Every coaching season has its theme, at least it does for me, and right now it's about how things can be much, much easier.
Lots of people have grown up to think hard work is what brings success, and as all our businesses grow, it can be really difficult to understand how you can possibly manage things - you are already busy every minute of the day and exhausted underneath it all.
Loosening this tangle begins with letting go - simple enough to say, difficult to really achieve, permanently anyway.
So we spend all sorts of time putting real life exercises in place to help. If you're someone who has the 'identity' of a hard worker, and controlling things or being obsessively detail-oriented has been your 'way of being' until now, you may be wondering how to change.
[You cannot play big if you are drowning in details. You can't even begin to THINK big because your brain will shut down as a defense mechanism.]
[You can't be planning to reach 10,000 people in your niche market if it takes you half an hour to write one email. Or you can't get to bed because you are trying to answer all your emails.]
[You wouldn't be able to plan a new development, put the streets in the right spots, decide where the school is going to go if you spent an hour fussing over a pile of leaves in one of the back yards.]
So a lighthearted tool for you today, if you're wanting to marinate a little deeper about letting go on an unconscious level. It just so happens using this tool will force you to stop working for a couple of hours, hehe!
One of my favorite movies features Bridge Fonda in 'Point of No Return' a remake of the French 'La Femme Nikita'. In it, her character has a line that I want you to watch for, let wash over you (and begin seeping in). At one point in my own life I used it as a very real tool to help loosen my death grip on trying to get every single last detail 'PERFECT.'
"I never did care about the little things."
It's a lovely line and I think coaches and aspiring coaches especially will enjoy the lovely little interaction between Fonda's character and her mentor, as this wisdom is passed along.
In my opinion, everyone can loosen up a little more...
Note: Don't rent La Femme Nikita the original French movie OR the DVD of the TV series by the same name. As far as I know, the line I'm most wanting you to see/feel/integrate doesn't appear at all in either. It's the English movie remake, called "Point of No Return" or "The Assassin" in some markets, that you want. Enjoy!