COACH YOU BLOG

Feeling mmmmeah?
25/3/2015

Last week I bought a really simple Chinese kaleidoscope for a client who coaches at one of our top banks.  It was a simple tube wrapped in beautiful fabric with shiny beads in a transparent shaker at the end. Shake, twist and viola a new beautiful pattern … all the same beads and yet new and different patterns every time. My message: As coaches we shake things up and create new perspectives.

 

We may have a wonderful life.  We may have people we love.  We may be doing fulfilling work.  We may have balance, fulfillment and enjoying the journey towards inspiring goals. And all those delicious parts of our life can sometimes settle, like berries thrown onto yoghurt, they sink beneath the surface of our consciousness and we stop noticing them. Or an angry wasp comes into the room and we can’t seem to see anything else.

 

So every now and then take a shiny spoon and stir things up, noticing the individual elements which create your whole delicious life.  It might involve changing your routine:

– instead of emailing, pick up the phone, every time for a whole day!

– change where you park and walk in a different way to work.

– exercise at a different time of day.

– hold a meeting standing up or even walking.

 

It might involve updating your style

– get a new haircut

– mix things up in your wardrobe and find a new outfit

– take the time to create an elaborate lunch for yourself

 

You will disrupt the neural pathways in your brain and make it work a little harder, making you more alert and fully present. Not only will you feel different but other people will most likely notice the difference in you too.

 

Life is fun, so keep shaking it up and notice the different patterns you can create!