Wonderful Coaching Session

I wrote this article after Linh's coaching session with me just last night. Thank you Linh, for a wonderful session.

Looking back at those early days, I was engaged as Linh's career coach, during a time when she was considering a career change and possibly a clearer direction forward. By the 4th session, she has gone for two interviews, and by the 5th, she has accepted a new role.

Linh's coaching journey with me started 3 years ago, and it is now that we see what a long way we have come.

Not all coaching journeys are about dilemmas, issues or challenges. This evening, the conversation was centered around actions taken, learning and insights gained from workshops and courses she took. Through the coaching process, she has learnt to define what was important in her life, and thus was able to apply significant insights to various aspects of her life. She shared the positive changes to her life, physically, emotionally and mentally.

So here we are today, in a coaching session where me, the coach, talked for less than 15% of the entire session; where my client talked fluently about all of the wonderful things happening to her. A perfect coaching session, my opinion.

It is moments like these, that reminded me why I chose to be a coach. It is the time of harvest, with fruits ripe for the picking, where toil is rewarded.

These moments did not happen by chance, nor did they come easily. It took strong commitment, and a desire to reach her goals.

Now, in a much better position, we are strategizing and planning her next career change, a change towards better prospects, and remuneration.

Actions planned, to be executed at the opportune time.

Linh is achieving her goals, one at a time. What about you? Have you set goals, and determined strategies that will support goal achievement? Are your actions taken in the right order, and aligned to your strategies?

And lastly, do you have someone holding you accountable and responsible for what you committed to do?

That, in itself, may be what makes all the difference.

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly, a genius is often a talented person who has done all of his or her homework."

- Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, without whom, we are still in darkness

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