Why Jenn Was MAD At Me and What That Has To Do With Patrick Lencioni
Jenn is a business professional who goes to my church. She contacted me a number of months ago asking if there was any way I would mentor her.
I responded with my usual thoughts about mentoring (Check out the mentoring blog here.) And that's exactly what she wanted.
How fun!
Until our last session.
Jenn started out by pulling the Bridges "Traction" book out of her purse and told me she was "mad" at me and we would get to that later. We processed a work conundrum she was walking through and talked about the podcasts she had listened to since our last time together. She had asked me for book recommendations and so I had worked on a short list I thought might benefit her with descriptions of the books and whether they were secular or faith-based etc.
That's when she let me have it!
"Why is your book not on that list?", she asked in no uncertain terms.
"Your book has helped me more than almost any other I have read!" (I mean, of course, I will mentor her if she says stuff like th...
Demystifying SMART Goals! Bonus: Worksheet attached!
SMART goals
Everything starts with an idea, but some of the best ideas never grow to become real. Having ideas is a great and important first step. Making quality goals changes outcomes and ultimately transforms lives.
It has been said that if you aren’t sure where you are going you will surely get there (nowhere) or if you fail to aim you aim to fail!
In order to have a step-by-step plan or leading from God you need to have steps. You can always change them as He leads, but having them keeps in in motion. It is always easier to turn a moving ship, car, bike, skateboard... whatever.
To quote American philanthropist Elbert Hubbard,
"Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal."
Dreams are unrefined hope and cost-free aspirations that we might do someday. Converting a dream to a goal is a decision to take tangible steps to pursue it. Goals are specific future targets that we ar...
Okay! Let's do this!
What's your this?
Each new year is a gift!
But unlike a gift you receive from someone else, each new year is a gift God gives us and what's inside of it pretty much depends on us!
What will this year hold for you?
- Will you finally start that ____________?
- Or finish that ______________?
- Ready to put ___________ behind you?
Traction can walk you through each step you need to take!
Or a good coach can help you define and achieve your goals!
The biggest question is: What is going to make this year different than last year?
Hundreds of people have used the Coaching Culture practices to move forward themselves as well as learning how to best ask empowering questions, help people make SMART goals and walk them down the Bridges Coaching ROAD to nexts they would not have accomplished!
Or maybe you aren't even sure what your "this" is? Our Destiny by Design course helps decode the cipher! Your unique design is the key to discerning who you were meant to be. Whether you a...