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Many of us work in challenging yet stressful environments. We enjoy the stretch that our work gives us yet we need to maintain a balance between our professional lives and our career. Coaching may be right for you!!!

A personal coach is a partner you trust and connect with, whose sole purpose is to keep you focused on achieving both career and personal goals. Your coach will demand the best from you as you take control of what is important and let go of activities that detract from you succeeding. In a coaching relationship, your coach will help you articulate your future vision for yourself, and then work with you to break it down into manageable steps.

In my coaching practice, I use a model called Co-Pilot. Think of yourself as the Pilot and I am your flying partner, who is at your side, providing positive support, creative stimulation and practical coaching through the ups and downs. With all the activities associated with running a busy life, focus and effort can become diluted. It is so easy to get tangled up in the details and lose sight of the big picture. A coach is there to help you align business/career goals with personal values; to assist you in managing a more compatible balance between your work life and your personal and family time. It’s someone you become accountable to in planning and actioning your future.

The key to moving from a Dreamer to a Doer is the ability to set challenging goals and objectives and actioning a reality plan to accomplish them. The Co-Pilot model is built on the Rule of Three Philosophy:

Think Large, Work Hard!
Live a balanced life!
Grow before you go!

First you have to think hard and stretch yourself, to choose goals that will challenge you and then create an action plan to meet your goals. This is hard work. It is also critical that you maintain centred in your life. Robbing yourself of critical personal time to spend with family or just yourself is not a solution to get ahead! Achieving a happy and fulfilling life means maintaining a balance between work, self and family. It takes planning.
If we want to grow professional and personally, it takes commitment and hard work. We are all born with a tremendous amount of potential. To maximize what we have, it is important to take control of those habits, attitudes and behaviours that will drive us closer to the achievement of the goals that are important to us. We can make choices!! Develop your visions and objectives that will take you were you want to go in your career. Think about exploring these ideas with a coach. It may be right for you at this point in your life.