Aiming for Awesome
Last month I was working with a career coaching client in her twenties. We were doing an exercise designed to uncover what she really wanted from a job. Lots of great clues and requirements were coming up that we recorded. As I encouraged my client, she said, “aren’t you supposed to tell me that I shouldn’t expect to get all of this?” Hmm.
I explained to her that we wanted to capture everything that was important to her in a job. From there, she could continue her search, consider her options and th
en make compromises, if needed. But we always want to aim for “awesome” — and then come back to “great,” if necessary. We don’t want to set our sights on “adequate” and then compromise our way to “misery.”
Is there an area of your life where you’ve set the bar a little too low? Do you need to aim higher so you “land among the stars?”
Shoot for awesome!
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p.p.s. If you are in the Memphis area, I’m running a three-month group career coaching program beginning in January. Come explore, discover, and begin taking action — all in a supportive environment. More details can be found at https://jenfrankcoaching.com/career-group-jan-2016/.