Choose to See What Could Go Right

A while back, a client told me she was feeling really STUCK.  She felt restless yet unable to move forward.  

She knew she needed to make some changes with her team at work, and while she kept making task lists to make the reorg happen, she never managed to check anything off.    

What was going on? 

Well, coupled with a truly heavy workload, she was stuck in FEAR!  

She hadn’t given herself the space to figure out what exactly was worrying her.  When she did, she recognized that she was petrified of the things that could go wrong.

So I asked her:  

🍏  What are the reasons you decided you needed to restructure your team in the first place?  

🍏  How would that change serve you and others?   

It was like a flood gate opened.  She immediately listed off all kinds of rational and compelling benefits.  

She had been here before, staring at a list of benefits and making the decision.  

And then when she started to think about ACTING on the decision, she froze.  She lost sight of the outcomes she wanted.  

Here are my tips for when you’re stuck in fear of the unknown:  

🍏  notice it

🍏  clarify the source of the fear

🍏  challenge it

🍏  see beyond it.  

Choose to see what could go RIGHT!