So many priorities compete for our attention and time. How can we stay focused on the ‘big’ things and make sure the other important things get taken care of?
Below are three suggestions for you to consider:
1. Determine your top three goals or intentions for the year professionally and personally.
Anytime an opportunity comes your way, ask yourself if it will move you towards or away from your goal. If it will move you towards, then seriously consider it. If it will move you away from your goal, consider letting it go.
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The concept of time management is a misnomer. We can’t manage time.
We each have 24 hours in the day. There’s nothing we can do to change this. We just have to learn how to use the time we have in the most effective way.
In other words, we need to learn how to manage ourselves around how we use the time we have.
The end result – setting ourselves up for personal and professional success.
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One challenge potential coaches have shared with me is how to find affordable coach training. In December I wrote an article with six suggestions on how to start coach training without going into debt. (Link with title of article)
In response to that article I received an email from a coach in which she shared that “while some coach training programs are over priced… I don’t think $6K is too much. Coaching is a profession that requires commitment, time and investment, just like other professions.”
All of this lead me to these two questions:
- How does the cost of coach training compare to the cost of training for other professions?
- How many hours of training are needed for certification?
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Once you have set your intentions for the year, it’s time to create your theme for the year.
A theme is a one to three word phrase that summarizes what your year is about. There may be a common thread throughout your intentions from which you can draw a theme. There may be a way you need to be in order for your goals to be achieved.
Why Choose a Theme?
A theme can be used to remind you what you want to achieve this year. It can be a ‘power’ phrase that gets you in the right vibration or frame of mind. It’s just another tool at your disposal.
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The Sherpa Executive Coaching Survey for 2011 has been released.
In this 30-page report you will find answers to:
- What makes a good executive coach?
- How is coaching used?
- Who gets a coach?
- and much, much more…
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