A couple of months back, I was offered an opportunity to be a guest on a podcast called The Daily Path.
It was my first ‘real’ podcast and we got the chance to speak about: what brought me to coaching as a profession — the work of Values Coaching — and what one of my biggest obstacles has been in business.
The Choice Point is simple: every action moves you Towards your values or Away from discomfort.
Either we’re moving towards the kind of person we want to be and the kind of life we want to create — or we’re moving away from pain, struggle or discomfort — which also moves us away from the kind of person we want to be and the kind of impact we want to have in the world.
Here’s how to start choosing your values more deliberately.
Inner Leadership and Self Leadership are closely related — but they’re not the same thing, and the distinction matters.
Inner Leadership is the practice of tending to and managing our inner world: our thoughts, emotions, physical states, energy, attention, and the patterns that shape how we show up.
Self Leadership goes deeper and further. It asks not just how we manage the inner world, but who is leading it, and who tends to it best.
Lost to Our Selves
Over the course of our lives — sometimes from a very early age — most of us lose some or most of our connection to our Authentic Self. To our true nature. To who we really are at the core.
Personal growth isn’t just about discovering who you are. It’s about recovering who you’ve always been beneath the armor, and adaptive protective patterns.