Welcome to 2013! I am so excited for this year and all that it will bring.
My coaching practice has been steadily growing over the past six years and I have taken each step of the journey with hope, excitement and sometime fear. Being an entrepreneur is by far the most challenging thing I have ever done. It tests your endurance, dedication, drive and your mental, emotional and sometimes physical limits. Partly because many things are new and partly because you have to be on top your game all the time. Learning, stretching, growing and optimally performing as often as possible.
I recently had lunch with a friend and entrepreneurial colleague and discussed an endeavor she is involved with. We got to talking about strategy, vision and purpose. We then moved into discussing marketing and social media, topics that I have been learning and adding to my tool belt since I started business. My friend said “WOW you know your marketing!”. I thought “me know marketing?!…Are you serious? Marketing isn’t ‘my thing’, COACHING! That’s my thing”. You see, there are a few things that engineers are often known for not being good at. Writing is one and marketing is another. And if you are in a corporate position other than marketing or sales, you may have also thought “marketing and sales is just not my thing”.
But in order to grow my business I had to learn about marketing and sales. I have been taking classes and implementing the learnings with a true intention and purpose. These classes were not part of a large curriculum like at Colorado School of Mines or Coach U. They weren’t for a degree or certification. These classes were individual classes that when put together have given me a solid marketing foundation that has ultimately served my business and my professional development quite beautifully.
I now have new skills to add to my Success Timeline (see Boost Your Confidence Master Your Mindset for details). I am now taking inventory of ALL of the tools in my tool belt that allow me consistent growth and success. There are many other skills that I have developed along the way but for now, I am going to do the happy dance that marketing and sales have become in part “my thing”.
Coaching Question: What skills have you formally or informally been developing that have unexpectedly become “your thing”?
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