Time

Ah if only I had more of it! It seems to disappear, there’s never enough time in the day to do what we need to do. Recently I met a lady who was early for our appointment, I said I would get there as soon as I could. I spent the next half hour dodging through traffic, getting het up as everything was taking too long and arrived in a fluster and full of apologies for taking so long.

She on the other hand, had a light bulb moment and shared with me, in her calm and serene manner “I’m always late, however being early has given me time to prepare my thoughts, to reflect and learn and its been really great, I am going to be early more often”.

Then I had a light bulb moment, we are victims of our own making. We pack so much in to our busy days that we don’t often allow ourselves time to stop, to catch our breath, to reflect, to learn. I long to be that calm, serene self and so from today I made a pact with myself to change a few things to remove some of this self-imposed time pressure.

Ask yourself these questions?

Does this resonate with you? Do you impose deadlines and pressures on yourself unnecessarily, because let’s face it, what’s the worst that can happen? Are you unrealistic about how long things will take you.
If you have answered yes, think about 3 actions you could take to change a few things for yourself to remove the pressure.

If you need more support and challenge in doing this, explore the option of being coached by a member of the Pro-Development team. Coaching is a very powerful tool that can help with behavioural change and may be just the thing you need to make the changes needed. Take a few moments to read what people who have worked with us have to say.