Willing to do

As an evidence-based life and career coach people sometimes come to me with terrific goals and I can see that they are absolutely not willing to do what is required to achieve those goals.

Let me give you an example:

• You work 80 hours a week. You want to have more time with friends and family. You say that in order to have that time with them you need to work less. But you’re not willing to reduce your work hours.
• You want to move into a new professional field. In order to move into that field, you need to undertake four more years’ of study. You aren’t willing to do that.
• You want to feel fitter but the only time available for exercise in your weeks is 6am on weekdays and you aren’t willing to get up at that time.
• You want to progress at work but in order to do that at the firm you’re currently at, you know that you will need to attend extra-curricular activities, which will take away form time with your kids. And you aren’t willing to do that.

It is ABSOLUTELY okay to not want to do those things…of course! But to keep on wanting a goal and also not being willing to do what is required to achieve it just doesn’t make sense.

Working out what you are and aren’t willing to do means you can then disengage from the goal or tweak it so that what is required aligns with what you are willing to commit to.

Tags: career-coaching, life-coaching, Melbourne