I am sure you too have areas in your life that you struggle with, perhaps you have anxiety, or feel stressed and overwhelmed, may be you don’t seem to have enough hours in your day and get bogged down with your to do list .I can relate and have found this method I have written down in this months Blog really helpful.
In my experience we all have our challenges, some people work too many hours, have issues with saying no to others, put others before themselves, hurry from one action to another, suffer with low confidence or self-esteem, don’t have a healthy work life balance, feel out of control or overwhelmed, the list goes on.
I personally have difficulty with academic pressures and today was a tough one! I am aware as a coach I am working with many people to help them feel more in control, and find tools to help with their challenges.
Today my amazing PA Richenda Solomon reminded me to practice what I teach and the most profound thing in any difficult situation is to tackle it in BITE SIZED portions.
She was able to really help me by printing out the long list of requests I had been given and highlight each one after I had read it, with a simple step by step action plan.
What I realised was, yes, I do know what to do but to implement the actions when I am feeling overwhelmed and fearful is often the hardest thing in the world for me ( and many others).
She was so amazing and told me to take a few breaths and relax, I took her advice and after we worked together on the actions I felt a real sense of accomplishment.
It was hard for me to push through the anxiousness and fearful state but I did actually manage it.
Part of this is why I just love being a Coach as I have so much empathy for others.
So the moral of my story is when you are feeling as I did, stop breath and start with bite sized actions and I promise the rest will become easier.
It’s the starting that makes all the difference.