Thursday, March 10, 2011

JOT Day 80 - Breadcrumbs from a buddy

I committed to investing in myself and working with a coach today, and I can't wait to dig in and get to The Work.

I've been in this kind of relationship before, and the results are amazing.

Whatever the focus of the coaching, if you are coachable, your life will change in ways you couldn't imagine, because you don't have your own entrenched thoughts as your only source of information.

You get someone else's experience and wisdom who has been there, done that, and knows that it isn't all that hard, it just takes practice and showing up. It's also nice to have a map from someone who left breadcrumbs for the rest of us.

Momentum is building as I approach the one-third mark of this project.

And I have a feeling the pace picks up exponentially from here.

 

 

Mar 10, 2011 5:25:04 PM | JOT

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