The Penny Drops

17th March 2015

When is it the right time to make changes? I know I have often blogged about this in one way or another, but it was brought to my attention recently by a “lead” who I have been following up for the past few months.

When I first contacted them last November, and had a very positive meeting, they seemed very keen to work with me on the coaching programme, but they couldn’t commit at that time, because they were on the run up to Christmas, and so didn’t have the time. However, they told me to call back in January so we could book in a start date. So I called in January, and this time they had a health issue, and therefore could I call back again in early March, which of course I did. Yet again it turned out that they could not commit to starting because this time they had just lost a staff member, and would therefore be far too busy until after Easter, and then it would be a good time to call. Then came the moment of realisation, because before I could say anything else, they then said “but of course there will be something else to stop me then, won’t there!”

And of course this is exactly what would have happened had they finally not realised themselves what they are doing. Essentially I believe they genuinely want me to coach them to make permanent and meaningful changes, because they can see that they can only keep going the way they are for so long. If they ever want things to change for the better they know that I can help them to do that, but it is the fear of what it will take, and the knowledge that they will be out of their comfort zone, which is still stopping them from taking the first exciting step into the unknown.

So I will call them after Easter, and this time I believe they will make the commitment to start, because if not this time, it is never going to happen.

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