I just got off a coaching call with a longtime client of mine, and I am once again filled to the brim with power, energy, good feelings, positive thoughts. Coaching has a way of making things right in my world.
This job is unlike others I've had before. Working in academia and Corporate America satisfied my needs to learn, to keep challenging myself, to make money, to be acknowledged, to help others. But two things that are different when I coach are that in this career, 1) I get to make a difference, and 2) I get back much more than I give.
I am so inspired by the risks my clients are willing to take in order to fulfill on their commitments. Again and again, they are willing to be vulnerable, willing to be honest, to be uncomfortable, to be wrong. They are some of the most courageous people I have ever known.
At the end of each coaching session I usually assign a client some "practices" to create new habits or to move toward their goals. The idea for these practices come to me as I coach the client and are always specific to that person. Nonetheless, I find that I often adopt a few of my clients' practices for myself, allowing me to learn something new. Even as I coach and teach, I get to learn. I'm addicted to learning, and I feel so fortunate to have the mentors in my life that I've found in my clients.
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