A couple of friends and I are reading a book together. There’s a claim in this book that tells us the book will change our lives. Maybe it will; maybe it won’t, but it got me thinking about why authors, marketers, speakers all make this type of claim?
Probably because it works. So many of us are looking for big change and fast results. We want the magic elixir, the quick fix, the instant result. This even though we know it’s not likely going to happen.
The more I read of this book, the more I realize that I have been reading this type of positive change for a long time and the ideas in it have slowly but surely seeped their way into my life. I first picked up the book more than ten years ago and it didn’t change my life. At least not during the reading of it, but gradually, over time, my life has changed.
There are no quick fixes, just the slow, daily work of incorporating new ideas and habits until we wake up one day realizing how much we’ve changed. We know this is the only way change happens.
Try this ONE thing
Next time you’re about to fall for some type of spectacular promise, go ahead and embrace the learning. Just remember it will take much longer than you expect, and it will require daily, consistent work.
Want to experience coaching? I like to start with a deep, get-to-know-you conversation to see if we are right for each other. Sometimes we talk for one or two hours at no charge. I have no goal except to bring about transformation. Together we work on the lies, the self-deception, and the fears of the power you perceive to be outside yourself. We work on your difficulties in making decisions and your inability thus far to make bold choices in life and to follow through and trust yourself completely to do so.
The irony for some people is that the very thing that they want the coaching for (an indecisive, half-hearted life) is what’s keeping them from deciding whether to get coaching.
When you’re ready, reach out @ karen.laidlaw.theONEthing@outlook.com. Meanwhile, enjoy the blog!
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