Where’s the Juice?
Where is the juice for you, in the work that you do? What do you LOVE about your work? What are the activities that you could do endlessly?
Many of us approach our work with a kind of determination, expecting that we will have to do many things that we don’t enjoy. We assume that work will contain unwanted complexities, difficult decisions, uncomfortable ambiguities, and a raft of disagreeable tasks. Since our reality tends to reflect our expectations, guess what we get?
I believe that our best work, our greatest excellence, our most valuable successes, come easily to us. Now, by easy I don’t mean that there is no challenge or stretch involved. What I mean is that there’s a sense of ease, of flow, about the work that suits us best. More than that, the right work for us provides deep satisfaction and the knowledge that we are effortlessly excelling. It’s juicy.
There’s a coaching technique called the Spotlight, where you make a circle on a page with a smaller circle in its centre. Then, list all the tasks you perform in a typical working week. Plot these visually on the big circle – the more you love the task, the closer it should be to the circle in the middle. If you absolutely adore an activity, that goes inside the smaller circle.
The smaller circle is your ‘spotlight’ – your area of greatest enjoyment and highest potential possibility for excellence. Your goal now is to spend an increasing percentage of time operating in your spotlight. If you were to do this, what would be the first step for you? How juicy could your work become?
Tags: business coaching, coaching, goals, work
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About Kate Warren
Kate Warren is the founder of Brightlife. She is a leader in the field of personal and professional development, and is a sought-after speaker, teacher, and coach. Kate is passionate about helping people to unlock their personal and professional potential. She is an NLP Master Practitioner, a Certified NLP Coach, a Master of Group Leadership Dynamics, and the U.K.'s first certified WealthyMind™ trainer. In 2008 her business success was recognised when she was invited to join ‘Courvoisier the Future 500’, an elite group of the 500 rising stars of British business.
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