Ever Had a Re-epiphany?

That’s what I called it; a re-epiphany. Having an epiphany is always a good thing, but having a re-epiphany reawakened me to my purpose as a coach. Wow!

About 3 months ago I created a plan. I love creating plans, but I will admit to you that I don’t always love following through with my well thought-out plans.... The curse of an entrepreneurial mind! You see, entrepreneurs LOVE working the creative part of the brain. Oh yes, the right brain gets a work out while the left brain hemisphere sits around growing sluggish and fat with information waiting to bust out.

I told my coach about my plan to grow my business in a new direction; an epiphany that I'd had about the current direction of my business and where it needed to go. Gretchen is an amazing coach – also full of ideas and creativity … and she gets me. So she holds me accountable and prods me with lines that get my stubborn ego motivated to act. Exactly what I need and boy does she deliver! Thanks Gretchen! So, with my stubborn ego reporting to Gretchen every other week, I’ve been dutiful in moving forward and producing the products that I will soon be releasing to the world – yay!

But I got off track with another plan because again, you see, that’s what entrepreneurs do. Somehow, this other plan just didn’t feel good to me. For a whole week, I put my focus toward coaching sales people to improve their performance and results…yup, a whole week :). Luckily, it was only a week beforeI realized – hey – I’m off track, what happened to THE plan....This – was phase one of my re-epiphany. I got off track. “So what?” you might say. But you see - and I shout it from the rooftops - “I AM A COACH!” I’m a coach and I got off track. Is that supposed to happen to coaches? Isn’t that what I help my clients NOT to do? That stubborn ego was about ready to beat me up when phase two of the re-epiphany occurred. What a wonderful reminder of how important coaching really is. Everyone gets off track and that’s ok – really it is. But people like Gretchen and me help people get their caboose back on the track and I’m really proud of that.

So, take a little time out and think about your plan. Sometimes a reminder of our purpose, whether it’s in work, personal goals, relationships, or as a parent, simply gets us back on track and reminds us just how important our daily activities are in the big picture. Today, take some time to appreciate all of that hard work – give yourself a pat on the back. Heck, break out the champagne because YOU are unique and special. Celebrate yourself today!