For people who want regular personal or professional development advice from a qualified executive coach.
The Five Dimensions of a Meaningful Life
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All models are wrong but some are useful. Have you ever heard that? I love it. You see, in the coaching world, there are all sorts of tools we can use to assess people's traits and personalities. There are DISC profiles, Myers Briggs assessments and even things that tell you what sort of animal you are. Spoiler alert, I'm a human. Joking aside, none of these things tell you anything fundamentally true about yourself. If they tell you you are a tiger, red coloured or a Type GBA person it isn't true. Why? Because whatever they tell you, you could change it if you wanted to. And so, I think, they are only useful insofar as the start a conversation. Whatever you see that is interesting in the results (whether you agree or disagree) is worth exploring. But only because that resonates with you in the moment. For this season of your life. And that could be useful if it helps you to unlock some understanding. To realise where you need to make a change, do some work, or get some help. Yesterday three people tried my own version of this. It's called the Path to Fulfilment audit and it looks at your self, family, community, work and daily practice. I one hundred percent guarantee that it won't tell you anything true about yourself. But, just like it did for Matt, it might make you realise there's something you really need to give attention to. Might that be worth 3 minutes of your time? Of course it is. Stephen -- If you’re curious whether coaching could help you find more clarity or direction, book a free 15-minute Clarity Call and we’ll explore it together. For anything else, hit reply. I answer every email personally. |
HeRO Chronicles
For people who want regular personal or professional development advice from a qualified executive coach.
Yesterday's email (I'm sad and this is what I am doing about it) seems to have struck a chord with people in the way I hoped it would. I have never had so many replies from you all. Thank you. They all seemed grateful that I articulated something they needed to read or feel. I'm really glad I sent it. I did have to be a bit "brave" (thanks Jenny), but I wrote it after realising that me sharing my feelings helped a client. They felt less alone. And so I got to thinking, what else do I know...
Some things have happened that I wish hadn't happened. My circumstances are not how I want them to be. My luck has been out recently. I've been thinking I was turning a corner for a while but it hasn't happened. I laughed ironically at something last week and thought, surely nothing else can go wrong ... then it did. And at the same time there's a voice in my head going, "you're a professional personal improvement-y person, so why can't you sort this out?" Which frankly isn't helpful. Thanks...
"Ambition stops being healthy the moment it becomes a mask for fear." So said Alex Hormozi. And I know where he's coming from. Fear isn't a clean burning fuel. It's not sustainable either. Use fear and you'll move fast. You'll escape danger. But you won't last long before you burnout. But I also know that many of us try to make changes because we fear staying as we are. We're terrified that, "this is it". And we determine to do something about it. The problem with this kind of fear is that it...