Why Keep Doing the Thing That’s Holding You Back?
ByAre You Sick of How Things Are Working Out Right Now?
I’m sitting in my home office in Silicon Valley today while writing my accountability blog post. The sun is shining through the window on my face and I feel pumped up! I want to share some life changing experiences with you I’ve had this week in my coaching practice.
Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
I’m sure you agree with Einstein. A little professional support can be the one thing to help you change your unproductive patterns and realize outcomes you want now to show-up in your life. I’m so excited about supporting my coaching clients in producing positive results in their lives which they wouldn’t be able to create without my support.
You see, I’m their accountability coach. I help them see their “blind” spots. I help them clearly define their goals and create measurement systems. Using my system, my clients know immediately if they get off track and when their goals are met. Do you realize that people don’t do what they don’t want to do even if it jeopardizes there goals and desires? This is mostly a subconscious phenomenon.
I’m convinced! Accountability coaching is such a huge factor in fine tuning my performance now that I see it in action. When you’re held accountable for your commitments, you learn so much about who you are and why you make the choices you make in business and life. Being straight with yourself helps to uncover the unconscious patterns of behavior in your life that are not serving you well.
Patterns are like software programs in the way we feel, behave, and how we respond to our commitments. You may be familiar with some of these situations:
- I’m afraid of what’s going to happen in the future if I don’t get my business generating money soon
- I’m always late to appointments and I look like I’m not really committed
- I hate making my calls, so my business suffers
- My affairs in business and life don’t work out like I want them to because, for some reason, I don’t spend the time to nurture my relationships
- My days go by and I don’t get to the most important things on my priority list
- My family and friends don’t recognize my value as a person
- I’m bored and life seems so limiting
I’m certainly familiar with all of these challenges. What about you?
The feelings you have when these thoughts dominate your thinking serve to warn you that you’re not meeting your needs and to do something about it. The reason why we continue to repeat these limiting “mental software programs” over and over is they do provide us value in some areas, but now we are in business and we are responsible for the bottom-line. We are responsible for what happens in our relationships and the results we experience.
These automatic ways of responding prevent us from having success with our most important goals. It so easy for us to convince ourselves we have valid reasons for missing the mark. A little accountability can reveal a big problem.
Who in your circle really holds you accountable for your goals? Whether it’s friends or family, no one will challenge you like your coach to stretch your talents and abilities to attain your goals. You only need a coach if what the coach does represents a significant value in your life beyond what you typically would do on your own. A stretch for one person may be routine for another.
The problem has been with us for a long time. It’s referred to in the New Testament by Apostle Paul in the book of Romans. Paul acknowledges he is faced with the same challenge of saying one thing and then doing another as I write about in this post. He then offers hope to those who believe there’s a way out. Paul’s solution is to come to the truth.
Can I get an amen! As your accountability “preacher,“ I also want to share with you a message of hope. Come to the truth about yourself and be a whole, fulfilled, and authentic person. Align your actions with your words. And then be willing to stand in account for any inconsistencies in your life. “The truth shall set you free.”
It’s our “blind” spots which we are not aware of that effect us the most. Where I am right now in my business and life, coaching is the thing that’s going to get me to the next level. Depending solely on learning from listening to CDs, DVDS, and reading books and course materials won’t get me to where I desire to be in the next 90 days to six months. I already have thousands of dollars worth of these inanimate resources sitting on my shelf. And I already know what I want and need to do! Studying a book won’t hold me accountable.
There must be a better way to fulfill your goals and dreams! I have coaches who help me with strategy, assessing my strengths and weaknesses, and I also have an accountability partner who I meet with every morning for 10 to 15 minutes and we help sculpt each other’s day in a powerful way.
You may be asking yourself why Coach Donald has coaches. It’s because I’m unable to uncover my own personal “blind” spots. Coaches realize this fact. Corporate executives rely on coaching to maximize their performance.
Time is my most valuable resource and I don’t want to waste it. Time is more valuable than money. We tend to hold on to our money but waste our time. It’s crazy! Isn’t it?
I need someone who can see through my “bull” and make me aware of how I’m sabotaging my own goals. I want to be held accountable for my “word”. And what I commit to I really want to accomplish in a timely way and with less stress.
Having a coach is like making an investment. You expect to see a return on the deal you put your money into. When you hire a coach, you should expect the same kinds of returns on your investment.
Do you have challenges doing what you don’t really want to do? If you’re tired of missing out on the things that are the most important to you in your life, and you need to get them done in the next 90 days to 6 months, keep on reading for the solution.
I want you to consider working with me as your business coach because I have the coaching expertise and business acumen to help you powerfully sculpt your future. You will learn so much about yourself because I will hold you accountable for your commitments and help you create new support patterns and systems to enable you to stay on track.
My Coaching Tune-Up sessions focus on helping you save time and money by supporting you in shaping the life you want. What is it you need to get done in the next 60 days to six months? It’s about getting you fined tuned to the way you want to show-up in your business and life.
Sign-up for a complimentary Coaching Tune-Up with me today to get some valuable coaching around your specific goals. I promise you will receive tremendous value during our complimentary session.
Let me share with you a little about where I’m focused on today. Fortunately, my business allows me to do 90% of my communications via the Internet, phone, email, and fax allowing me to engage in one of my passions: travel.
I’m realizing life is too short and I want to start living now while I have good health to enjoy some of the things I love to do. I love experiencing new cultures and learning new languages. I love great food, being by the ocean and walking on the beach. I love the smell of trees and the rustle of leaves in the wind.
My focus now is about having balance in my life. And I am held accountable by my coaches for producing these results for myself and family. I know the missing thing for me is I want to satisfy more of my meaningful desires.
I’m so excited about my journey to transform my self to do more and be more of what I want in life. Do you need support in getting those things done you know you won’t do? Call me today at (866) 323-9123 and I’ll give you a free coaching session so you can see how my support can help you to minimize your frustrations and move towards your goals and desires.
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