Last week I visited Mum and Dad in the lovely Victorian country town of Romsey. In an attempt to get Mary (mum) to walk for a while to ease the pain in her ankle which had been operated on a few times I suggested we walk around the town and then home after our beautiful lunch. Dad, who has bad feet which he inherited from his mother drove off happy to be left on his own for a while. We wandered around towns browsing shops when we passed by a garden and saw a beautiful Rosella, a medium-sized colourful Australian parrot, in a cage. I expressed dismay at the fact that there was a stunning bird locked away in a restricted space when it should be flying majestically and loudly in a flock in the bush. Mum, who happens to be a little older and wiser than me said that it reminded her of me about 4 years ago. Often, when someone you love and trust, points out an insight into your life it can be confronting so I asked what she meant by that and she replied as follows: "You had been constricting your attitude and behaviours and denying the things in life that truly make you happy. Finally, over the past 4 years ago you have taken control, chosen activities and a career that truly make you happy, challenged and dare I say it have allowed you to fly!" Having thought about that for a week I can see her point. Take control and learn to fly the way you want to. It didn't take over night for me to trust myself to learn to fly. It took effort, luck, application and with the support of a couple of key friends, family and colleagues. But it started with the seed of an idea, with faith in my own abilities and the realisation that blaming others wasn't making me happy or getting me anywhere. Having created Paragon Coaching with Argy Mariolis and now being in a position to help people transform their lives for the better I am finally feeling great about my chosen profession. I know that even when I am tired, overworked and missing my family that I am still doing what I believe in and what allows me to sit down at the end of the day, wine glass in hand, and feel great about each day that has passed. I am flying each day, free to soar and happy to be performing the work I do. What will it take for you to do the same? At Paragon Coaching we premise our approach on three assumptions:
Live your own life for you will die your own death - Latin Proverb |
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