This is my smiling face at graduation
A funny thing happened on the way to my goal
I recently completed my goal of becoming a credentialed Life Coach, graduating in May, 2010. These are the lessons that I learned along the way that I offer you to support you on your journey.
- We all have a unique contribution to make. We have everything within up to complete our journey. We don’t have to make it up. It’s already there. What I do begins with who I already am.
- Our meaningful goals make our hearts sing and bring us joy. I was inspired to become a coach because of my experience with coaching. My coach supported me to see who I really am, and helped me move past where I would have previously given up, or bulldozed my way through. The idea of partnering with people to achieve their goals and dreams energized and enlivened me. This led me to completing the application for enrollment in Academy.
- There are obstacles along the way. Without obstacles, there is no growth, and you wouldn’t continue for long. That’s what makes it interesting. A friend said to me, “If it was easy, everybody would do it.” Along the way, I discovered that this was going to be more difficult than I anticipated. There were the internal conversations: I’m too tired; how will I ever complete 125 hours of coaching; this is more work than I thought it would be, and on and on.
- Identify your support system. My mentor coach heard it all, and gave me unwavering support and the certainty that he saw who I am, and supported me in seeing that, as well. I also have two coaching buddies that I speak to every day. All I had to do was ask, and it was available. Learning to receive support was the most important lesson that I learned.
- Take small, sweet steps. It is not the size of the steps that I took to reach my goal. It was the consistency with which I took them. I kept taking one step, and then another. I learned what a small step is. Those steps got me moving, while keeping the internal conversations quiet.
- Be willing. Being willing opens up the space for promise and possibility. Right here and now, I am ready to take steps on my journey. That lead me to the point in the journey that I knew that this was so important, that I would “go deep” to reach my goal.
- Keep your promises, you’ll feel better. Every time I did what I said I would do, I experienced success. Keeping my promises brought me closer to achieving my goal. When I didn’t keep my promises, I felt yucky: anxious and uneasy.
- Acknowledge and celebrate success. Acknowledgment and celebration say that this is so, and create a space for more success.
- Goals are meant to be completed. Now that this goal is completed, and I have celebrated, it’s time to design a new goal.
- If I can achieve this, what else can I achieve? I know that I am experienced at being successful. Now it’s time to design a new goal, and begin again!
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