Sometimes someone tells you something you just don’t like!Like…your partner tells you they want to change jobs….your kid tells you they want to dye their hair…your parents tell you that they’re not getting vaccinated.Don’t know about you (what a funny expression for a life coach to use, no?) but the first thing I do is react.
Not a smart reaction, like a stop, drop, and roll, mind you. No, I have an emotional reaction. And sometimes (okay, often), my first reaction ruins the chances of the person continuing to communicate with me.Ugh, right?If I had just slowed down, here’s the “stop, drop, and roll” type coaching I could have given myself:Stop and ask myself, “What’s my purpose here?”My HIGHEST purpose, that is.
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