DON ’ T HOLD YOURSELF BACK
Ken Kelling , coach and coach supervisor at Sense of Purpose Coaching , reveals how eventprofs can stay ambitious and not hold themselves back in 2022
Ken Kelling , coach and coach supervisor , Sense of Purpose Coaching e have all had , and continue to have , a tough time with the global pandemic . But let ’ s try to set something ambitious for 2022 . Let ’ s not hold ourselves back .
Here ’ s five things to think about that might help :
Bin the SMART goals
We all know that SMART goals are Specific , Measurable , Achievable , Realistic and Timebound . But people who have achieved something amazing in their lives have often set out to do something that we all felt was impossible or unachievable . Imagine if Martin Luther King ’ s inspirational “ I have a dream ” speech had begun with “ I have what I believe to be a set of realistic , achievable and measurable goals ”. Let ’ s have a different acronym . Let ’ s set a goal that is Daunting , Important ( to us and the world ) and Exciting . That seems a much better way of setting personal goals for ourselves .
Dump the perfectionism
Event professionals like to pay attention to details . It ’ s partly what we are paid for . But sometimes that can overspill into perfectionism , hanging on to something for too long , when it was good enough a long while back . In 2022 , if you feel like you ’ re being overwhelmed by perfectionism , just ask yourself – is it enough ?
Increase your courage
Courage is an empowering feeling . So , my question to you for 2022 , is : what would you do if you had twice as much courage as you do now ? What would you do if you had 10 times the courage that you have now ? What would you no longer hold yourself back from ? What if you were fearless ? What would you be doing ?
Being more courageous isn ’ t easy . But if we practice the idea of doubling , tripling , quadrupling or 10 times-ing our courage , then we ’ ll know what it means to not hold ourselves back .
Listen to your whisper
We get preoccupied by things that stress us out and the number of things that are vying for our attention : whether that ’ s the kids , our job , or our boss . But , quite often , there ’ s also a voice somewhere in us that ’ s a whisper . That whisper is about something a little bit deeper , our purpose . If you ’ re able to listen a lot harder to that whispering voice , let ’ s see what starts to happen when we give our deeper purpose a little bit more space , a little bit more reflection .
Use all your intelligences
As well as our rational , thinking brain we have visual skills , kinesthetic skills ( the power of feeling things through movement ), creative skills and more . They can get a little bit buried , because quite often we are stuck fast to a desk , or simply sitting , thinking , and writing . In 2022 , let ’ s access all our intelligences . Let ’ s access our full range of skills to create the most powerful version of ourselves .
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