{"id":5560,"date":"2019-01-31T08:03:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T13:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2019-01-30T21:12:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T02:12:27","slug":"i-dont-have-time-for-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2019\/01\/i-dont-have-time-for-this\/","title":{"rendered":"I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Case study.<\/strong>\u00a0 Client is Director, 15+ years experience. She is smart, decisive, gets shit done\u2026 and is perceived as \u201cdemanding.\u201d She wants to shift her leadership style from Command & Control to a Coaching approach. We discussed in a coaching session different ways she can use both language and her physical presence to shift the perception others have when she asks them to get stuff done.<\/p>\n Excerpt from her recent email to me: \u00a0<\/strong>I do think I need to read the [material on] requests and commitments again. I need time to practice and reflect!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n My response:\u00a0<\/strong>Client<\/em>, can I challenge that last statement? When you seek to change the way you do something that you already do every day, then the excuse \u201cI need time\u201d becomes irrelevant. You\u2019re already in these conversations! \u00a0It just requires attention to do it a bit differently. Like Breathing. Striving to breathe more deeply does not take more time, just purpose, because you are always breathing!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Instead of thinking \u201cI need time,\u201d consider the question, \u201cIn what ways might I remind myself, every time, to be more intentional about HOW I am making a request?\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n If you decide to run a marathon but you currently have no fitness regimen, <\/strong>then certainly you will have to rearrange your schedule to \u201cfind time\u201d to begin a running practice.\u00a0 But if you already visit the gym 3x\/ week, you just need to shift the equipment you use and how you spend that time.<\/p>\n So it is with any habit shift.<\/strong> Ask yourself if what you seek to do is brand NEW or simply a DIFFERENT way of doing something you already do?<\/p>\n If the former, your challenge is to change priorities – You must start saying NO to something else in your life to create a YES for this new thing. That\u2019s very hard.<\/p>\n If what you seek to do, however, is modify a behavior in which you already engage on a regular basis,<\/em> your challenge is to shift Awareness.<\/strong> While still \u201chard,\u201d you cannot legitimately claim (at least to me, if I am your coach!) that you need to find time to do it.<\/p>\n NOTE: Human Resources professionals understand this last point more than most <\/strong>\u2014 they\u2019re trained to seek out the other side of the story before taking any action. It\u2019s also called being more objective!<\/p>\n Remember, Leadership is not about a title.<\/strong>\u00a0 Anyone can be a Leader who practices awareness in all things and strives to constantly improve, even in tiny ways, every day. It need not take time to be a better leader, just attention!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Case study.\u00a0 Client is Director, 15+ years experience. She is smart, decisive, gets shit done\u2026 and is perceived as \u201cdemanding.\u201d She wants to shift her leadership style from Command & Control to a Coaching approach. We discussed in a coaching session different ways she can use both language and her physical presence to shift the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5796,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,79,13,58,11,21],"tags":[146,180,290,29,120,486,485,304,60],"yoast_head":"\nIs It New or Just Different?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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