I’m planning to reconfigure part of my garden. Small budget, big ideas. I thought my ideas were pretty good, but need some muscle power to help, and someone kindly offered. We had an initial chat through my rough plans. He is a very experienced gardener and looked uncertain about trying to bend a path without it looking a bit odd where I wanted it to be. He thought a raised flowerbed was often a pain in the summer as, especially if narrow, would dry out easily. Then he thought my idea of a couple of trees at the bottom would be even better if I cleared the ancient Elder and planted several trees with interesting winter bark.
I could have pushed my ideas. I could have said that I like the cascade of elderflowers that the old shrub gives. But, on all counts his perspectives helped me to think again. And I will go to Anglesey Abbey later this week to see their winter garden as my helper suggested.
My questions for today, based on this story are:
Are you insisting on your own way and not listening to other #perspectives with an open mind?
Are you inviting others to #collaborate with you and make your ideas bigger/bolder/more appropriate to the circumstances?
Are you unwilling to let go of something that has served its purpose in the past but now needs to make way for new ways of working?
As your coach I will:
suggest you look at your situation from several perspectives.
challenge you to re-examine what you are holding on to.
support you to discern what is getting in the way of you taking the actions needed to navigate the path to making your vision a reality.
encourage you to think through who might collaborate with you to enhance the ideas you have or to help you with the parts that you are not able to do.
#Coaching helps everyone in all situations. Let’s have an exploratory call to prove that to you!