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I work with smart, competent professionals, artists and entrepreneurs in a wide variety of industries. They have usually experienced happiness and success in their career and personal lives, enjoy challenge and are known by friends and business partners as creative. They are committed to continually deepening their skills and broadening the impact on those around them. They come from a whole range of generations but all share a common desire to continually learn and grow. Despite success, they often find that challenges come up at different points in their career that they need some help in figuring out.
Do you ever struggle with these problems? You have wanted to go into business for yourself for years but you just can't seem to figure out what step to take first. Friends and family may be tired of continually hearing about your "great idea" and have encouraged you to move forward since you are so passionate about it. You have done research, talked to people and visualized yourself doing it, but for some reason you are unable to take the first step and actually make it happen. You have just graduated from college and you feel lost knowing where to start in your career. Your parents, teachers and friends often have different ideas and advice for where you should begin your career. "Go with an established company" says one person. "Follow your bliss" says another. "Go with a start-up because then you will get well-rounded experience." How in the world do you decide where to start? You have been in business for yourself for awhile and have experienced success, but find you are doing all kinds of "busywork" that is not related to your core expertise or interest. Your business has outgrown the systems that worked for you when you started up, and you spend lots of time on unenergizing things like paperwork, accounting or business development. You may be doing client work that does not excite you, but it pays well, so you have a hard time letting it go. You would love to get some help, but don't know who to trust, how to delegate and how to make sure that you don't dilute the success of your business by using outside resources. If any of these situations hit home for you, you are not alone! Clients that have been successful overcoming these challenges have shared some common commitments and beliefs: You have the willingness and make the time to do the work. As much as you are fired up about making changes in your life, if you do not carve out the time in your schedule, it will never happen. At the same time, if you are not willing to get real with yourself and face some barriers that have held you back in the past, you won't make the progress you desire. There is no quick path to fame, business success or fortune, and if anyone tells you there is, be very suspect! You are committed to a lifetime of learning, not just a quick-fix. Your career path is not just a progression of increasing responsibilities and income; it is the main way that you learn about yourself and the world around you. You view your mistakes not as failures but as experiments that teach you about what you want, and don't want, in your life. When faced with a new opportunity, the primary question in your mind is "what can I learn from this, and how will it help further my long-term goals?" You are willing to do your own work. It would be great if I had a magic wand and could make your dreams a reality. Asking someone else to choose your career, create the vision for your new business or decide which job is a good next step for you would be like asking your personal trainer to do your sit-ups for you. You will feel energized in a coaching relationship when you gain insights, structure and support from your coach, and you do the heavy lifting of research, networking and building of your career path. You have an interest in impacting others in the world with your life. This can take many forms: a contribution to your technical field, artistic contributions, impact on your own family and kids, impact on those in the community where you live, impact on people that you manage in your workplace. If this sounds like you and you want to find out more about how we work, click here. |