Words of wisdom for this week.
“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.”
~ Warren Buffett
Can a personal coach or mentor accelerate your career progress? Everyone who has ever achieved greatness had help – outside and non-partial guidance to help them break through barriers, resistance and factors in their history or mindsets that sabotage their future success and the ability to see future opportunities with a clarity, vision, courage, commitment and passion. Here are the 13 primary contributors to circumstances that cause us to feel out of control, stressed or uncertain that can get in our way as we travel down our path into the future.
- Resistance to change.
- A feeling of being stuck or a victim mindset.
- An unwillingness to re-invent yourself or your business.
- A lack of a creative or innovative life/career/business outlook.
- Letting past circumstances or outcomes determine your present or your future.
- A lack of an effective, practical, workable and accountable plans, actions, goals and strategies.
- The temporary or permanent loss of passion, self-belief, courage or confidence.
- Indecision – a wait and see attitude. An inaction approach to uncertain circumstances.
- Feeling dominated by fear, a lack of self-trust or indecision.
- Emotionally or mentally closed to outside-in viewpoints, answers or methods.
- Personal blind spots that are always caused by ego dominance.
- A sense of entitlement – the world owes you.
- Inconsistent integration, application, action and follow-through.
Any of the above resonate with you as you live and work from day to day?
There is a simple and an effective solution to all of the above but first a few quick questions.
Do you need to reinvent or reignite your career, your dreams, your business or yourself?
Are you struggling with the uncertainty of life, a career or your business circumstances or future?
Do you need a motivational ‘shot in the arm’ to overcome your current life/career/business challenges?
Are you feeling stressed about anything in your life or what could be next for you?
Do you need to cultivate and develop new skills attitudes, skills and/or behaviors?
Could you benefit from some outside-in feedback, observation, guidance, accountability or ideas?
No one is immune to life’s problems, adversities, uncertainty and trials. There are only two ways to go through anything in your life/ career/business that are causing you stress, fear, discouragement or decision dysfunction;
Struggle, whine, complain, feel like a victim or stuck or just out of control therefore turning your life, your happiness, your success and your future over to others or external conditions that seem uncertain OR,
Hire a personal coach, mentor, guide, counselor or advisor who can help you stay focused, inspired and motivated giving you new insights, approaches and helping you eliminate your personal blind spots that may be getting in your way and help you chart a more rewarding and successful course into the future.
Once you decide you are ready to take your career, life or business to the next level and take advantage of this personal and career development approach – all that’s left is to – decide and start!
If you currently are not using a personal or business coach or mentor, I’ll guarantee that you are not becoming all that you could be or accomplishing all that you or your business could. Why do people resist this approach?
1)Ego – they can do it alone – they don’t need help.
2)Fear – uncertainty about their willingness to grow and change and the ability to handle
what’s new.
3)Indecision – should I or shouldn’t I? Now or later? I’ll wait and see!
4)Arrogance – I am as good as I need to be. No one is better able to help me – than me.
5)Outside influences – Letting others convince you what you should or shouldn’t do to be
better.
6)Time – Unwilling to devote the necessary time to the coaching/mentoring process.
If you have any of these symptoms, they are sure signals that hiring a coach or mentor would be a wise decision for you – NOW.
An effective coaching/mentoring process, if it is to be successful, requires commitment, follow-through, persistence, time and the desire to improve or change. There are no guarantees but after over 35 years coaching and mentoring hundreds of individuals, I have learned that if you will bring these attributes to the coaching/mentoring process you will get back – ten times or more the investment you made. Remember you are investing in yourself and your future success and not just an approach.
I accept only 4 mentoring and coaching clients each quarter. If you have an interest in discussing either – my Quarterly Personal Mentoring Program or my individual or group sales and/or management Quarterly Coaching Programs, please give me a call (704-895-1230) or send me an email and then let’s talk. I currently have 2 openings in each program for the next quarter.