{"id":614,"date":"2010-01-16T12:23:52","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T19:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/?p=614"},"modified":"2010-01-16T12:23:52","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T19:23:52","slug":"just-take-the-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/career\/just-take-the-plunge","title":{"rendered":"Just take the plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Plunge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-615\" title=\"Plunge\" src=\"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Plunge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a>This has been an eventful week for me and my business &#8211; a key turning point.\u00a0 This is the week I moved from <em>planning<\/em> to <em>doing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s scary, but it&#8217;s so wonderful to be doing what feels to be such useful activity.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->It&#8217;s interesting how this switch happened inside my head.\u00a0 Before Christmas, I had all kinds of great excuses for not making the leap:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m still investing in my professional development.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;My plans aren&#8217;t clear yet.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;People are going to be off on vacation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All true, of course, but I knew that the fundamental issue was that they were stalling techniques to give myself an &#8220;out&#8221; for not moving to action.<\/p>\n<p>What changed since New Year&#8217;s is that I decided to announce to my supporters and coaches (so wonderful to be able to call upon several!) that I wanted to work on switching from planning into action.\u00a0 After each conversation, I came away with some concrete actions to take <em>&#8211; that I was motivated to work on<\/em>.\u00a0 That last part is key, because it&#8217;s what helps me to get over my fears and inertia.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of the magic of coaching &#8211; that the client creates and owns the action items, it&#8217;s not about the coach giving the client things to do.\u00a0 Therefore, the client is motivated to follow through, and the coach can help close the loop of accountability and celebration.<\/p>\n<p>I might also mention that I had my first evaluation as a coach this week &#8211; an expert listened in while I coached a colleague for half an hour, then gave a verbal and written evaluation of what I had done.<\/p>\n<p>Boy, that was scary.<\/p>\n<p>But in the end, my fears were much larger than the reality.\u00a0 I got some wonderful and supportive feedback, and had the chance to really jump in and coach at my absolute best.\u00a0 I&#8217;m much less scared about the second evaluation in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Are you scared to jump in and actually do what you know you need to do?\u00a0 Have courage, my friend!<\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been an eventful week for me and my business &#8211; a key turning point.\u00a0 This is the week I moved from planning to doing. 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