How to Coach Yourself and Others Techniques For Coaching

8. A TIME FOR WISDOM • A tranquil time in which a new respect for nature is developed. It is a time when you may discover your own uniqueness. • There is the danger of contemptuous talk and behaviour if a person has not come to grips with the slipping away of youth at this stage. A respect should develop for the task of youth in life. • A sense of wisdom that is rooted in experience, self knowledge and knowledge of the world may develop • An interest in long term development may arise. 9. A TIME FOR REVIEW • Issues that have not been fully dealt with earlier in life may come back with a vengeance. • There may be the realisation that the work of life is not fi nished and there is little time to put things right. • It is a time for dealing with the negatives of one’s own personality. • The fear of becoming too old to look after oneself; having to become dependent on others might be painful. A heightened awareness of death and coming to terms with it. 10. FREE TIME • In these late years time becomes “free” if we decide we are responsible and have the capacity to truly love. If not we will be needy but unable to give unconditional love. • There is an important choice to be made; one can choose to hang onto things from the past or let go and gracefully give and accept love. • The retrospective perception of life; one can appreciate that although people are imperfect, mostly they genuinely strive for something better. This is true respect for the individual. 554

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