What do you do when you receive a gift?
Do you save it or spend it or start using it straight away?
Ross and I have different strategies.
Ross is a saver.
I’m a spender/user.
For example, if we receive money for birthdays or Christmas or chocolates for Easter, I’ve spent, used or eaten mine within a week.
Ross still has his weeks and sometimes months later, (which I usually manage to share – Hahaha!)
It was the same when we both attended Weight Watchers years ago.
We had discretionary points to use over the week and mine were usually consumed within the first couple of days and Ross still had his at the end of the week.
Why am I asking you this and sharing?
Recently I was coaching one of my fabulous clients. We’ll call her Leanne.
Leanne is like Ross. She’s a saver.
She saves her coaching sessions until she feels she “really needs it”.
This week she came with a topic that she expected would take the full time to discuss and resolve.
To her surprise and delight, she resolved the issue within 10 minutes.
“I can’t tell you what a weight has lifted from my shoulders”, she said. “I feel so much lighter. I’ve been carrying that stress and anxiety and feeling of responsibility around with me for months.”
“Yes”, I replied. “You can be a bit tardy in using your coaching sessions.”
“I wished I’d addressed this months ago. I could have been so much more productive”, she continued.
To my point: Why Save It?
If you have an issue or a challenge, it’s much better to address it earlier than later.
In this instance Leanne was able to use the remaining time to resolve another issue.
By addressing issues and challenges as they occur, you can save yourself months of stress, anxiety, anger or resentment or any other negative feelings you may experience.
In relation to a coaching session (or other areas of your life), Why Save It?
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