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January 18th, 2012
In Dan and Chip Heath’s bestselling book, Switch, they discuss how to make change happen (when change is hard) by looking at 3 components – which essentially are mental, emotional, and environmental or situational. To simplify their great presentation:
The mental component is about knowing why you’re doing what you’re doing and being clear and focused on where you’re headed.
The situational facet is about how to use your surroundings to tip things in your favor, making change or results more likely and perhaps a bit easier.
But the piece I wanted to highlight, was the emotional component (or what they call, Motivating the Elephant).
The Heaths give a great example of Don Berwick, a doctor, and, at the time, head of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), who was looking to initiate several key quality of care improvements that were shown to have a dramatic impact and save lives (specifically, preventing avoidable deaths) in hospitals.
Most approaches, especially in the medical community, would include stating the case for the recommended improvements and logically show the better outcomes to be derived. But, Berwick knew that the logical case for these “standard procedures” wouldn’t galvanize the community to completely and wholeheartedly adopt the necessary changes. So, instead, he created a campaign to save an additional 100,000 lives and to do so in just 18 months!
In this process, Berwick’s example illustrated how important it is to connect goals to derive a deeper purpose and sense of meaning. It’s one thing to logically understand and commit to a worthwhile goal. It’s another thing, entirely, to emotionally connect that goal to who you are, what you stand for, and what your values and beliefs are. When you connect, in this way, to your goal, you are pulled forward towards your goal by something bigger than yourself.
Berwick tapped right into the very reason medical professionals become medical professionals… and, in doing so, they saved an estimated 122,300 lives in 18 months.
Deeply connect your goals to who you are and what you stand for, and you will be amazed at just how energized, engaged, and resolved you will become!
Live on Fire!
D. Luke Iorio, CPC, PCC, ELI-MP
President & CEO
Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Tags: change, choice, expectations, finding purpose, intentions, perspective, success
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January 11th, 2012
It’s just one week later… how resolved are you on those 2012 goals?
Resolve burns deep. Your resolve needs to be bigger than just a drive to accomplish. That’s why I asked you about your purpose, your vision, and your passion. I was reminded of this, just this week, as I was reading the book, That Used to Be Us, by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. The book shares the following conversation with Diane Rosenberg, head of the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California (between San Francisco and Palo Alto). Nueva is a school for gifted children, which has incredible resources and approaches that have earned it a well-deserved national reputation.
Rosenberg says that she and her colleagues approached the issue of how to nurture creativity by starting with a simple question: Who are the successful people in life? “As we looked around,” she recalled, “the answer was that they were people who pursued their passion with a purpose. And they were all-in, in doing so. They did it with their entire being, whatever it was. They were pulled by something inside them, not driven.”
So I pose this to you: It’s not even two weeks into the New Year. How’s your resolve? High? Higher? Or dwindling? Why?
If it’s high or higher, there’s a good chance you feel that pull. You can’t help but surge forward.
If it’s dwindling or feeling like a lot of work, then you may not have connected your goals deeply enough. You may have a whole other level that you can reach.
This is not to say that perseverance isn’t needed at times. Believe me – it will be. It’s not going to be purely smooth sailing, with a margarita in hand!
But, if your passion, purpose, vision, values, and mission are aligned with your goals, it’s amazing what comes your way, what opportunities reveal themselves to you, and how your future pulls you forward.
What are you going to do in order to feel and fuel that fire?
What are you going to do to build on the fire you feel burning inside?
It’s up to you. You’ll get out whatever you put into this year (for better or worse)… in fact, you usually get a whole lot more. It starts with you.
Live on Fire!
D. Luke Iorio, CPC, PCC, ELI-MP
President & CEO
Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Tags: calling, finding purpose, intentions, personal achievement, possibilities, success
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January 9th, 2012
“The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” - T.S. Elliot
This week, in your journal, write a review of your life. The questions and topics below can be used to get you started:
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
How would you describe your family?
What was your childhood like?
Your teen years?
Young adult years?
How would you describe your life now?
What age stands out in your mind, and why?
Make a timeline of the important events in your life.
What was the happiest time in your life?
The unhappiest?
What is your greatest achievement so far?
What jobs have you had?
What did you like most/least about each job?
How do you feel about what you’re currently doing?
Who are the important people in your life now?
How is your list different today, from who you might have listed, say, 10 years ago?
What kind of “coincidences” have occurred in your life?
Use your imagination, be creative, and HAVE FUN while doing this exercise. Remember no one is grading or judging you on this. After you’re done, read over your review and pat yourself on the back for where you are and what you’ve accomplished in your life.
—Bruce D Schneider, MCC, PhD
Founder, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Tags: expectations, finding purpose, life potential, personal achievement, possibilities
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December 26th, 2011
Life is an endless series of events and opportunities that help you experience, learn and grow. All of the events of our life help shape who we are, and all have a purpose.
Think about a time in your life when you experienced emotional pain. What did you learn from that experience, and how did it help you grow?
—Bruce D Schneider, MCC, PhD
Founder, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Tags: finding purpose, new perspective, possibilities
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December 19th, 2011
Consider that life is about finding out who we are and why we’re here, experiencing all life has to offer, and enjoying the journey. Many people, though, just try to make it through the day.
Some might say that they’re just tiptoeing through life, hoping to make it safely to death without causing too much trouble.
What do you think the journey of life is all about?
How well would you say your life reflects that definition?
If there are areas that don’t reflect your definition, whose definition have you been following and why? And what would you like to do to change that?
—Bruce D Schneider, MCC, PhD
Founder, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Tags: choice, finding purpose, intentions, new perspective, opportunity
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