Recently, I made a very difficult decision -- to move on from a consulting relationship that had provided me with learning opportunities, interesting projects, a pretty steady source of income, the flexibility to work from home, and more.
However, what I had also found, over the past 6 months, was that this relationship was also stepping on time for my own business, time for my family and also time for me. In fact, in part because of my own decisions, it was starting to create a level of stress and frustration that, quite frankly, brought out the worst in me. Not good for me. Not good for the firm. And ESPECIALLY not good for my family.
So I decided to move on -- for me a scary, bittersweet and also exhilarating decision. In coaching, we sometimes refer to this as the act of "blowing up your life" in order to make room for something more fulfilling. To me, that's what it felt like, and in the moments after my goodbye conversation, I could feel the blast and the brick and concrete and glass and wood exploding upwards all around me!
And then the dust quickly settled. Now I'm finding that all the time and energy that had been so lacking in the past 6 months has been miraculously restored, and that I'm finding the space to breathe, see clearly, sing more, smile more, create content, and build my practice.
It doesn't come as a surprise that all this happened. After all, the law of attractions, the power of positive thinking, the magic of affirmation -- all have a basis in reality.
It is so very true that if you build it, they will come.
So my question for today is, if YOU build it, who or what will come?
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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