I was recently coaching a client in a major career transition. Her thoughts of minute were most probably reaching a very high number – and that was preventing her from reflecting back in an objective manner. In those cases, the Serenity Prayer is always a good reminder of identifying what is in our control – and what is not.
| God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. |
In a coaching conversation, this can be mean including job-search related actions into three columns:
– Things I can change / act upon
– Things I cannot change / act upon
– Things I do not know if I can change / act upon
I usually recommend the client to take a highlighter and circle all the things in the first column he can change / act upon NOW and concentrate on those few items.
Jasmine Keel, ACMA, ACC
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