Are You Ready for a New Direction?
I met with a prospective client this a while back that spent a full hour telling me the story of his business career. As interesting as it was, I could tell that there was something he wasn’t telling me. I finally asked, “So what would you accomplish in the next year – whether it had something to do with your current business or not – to make it worth the time and money to work with a Coach to help get you there?”
He shifted forward in his seat, straightened up a bit and literally lit up with a fresh, new excitement. He said, “A year from now I want to be in a new business!” He went on to describe that he felt that time was short for him (he’s now 48) and he’s not going to settle for spending the rest of his working life doing something he isn’t excited about. He was literally looking for permission to change his career path.
How about you? Do you feel that you’ve “experienced enough experience” and it’s high time to throw yourself into something you really enjoy? It might be a simpler version of what you are already doing, something similar but targeting a clearer niche or even jumping in to a new area altogether. But one thing is for sure: the experience you have in building one thing can certainly accelerate you along the pathway to a new thing… as long you are ignited by authentic passion and enthusiasm for the new direction.
