{"id":2061,"date":"2012-02-22T06:29:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T10:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:47","slug":"do-you-accept-you-flaws-and-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2012\/02\/do-you-accept-you-flaws-and-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Accept You, Flaws and All?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In the past few weeks I started new coaching relationships with 19 people, <\/strong>and I feel so honored by the trust that these individuals have chosen to place in me AND IN THEM SELVES.<br \/>\n<strong>The code of conduct for professional coaches holds that, \u201cthe client is whole, creative, and resourceful.\u201d\u00a0 No one is broken, there is nothing to \u201cfix.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>Yet in today\u2019s world where the value of independence and self-sufficiency is so strong, entering into a personal coaching relationship requires more than a small bit of Courage.<br \/>\n<strong>In a way, the first step for a coaching client is similar to most 12 Step programs, where one starts by saying, \u201cWhere I am is no longer working for me.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>When you say \u201cYes\u201d to coaching, you have accepted that you are \u201cgetting in your own way\u201d and that the tools you have are insufficient to achieve the goal(s) you hold.<br \/>\n<strong>In the first session of a new coaching relationship <\/strong>we focus most attention on building the framework for coaching (getting acquainted, logistics, goal definition, etc) and many times we spend only a few minutes actually coaching.\u00a0 Yet, at the end of that meeting when I ask, \u201cwhat are you taking away, today?\u201d the coachee can always describe one or more valuable insights or powerful actions they created during the conversation.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #9400d3\"><strong>You, too, can access the Power of Acceptance<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>The simple act of showing up and diving deeply into a problem or goal area generates huge new awareness and possibility, because declaring \u201cI can\u2019t do this on my own!\u201d is so empowering.\u00a0 <\/strong>When you accept and admit that you are not perfect and you do not have The Correct Answer, you also open the possibility that there are MANY correct answers, and many paths toward your goal.<br \/>\n<strong>When you accept your flaws and shortcomings, you also accept that you\u2019re smart, experienced, and able to change\u2026 and that, my dear reader, is a powerful place to be!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you accept and admit that you are not perfect and you do not have The Correct Answer, you also open the possibility that there are MANY correct answers &#8212; and that is a powerful place to be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[191,162,193,288,360],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do You Accept You, Flaws and All? 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