Challenge 122: Follow-up with potential clients

May 13, 2010

I'm happy to say that I went to my ICF meeting yesterday. It is basically a monthly meeting with a guest speaker, where coaches can get together and learn new information, technologies, ideas, etc. I had had the meeting on my calendar for almost two months, but as the day was approaching, I wasn't sure if I was going to make it. A million excuses...I was feeling a little under the weather, I wasn't in a social mood, my friend wasn't going to go, etc etc. But I decided that I should go anyway, and I'm SO glad I did. I don't know why it surprises me that every time I do something for coaching, I go somewhere where coaches are, or learn new information, I get so energized and my mood completely changes. It's like I have to keep learning that every time.

THe speaker last night was a man named Lion Goodman. He spoke about how limiting beliefs we have (and have accumulated our whole lives) affect us from moving forward with our lives and having what we want in life. The idea is if we can recognize what those limiting beliefs are, then remove them, and replace them with new beliefs, that we can move more smoothly towards the things we are wanting. He had us go through this cool visualization where we ended up in the "belief closet." We let our subconscious show us which outfit our limiting belief was wearing. Then there was a process of taking off the outfit, burning it in the fire, and letting the subconscious pick out a new outfit for the new belief. I know this sounds crazy!! But it was totally cool and I can see that it would be a really useful tool.

So anyway, it occurred to me that if our limiting beliefs are formed all throughout our lives and make it harder for us to navigate through life, then I assumed that the earlier you deal with the limiting beliefs, the better off you might be. So I asked the speaker if he had ever worked with kids or adolescents or teens and he said that was his goal! To work in high schools, teaching students these tools. It felt so in line with some of my goals, so we decided to get lunch together and see where we might be on the same page. Who knows what itll turn into, but I'm so glad I went to the meeting. I'm energized.

Today is a coaching day. Then some errands. Then some family/friend time. Let's go!

Challenge 122: Follow-up with potential clients