Your Inner and Outer Life - Are you working on both?
Buki Ishola
Global Leadership & Executive Coach | Specialising in Equipping African Diaspora Leaders With Clarity, Insights & Tools for Greater Impact & Career Advancement | Talks & Workshops | Interview Coaching | DM for enquiries
March 2021 has been a month of deep learning and unlearning for me. I’ve spent time with some great teachers and coaches who have empowered me to go faster and further than I'd thought possible.
Interestingly, the bulk of the learning and unlearning were primarily about raising my awareness of how I’ve come to be who I am and the ways I need to evolve to become who I aspire to be.
Having spent a significant part of my adult life gaining highly regarded qualifications and working for organisations that are leaders in their fields, I have come to know that all the qualifications and great experiences, in of themselves, have no potential.
Potential only resides in me for I am the one to create good results from all I have received. My ability and capacity to create good results is connected to the quality of my inner life i.e. ?????? ????????????????, ?????????????? ?????? ?????????????? ???????? ?? ?????????? ???? ?????? ???????????????? ???? ????????. The same applies to you too.
However, it is easy to not pay attention to our inner life and so remain ignorant about how it is impacting the outcomes and results we are getting. It’s far easier to be pre-occupied with the outer life - the qualifications, experiences, accomplishments, the quick wins etc. But "as a man thinketh so is he" not as a man acquires and accomplishes.
You must ask yourself this question: ???????? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ???? ?? ?????????????? ?????????? ???? ?????????????? ?????? ?????????????? ???? ???????? ?????????????????
In my view, two of the greatest tools to raise your self awareness and improve the quality of your thinking are regular self-reflection and good coaching.
Take time out regularly to reflect on the results you are getting and to receive coaching in areas where you are struggling. Good coaching makes the unknown known and the unconscious conscious. It reveals the beliefs, attitudes and mindset that are driving your results i.e. it raises your awareness and understanding of your inner life. ????’?? ???????????????????? ?????? ???????? ???? ?????? ?????????????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ??????. That's what I experienced last month from the investment I made in teachers and coaches to support my growth.
Here’s my invitation to you:
If the results you are getting are not in-line with what you’d like, then a conversation with a coach may really help you. A good coach will help you unpack the drivers of the results in your life that are within your control, raise your self awareness and empower you with tools to help you create better results.
Send me a DM for a free consultation if you sense I could be of help and value to you in your career now.
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About the Author
Buki Ishola is an Executive Coach with a focus on helping African Diaspora professionals thrive in their careers and be high performing, purposeful and powerful leaders. Her expertise are in the areas of performance, career progression and mental fitness. Her Elevate 'You' career workshops, one-on-one and group coaching programmes are supporting senior and mid-career African Diaspora professionals to rise to their potential, overcome obstacles in their way and progress their careers.
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3 年As an ambivert, I need this alone recharging time, too. I do this reflecting in my journals (yes, I have multiple ??) and through reading both fiction and personal/professional development books). Re-reading this article was so much of a joy that I had to comment again in hopes that the person within my network who needs to see it, sees it and grows from reading it Buki Ishola - Career Progression Expert ??
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3 年Buki, well written and insightful. A lot of times we forget the personal work that needs to be done to progress and just focus on the external.
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3 年Well done Buki definitely worthy of an article! We often come across people in life who have limited self awareness which really does impact on the quality of their thinking, that is why a little self reflection and being honest with yourself is so important.
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3 年Your words of wisdom are quite insightful. Regards. ??????