When I started blogging I declared somewhat boldly that I had come up with a theme, a road map of where I was headed. It was all well and good to begin just to begin (thanks to guru Seth and his call to action), but I’d begun questioning my Why.
Why do it? Why put myself out there? Why take the risk?
As the doubts began to creep in, I decided to return to my tribe – who I love and trust much more than my lizard brain – and what they told me was this:
I’m relentlessly curious, a life-long learner and I’ve got more questions up my sleeve than Houdini!
It’s so damn easy to forget who I really am when LB starts whispering in my ear.
It blows my mind that somehow I stumbled upon the profession of coaching and had the biggest insight of my life: this is what I’m supposed to be when I grow up!
What a relief to finally know and begin using my strengths rather than wondering why I had them! Up until then no J.O.B. had fit the bill and I constantly felt like a round peg in a square hole.
It’s been said when you know your Why, anything is possible.
My Why was so big (honouring my values of growth, learning and contribution) and so loud that it drowned out my lizard brain long enough that I could take the first steps, and then the next.
It took something to keep my word, writing and posting – shipping – every week. I began by really getting into the questions. I jotted down questions that worked with clients; questions I overheard; questions we usually don’t have the courage to ask ourselves.
Then I read How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci. In this very cool, yet practical guide Michael Gelb invites us to begin training our vast untapped resources to start thinking like Leonardo.
