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The only way of doing things ( or, why there isn’t one)

December 1, 2016 By admin Leave a Comment

zmojit6ri6m-aleksandr-kozlovskiiAn issue that often comes up with clients is the fixed belief that there is one way of doing things, a way that everybody else knows ( apart from my client)  and everybody else is doing (ditto). The mythical “right” way to live.

Sometimes even a simple invitation to consider the possibility that there is never only one way of doing things is enough. One client, when invited recently to consider what it might be like to live as through there were multiple possibilities, had a lightbulb moment  and referred me to a Hindu proverb. It goes something like this:

“There are hundreds of paths up the mountain,
all leading in the same direction,
so it doesn’t matter which path you take.
The only one wasting time is the one
who runs around and around the mountain,
telling everyone that his or her path is wrong.”

Simply put. And very true.

What would it be like for you to act on this?

Credit: Unsplash/Aleksandr Kozlovski

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About Susan Adams Kuczynska

Susan is an integral development coach who helps talented people achieve deep personal development, successfully manage transition and grow their leadership abilities. She gives her clients the tools to deal with future change courageously and on purpose and helps embed strategies to create sustainable results – without gimmicks or quick‐fixes. Susan’s coach training combines perfectly with her background as a lawyer and senior executive in a large international company to give her a strong commercial focus and a real understanding of the skills senior roles require. Her coaching is underpinned with the knowledge that our careers flourish when fuelled by authenticity, that the best leadership comes from the heart and our greatest impact is only possible when we show up as our whole selves.

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