is about coaching - NOT counseling. I am not here to fix the ills of your past. I AM here to help you focus on your future and gain knowledge, skills, and abilities to set, pursue and gain the goals to make your life better - something you can rate all around at 8 or above. If the ills of your past are something we identify as a roadblock to that success, you will need to pursue counseling with a trained professional to deal with those issues. I am NOT such a trained professional.
Now, on with the show...
"My life is full of misfortunes, many of which never took place." Rene Descartes
Do you know what your personal roadblocks to achieving the goals you set are? If not, it is time to take a good hard look at those things - both internal and external - which can hinder your progress. And yes, I said internal - many people focus on the perceived external roadblocks and don't realize those are but pebbles in the road, easily kicked out of the way. The boulders that truly impede our progress are the ones we place in our own paths. Boulders with names such as "Can't," "Because," "Yes, but," etc.
We need to examine our self-dialogue to identify these boulders. If this sounds familiar, it is. Many of the items I discussed in my previous post on Personal Prose apply here as well.
The biggest roadblock we have, whether we se it or not, is fear. Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that the greatest thing we have to fear is fear itself, and he was right. Fear is the most paralyzing force known to man. And it, too, can be divided and conquered. In fact it must be in order for us to live our best life now.
So, ask yourself this question: What are you catering to in your life right now - your dreams/goals or your fears?
Identify those fears that are boulders in your path, and bring them into the light one by one.
Apply the five Whys discussed in previous posts to get to the root of each fear and see it for the tiny naked thing that it is.
Then thank it for the role it once had in your life - yes, the fears we have are ours for a reason - kiss it, and set it free.
Fear is what keeps us in our comfort zone, and the degree to which we are not living our dreams or achieving our goals, our comfort zone, by use of those fears, has more control of us than we have of ourselves.
Now back to the title of this post - Spinning Your Cocoon. For a caterpillar to become a butterfly, it must first spin the cocoon that becomes the chrysalis - the place of change, of transformation - from which the butterfly emerges.
Your cocoon is the place where you identify your fears, bring them out into the light, and face them down one by one - where you smash boulders into pebbles or, better yet, into dust. As you face your fears and put them to rest, your cocoon will turn into the chrysalis and the beautiful butterfly that is your best life will emerge and fly!
Now, on with the show...
"My life is full of misfortunes, many of which never took place." Rene Descartes
Do you know what your personal roadblocks to achieving the goals you set are? If not, it is time to take a good hard look at those things - both internal and external - which can hinder your progress. And yes, I said internal - many people focus on the perceived external roadblocks and don't realize those are but pebbles in the road, easily kicked out of the way. The boulders that truly impede our progress are the ones we place in our own paths. Boulders with names such as "Can't," "Because," "Yes, but," etc.
We need to examine our self-dialogue to identify these boulders. If this sounds familiar, it is. Many of the items I discussed in my previous post on Personal Prose apply here as well.
The biggest roadblock we have, whether we se it or not, is fear. Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that the greatest thing we have to fear is fear itself, and he was right. Fear is the most paralyzing force known to man. And it, too, can be divided and conquered. In fact it must be in order for us to live our best life now.
So, ask yourself this question: What are you catering to in your life right now - your dreams/goals or your fears?
Identify those fears that are boulders in your path, and bring them into the light one by one.
Apply the five Whys discussed in previous posts to get to the root of each fear and see it for the tiny naked thing that it is.
Then thank it for the role it once had in your life - yes, the fears we have are ours for a reason - kiss it, and set it free.
Fear is what keeps us in our comfort zone, and the degree to which we are not living our dreams or achieving our goals, our comfort zone, by use of those fears, has more control of us than we have of ourselves.
Now back to the title of this post - Spinning Your Cocoon. For a caterpillar to become a butterfly, it must first spin the cocoon that becomes the chrysalis - the place of change, of transformation - from which the butterfly emerges.
Your cocoon is the place where you identify your fears, bring them out into the light, and face them down one by one - where you smash boulders into pebbles or, better yet, into dust. As you face your fears and put them to rest, your cocoon will turn into the chrysalis and the beautiful butterfly that is your best life will emerge and fly!
Next week we will address how to assess the true risks to achieving your goals as part of moving from the cocoon to the chrysalis.
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