June Is BUSTING Out All Over

June is busting out all over. So are our schedules. So are our lives.

When we try to create margin where no room exists, we end up white-knuckling our life.

I believe we find Power and Freedom in what are willing to let go.

When we hold on too tightly to the wrong things, we stop enjoying right things – the things that matter to us. Much like trying to hold a handful of water. How much do we think we can truly keep in our hands? If we squeeze our fist closed, the water slips through our fingers and we end up with very little. Only by cupping our hands; relaxing and releasing the tension, can we expect to successfully keep any water at all in our hands.

Through coaching, we can learn to identify tasks for which we feel a false sense of responsibility and delegate, outsource or eliminate those activities.  

• There is Power in what we let go
• Power in what we give away
• Power in what we let others manage
• Power in allowing others to grow through responsibility

Through coaching, we learn to choose how much responsibility to assume – both technical responsibility: task completion and authority as well as emotional responsibility: worry, fear, and micromanagement of others.

• There is Freedom in what we let go
• Freedom in shifting emotional responsibility off your shoulders
• Freedom in sending the wrong client for you to the right person for them
• Freedom in putting fear into perspective and perspective into a plan

Through coaching, we work to determine the context of our relationships and give ourselves permission to say, “no” so we can say, "yes" in a different way.  

• There is Power and Freedom in saying YES to people who matter to us
• Power and Freedom in getting more rest
• Power and Freedom in having time to do the things that make us healthier
• Power and Freedom in having time to laugh
• Power and Freedom in planning for our future

These are some of the reasons I engage a coach for myself and some of the reasons I am so passionate about being a coach myself. 

How are you finding your margin? How can I help?

(From the May-June 2017 Coach McCurdy Newsletter - Subscribe at www.McCurdyLifeCoach.com)