Coaching Tip: If I could just know...
Category: Coaching Secrets (CS267)Originally Submitted on 6/21/2000.
Introduction
For many people, a major cause of anxiety is not knowing.
The Coaching Tip
Unfortunately (or not), not knowing is a normal part of life. At the extreme, we do not usually know when or how we will die, and few of us worry about that. Yet many of us most certainly worry about many far less momentous events about which we crave certainty.In most cases a coach can help to reduce this level of worry in at least two ways. First, the client can be helped to see that the sky will not fall if they do not know when something will occur, or if it will occur. Second, to make this easier, it may help to develop contingency plans for if the event happens or does not happen. Or for if the event happens this year or if it happens next year.
Once we know that we are prepared either way, much of the anxiety is likely to fade.
About the Submitter
This piece was originally submitted by Diana Robinson, Ph.D., Personal Development & Life Coach, who can be reached at Choices4U@ChoiceCoach.com, or visited on the web. Diana Robinson wants you to know: My clients achieve success and greater enjoyment of life as they enhance their ability to focus on and bring about what is truly important to them. To learn more, and/or to subscribe to either/both of my two e-mail free newsletters, please visit my web site. I also offer you the gift of a half-hour of free coaching by phone, with no obligation.
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