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How
do I get there from here?
The
issue...
We often wonder, "How do I get to point B (where I want to be) from Point
A (where I am now)?".
Is
always an issue...
As
coaches, facilitators, consultants and trainers, much of what we do consists
of working through this challenge with our clients, colleagues, friends
and other relationships. Yet the A to B question is still an issue for
many of us.
When
will I devote time to giving this some serious consideration?
We
are all caught up in our stories about who we are and what we need to
do to survive. How much time do we invest in contemplating the solution
to the Point A to Point B challenge?
Who
am I?
Many
of us are so caught up in whatever our life looks like that we are often
not even aware of a Point B. We continue taking history and putting it
in front of ourselves, living into it and wondering when something will
change. We create life scripts regarding who we are early on in our lives
and live the same scripts out over and over, rarely questioning whether
they are still relevant.
What
is my vision?
When
we do write things down, we tend to write down tasks rather than goals,
and focus on task completion, never taking the time to consider a vision,
strategy, plan or goals.
Sharing
thoughts, ideas, insights, knowledge, resources, tools and time with others
builds community...
After a request via email for an answer to this, I crafted a brief response
to this question to a professional who is committed to evolving her career.
Currently she is an internal corporate trainer, and she wants to transition
into a self-employed consulting position. It occurred to me that I could
invest a few minutes and recraft my response into a web page as a resource
to others. Feel free to pass this message along to whoever you know that
might benefit.
An
environment that supports you...
In getting from A to B, you'll want to create an environment that supports
you in whatever you're up to. Some of the ingredients for this environment
include the following:
- self-study
- a
visioning process
- partner
with a colleague on goal setting and achievement
- active
participation in discussion lists where you can share knowledge, resources,
ideas, insight and much more with others who are similarly aligned.
- voraciously
read anything you can get your hands on relating to your vision
- study
NLP
- informational
interviews with those who are where you want to be
- teleclasses
- e-learning
- R&D
on the web
- build
a social network of those who are where you want to be, where everyone
shares knowledge, resources, insights and tools
- writing
about what you are passionate about
(forces the R&D/study a bit)
- get
a coach
- coach
yourself
- study
small business administration
- talk
with anyone and everyone regarding your vision for yourself
- brown
bags at your company that will give you practice
(and create a listening for you as a skilled trainer/facilitator/whatever
you're up to)
- consider
earning a degree through self study from home
(there are tons of self-paced and e-classes everywhere, you choose which
college)
- create
a vision of yourself as you want to be...what does that look like? (make
it real...present time, colorful, what are you seeing, hearing, etc)
- get
a mentor
- model
that which you want
- be
persistent
- be
passionate
- know
you can do/be whatever you can imagine
What
is NLP?
Passionately and persistently applying the technology of Neuro Linguistic
Programming (NLP) will get you wherever you want to go.
NLP is a technology explaining how one becomes masterful at anything.
There are many resources relating to NLP on the web.
Here is a page with links to some of these resources.
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