| Many people say they want to change their lives but | | | | mentoring or coaching brings. Everyone benefits, not |
| that's all they ever do. They never take any action so | | | | only your clients but also, most of all, yourself. You'll find |
| their lives stay the same and they get more and more | | | | out at first hand how beneficial it is to have someone |
| frustrated as the years go by. | | | | to offload and bounce ideas onto and listen to you talk |
| Perhaps you are not one of those people. Perhaps | | | | about the things which seem insoluble in your life. |
| you know what you want and are ready to take | | | | A powerful way to move an idea forward is by using |
| action. That is wonderful because when you decide to | | | | metaphor to compare something with similar attributes |
| change your life and take the first tentative step then | | | | to the subject you are considering. |
| something magical happens as if the world itself | | | | For example, thinking about the changing seasons of |
| changes too. | | | | the year is useful in relation to how you feel about |
| People and places seem different from the way they | | | | aspects of your life and may help you understand |
| were before and it becomes easier to believe that | | | | how the process for change happens internally. |
| what you hope for might actually be a possibility. You | | | | If you are considering leaving something you may feel |
| begin to see your vision getting closer. | | | | like Autumn moving towards a bleak Winter. Then you |
| During a time of life-change it's motivating and useful to | | | | may experience a time when outwardly things are |
| have a mentor or coach, someone to support you | | | | dormant and you lack energy and drive. However, |
| during the time of transition. | | | | inwardly things are happening. When your Spring |
| Working with a mentor or a coach is a good way to | | | | arrives you have more energy, new hope. It is a period |
| reduce overwhelm and procrastination felt by many | | | | for growth and anticipation. Quite suddenly, it seems, |
| people when they decide to make changes in their life. | | | | you are filled with ideas and energy. You are ready to |
| Perhaps you are a mentor or coach. If so, make sure | | | | take the first steps for change. |
| you work with a mentor or coach yourself because | | | | Finally, you move into Summer and your life is in full |
| it's useful to experience for yourself the benefit that | | | | bloom again. |