Many thanks to my Colleague Jason Bernic for this insightful image. People ask me every day, what does a Life Coach do? I like to say I am an Obstacle Buster, but I am not sure that answer explains it as well as this image, well we do say a picture is worth a thousand words.
So let’s break it down into words. We say to ourselves ” Let’s Do This”, whatever “this” is for each one of us. Let’s say it is building a Yoga Business. The person is keen, they know it is right for them, they are excited, they have a plan, good to go, right? Maybe. However, quite often, the answer is not quite. Why? Obstacles are in the way.
The kind of obstacles I am talking about are of our own making. The obstacles are our own thoughts. Fear, Uncertainty, Failure that kind of thing. The tricky business here is that fear is sneaky, it doesn’t show up like ” Hi I am fear, an obstacle to you reaching your goals”. No, it shows up like What ifs.” What if no one comes to my yoga classes, what if I suck as a yoga teacher.” Or, ” this is not the right time” or, or, or. See what I mean? Furthermore fear disguises itself as logical or maybe even protective ” you have too much on your plate” sneaky things like that, smart one that fear obstacle.
Uncertainty which is a subset of fear shows up like this ” You don’t have all the answers so don’t do it” It is going to be hard” or “What if all the pieces don’t fall in place?”
Failure is another subset of fear! ” What if I fail?” ( the implication being one’s world will fall apart) “What if I don’t have what it takes?”
These obstacles come in many forms, but the truth is they are all just our thoughts, they are not facts. I repeat they are just thoughts, not facts. And as we know we can choose our thoughts. So for example ” What if my yoga classes are full? What if I find all the answers I need to build my yoga business.” These thoughts are in fact the obstacle busters. When we clear out those fears we come back to excitement about whatever it is we want to achieve.
I hope this has been helpful!
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