Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say

<p>Last year, I had a profound coaching experience. My coach asked me what I wanted to do and I hadn’t done yet. I named a few coaching business related tasks and then, I shared that I wanted to sell my house. My dad was recovering from cancer treatment and thought I lived too far for him to visit. I wanted to move closer to my parents. My coach reflected back to me – “sounds like you have a lot of passion towards coaching and you will get the tasks done. I also wonder how important it was for you to move since you showed very little energy about it.”</p><p>She was right. I didn’t believe that I could organize enough to show my house for sale. The thought of organizing drained my energy. At the same time, I was shocked to hear moving might not be important enough for me to take actions. Could it be true? Did I mean what I said. I reflected and knew it’s very important for me to be closer to my 80-year-old parents and it’s critical for me to start taking actions in the falling real estate market.</p><p>I got my act together and put my house on the market in two months and sold it in three months. I did whatever it took to sell the house before year end; including giving away a lot of household items that appeared as clutter, replacing my agent friend who didn’t generate traffic and I reducing the asking price. None of those were easy decisions but when my actions were in alignment with my words, I achieved my goal. I am grateful for my peer coach Marijo Puleo and my personal organizer Mary Boiselle to support me to make it happen. Now, I live closer to my parents and we can visit easily.</p><div>I am listening to David Hawkins'  “Intention”. He says the meaning of everything is "what is". There is no incompletion; things always go from complete to complete.  And there is no imperfection;  things always go from perfect to perfect. Everything is just “what is” and emerging; like a flower unfolds.</div><div> </div><div>With that thought, I invite you to do an exercise to reflect “what is” with your business. Please spend a few minutes to follow the inquiries. If your answer is “no” to any of them, go to inquiry 5 directly.</div><ol><li>Do you want to grow your business? </li><li>Do you have goals for the year?</li><li>Do you have action plans to implement your goals?</li><li>Are you on track with your action plans? If you answer “yes”, congratulations. You are done with the exercise and I know your business will grow and do well.</li><li>How important is your business for you?</li></ol><div> </div><div>Please remember this is a reflection exercise and is not about judging yourself. The exercise is for you to have clarity about your business and reflect how important your business is for you.  This is not about “right or wrong”. This is about “what is”. It is an indicator showing where you are at with your business. Having goals shows you have clarity on what you are shooting for. Without a goal, we are shooting at a moving target and we can be confused and stressed. Action plans and reviews are tools for implementing our goals and for us getting clarity on where we are at. With planning the work and working the plan, we won’t feel overwhelmed or lost.</div><div> </div><div>If you answer you want to grow your business and your business is important for you, do you say what you mean and mean what you say by actions?</div> 2008-07-07T05:24:36Z

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<p>We say developing our business is important. Do we mean what we say and say what we mean?</p>

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