Are You a Starter But Not A Finisher? Time to follow through and show up. Here’s how.
You know how it is??If you want to set up a self-loathing doom loop all you have to do is set your bar very high and then experience the slow slide down the wall of fail. The Failing Wall (see what I did there?)
But seriously, we all do it.?Some clients even say “throw me in at the deep end” as if drowning, floundering and spluttering your way to the surface was a sure-fire motivational hack. Doing things the tough way and through tortuous pain is so Medieval it would make the Plantagenets wince.
The trouble with being a fully paid-up member of the Starter Not Finisher Club is that you now have an internal autoresponder designed to reduce your sense of self. It says “I don’t follow through/I’m a quitter/I haven’t got what it takes/I am not good enough”.?
It’s the deserted exercise bike cum clothes hanger in the bedroom, the ghosted guitar that never did get you a passport to groupies and the buckets of chicken wings rider or the investment Sweaty Melon gym gear now worn for Love Island sofa loafing.?
The obvious reason we quit is because it’s tough, tedious and it hurts.?The other reason is fear of success. Weird one, but what if we good really good at it, got to our target weight, started our business, finished the course, became pretty hot looking or could hold our own in a Led Zep tribute band? Scary, right?
It’s then that we sabotage what might be and get back to the safety of the known.
The good news though is that I have a very BIG secret to share with you that will scupper your inner saboteur and enable you to stay the course and not throw in towel - but fold it neatly into an origami swan as you fist thump the sky.
The secret of starting AND finishing??Well -?it’s showing up.?
Sorry if it’s a bit “meh”.?Yes, showing up takes zero talent but it’s almost all of what it takes to be successful.?Giving up, like the snooze button, isn’t an option.
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Carole Ann is an award winning journalist, media consultant and high profile coach, with over 20 years' coaching experience with private clients and major organisations such as the London School of Economics and Play England.
She co-wrote?Start Your Dream Business ?and?Find Your Dream Job ?which are available from Amazon.
She is the winner of 'Best Coach' in the Best Business Women's Awards 2017.
She is also MD of the?Pure Coaching Academy ?which is an accredited (IIC&M) 8 week life coach training course where she trains people to become world class coaches. It includes an inclusive coaching manual which is the handbook of any new life coach when starting out.
As her website boldly states "not just another life coach".