by Admin | Sep 29, 2013 | Failure
Surprise, surprise, surprise! Every day gives us moments where we say ‘Where did that come from?’ So what does it for you? Listening to the sermon on Sunday the minister asked a thought provoking question ‘ Are you surprised by moments of success surrounded by failure? Or are you surprised by moments of failure surrounded by success?’ Deep question for a Sunday afternoon. I just celebrated my birthday this weekend, my good friend called it my 41-1 party. One day past my 41st birthday. I looked at turning 40 a little differently than many of my friends, having fully lived 4 decades I felt it deserved a year long celebration to have survived, been married for 22 years to an amazing man, borne 4 children, held down wildly different jobs started and failed at a small business, began another, and another and have been very, very busy. So this question made me reflect this afternoon on what surprises me… and my clients that I coach… Every coaching session begins with the question – what have you accomplished? This is normally followed by long periods of silence while my client contemplates their week to find the moments of success. Which often time get overlooked because something goes wrong. And many successes get forgotten when there is a failure in there. We think about it, agonize over, relive it, think about what if, instead of just taking it as one moment among many, experience it – then move on. So what happens over time? If I have a coaching client who gets stuck in the ‘mullygrubs’ where it’s hard to stay...
