How To Sell Coach

Isn't is strange that when you least expect it, life can give you lessons. Just little things, seemingly insignificant. Sometimes we miss the message and other times they can serve as a reminder that we need to do something, re-focus or take action. This week I had a moment like that.

I decided I needed a change. Nothing big, I just wanted to move my office around - make it work better for me. Make sure I had everything at hand. So that's what I did and spent Sunday morning moving furniture, filing cabinets and equipment so that everything was just right. When it was all done and looking good I sat back admiring my efforts and looking forward to how much better I was going to feel when I sat down to work the next day.

Monday, I was full of enthusiasm - good to go. As the day progressed something didn't feel right, but I decided to work on anyway. By the evening (not having had my most productive day I have to say) I decided to take a couple of minutes to reflect on this. I looked round at my newly laid out office. Everything was where it should be - in it's place.

Then it hit me. My Goals Board! I have a big white board on the wall. On one side I have my Goals and on the other, I write my daily actions. In my 'old' office, my desk was right in front of the Goals Board so every time I looked up, my Goals were in front of me. When I moved stuff around, my Goals Board was behind me. I had turned my back (literally) on my Goals!

It just didn't feel right. I had re-positioned everything apart from the one thing that was the most important. And it was in the perfect place. What to do? Simple - move it all back. But there was a clear message for me here. Keep your Goals in front of you at all times. Focus on them. Work on them. Make it a habit to study them every day.

This simple act of turning my back on my Goals in itself made me focus on them and I ended up re-writing them. All is good again.