Ignoretion…a new word created by my business coach to support me with time management.
The problem I faced I was working on two entirely different businesses at once. One business, my coaching business is entirely my own and the other is a project I am doing for someone else's business with other people. The project is not “supposed” to be full time and yet with the constant influx of calls and emails, stress and challenges, it had become pretty close to full time. My coaching business was definitely taking a back seat if even in the car at all.
I realized what was happening was a combination of time management, poor boundaries and fear. The project which has created so much stress and frustration for the last several months is at least somewhat familiar as it is in the field I have been doing for several years. My coaching business is where the biggest risks lie. I am risking failing at my passion and if I failed at what I am passionate about what will that say about me. Instead I simply allow myself to be too busy to follow my passion and suddenly it is no longer my fault. Of course because I am a coach, trained to recognize these patterns in my clients, I realized what was happening and am now forced to hold myself accountable. I am so grateful because in the past I would have simply allowed myself to fall short of my goals and place the blame elsewhere.
The solution at this point is ignoretion. This lovely little made up word gives me permission to ignore emails and phone calls for a period of time every day so that I may accomplish a thing or two towards building my coaching business. That time period may be shorter some days than others, but regardless of the time frame, I get to spend some period of every day dedicated to being a coach.
It’s only been two days but so far I have contacted everyone who recently said they were interested in coaching from an event I attended and I have written this. I wonder how much I can get done by the end of the week.
Stress seems to be in the air right now. We are all very busy. The question is, what part of your life would be enhanced if you practiced a bit of ignoretion? Are you willing to give it a try?
Posts
