I recently watched the movie Rent. What a thought provoking opening song. “Five hundred twenty-five thousands, six hundred minutes. How do you measure a year in your life”? If you are like most of us, we tend to go through life no longer thinking about many of the actions or interactions that take place during the 17 hours that we are awake. The activities have become repeatable habits overtime. Each day we typically repeat the cycle that is both positive and negative until the need to reflect on “what we want to do, need to do and ultimately can do”!
I recently observed a group of skate boarders aged from 7 to 10 years old and thought how daring they were and what remarkable talents they had. The next group was somewhat older and seemed just as remarkable but then a switch happened. The 20 to 30 year olds became the coaches/mentors and they were now working with the younger group on ways to improve their skills and test their limits. As adults, what I find remarkable is that as we age, we pull back to a more secure position and stop testing our limits. We no longer question what we do, why we do it, or what we need to do. It all changes.
When recently working with one of my clients it was interesting to learn how they were avoiding risk and are no longer pushing the limits in their personal or professional lives. Nick Boothman, author of Fully Connected in Business believes that we came into this world with super powers. These super powers allow us to do a multitude of things. However, over time we stop using them as effectively as when we were younger.
So what are these super powers? Enthusiasm, curiosity, the ability to process information and empathy. We draw on these supper powers to survive. How many people do you know who are less enthusiastic, less curious, fail to process information and are no longer empathetic? One of the reasons for coaching is to bring people’s super powers back into alignment.
So can you, as a Coach do this effectively? Let start back at the beginning. Imagine for a moment the question was ‘How do you measure a year in your life both personally and professionally?’ Then reflect on the same question with your coachee.
This question gave me food for thought and had me reflecting on 2007 / 2008 and what I had achieved personally and professionally and what our TAC-Coaching clients had achieved. Are we as a team testing our limits and did we enable our clients to push their own limits? Let’s face it, many of us get lost in the day-to-day business of life. In fact, we are so busy running around working in the business that we forget to work on the business.
Part of the improvement process is about measuring and tracking the key success factors that are important indicators of how we are doing or what we are not doing? I am happy to report that even in the current economic climate as a team we have succeeded and so have our clients. However, we are still pushing the limits. We cannot afford to rest on our laurels. It is all about continuous improvement, striving for platinum and not stopping at gold. So how did we do it? How can you do it?
The first question is to define what you want to do, need to do and can do!
Therefore, in conclusion the first step in testing your limits is a commitment to measuring a day, a week, a month or even a year in your life in order to have a clear understanding of those key parameters that drive your results and the results of your coachee. Be prepared to make adjustments needed to push the limits. In the end, it all boils down to one thing Results and you get results by understanding where you as a coach need to optimize your super powers and where your clients need to optimize theirs. This is how you will have a great five hundred twenty-five thousands, six hundred minutes. in your personal and professional life.
I recently observed a group of skate boarders aged from 7 to 10 years old and thought how daring they were and what remarkable talents they had. The next group was somewhat older and seemed just as remarkable but then a switch happened. The 20 to 30 year olds became the coaches/mentors and they were now working with the younger group on ways to improve their skills and test their limits. As adults, what I find remarkable is that as we age, we pull back to a more secure position and stop testing our limits. We no longer question what we do, why we do it, or what we need to do. It all changes.
When recently working with one of my clients it was interesting to learn how they were avoiding risk and are no longer pushing the limits in their personal or professional lives. Nick Boothman, author of Fully Connected in Business believes that we came into this world with super powers. These super powers allow us to do a multitude of things. However, over time we stop using them as effectively as when we were younger.
So what are these super powers? Enthusiasm, curiosity, the ability to process information and empathy. We draw on these supper powers to survive. How many people do you know who are less enthusiastic, less curious, fail to process information and are no longer empathetic? One of the reasons for coaching is to bring people’s super powers back into alignment.
So can you, as a Coach do this effectively? Let start back at the beginning. Imagine for a moment the question was ‘How do you measure a year in your life both personally and professionally?’ Then reflect on the same question with your coachee.
This question gave me food for thought and had me reflecting on 2007 / 2008 and what I had achieved personally and professionally and what our TAC-Coaching clients had achieved. Are we as a team testing our limits and did we enable our clients to push their own limits? Let’s face it, many of us get lost in the day-to-day business of life. In fact, we are so busy running around working in the business that we forget to work on the business.
Part of the improvement process is about measuring and tracking the key success factors that are important indicators of how we are doing or what we are not doing? I am happy to report that even in the current economic climate as a team we have succeeded and so have our clients. However, we are still pushing the limits. We cannot afford to rest on our laurels. It is all about continuous improvement, striving for platinum and not stopping at gold. So how did we do it? How can you do it?
The first question is to define what you want to do, need to do and can do!
Therefore, in conclusion the first step in testing your limits is a commitment to measuring a day, a week, a month or even a year in your life in order to have a clear understanding of those key parameters that drive your results and the results of your coachee. Be prepared to make adjustments needed to push the limits. In the end, it all boils down to one thing Results and you get results by understanding where you as a coach need to optimize your super powers and where your clients need to optimize theirs. This is how you will have a great five hundred twenty-five thousands, six hundred minutes. in your personal and professional life.
