I am a lifelong learner and enjoy all kinds of personal and professional development books. As a business coach, I was trained through Coach U but also have read books from other major ICF accreditation worthy schools. My experiences in corporate as well as being an entrepreneur have taught me valuable lessons as well as provided great content for me to teach and train others in too.
Recently I stumbled on a few books I bought and read “back in the day”. Books like Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Managing Your Time by Jeff Davidson, and The One Minute Sales Person by Spencer Johnson. Each of these books provided a perspective and information on the “how to”. All are great books and all ones that I have kept and will re-read to find additional nuggets of wisdom.
I sit here now, analyzing my current standing with my business as well as my goals for my business and life and realized that these books provided me exactly what I needed at the time I read them. Now, I may not have gleaned every point the author intended and I may not have applied all the points that I did get. But I can tell you that each little or big thing I learned and applied was perfect and needed at that time. I know that each challenge and success that we encounter allows us to learn the thing that we need at that time.
The big ah-ha for me is the realization that what I needed at the time in my past is still a resource for me, even now. The lessons, skills, and information I learned back then are useful to me now. Especially as a coach who supports business owners to achieving great things!
So right now what I need is to pull together all the things I have learned and have, or have not yet, applied. It is a time of expanding my application. I am drawing upon what I currently have in my arsenal of knowledge, skills and talent to create some amazing Success Programs, Strategy Workshops and CORE Seminars that support people in getting what they want from their business and life. And the content is from hundreds of credible sources and education from my past as well as my present learning. WOO HOO!!!
Coaching question: What is it that you have RIGHT NOW that you need fully access to take that next step forward?
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