Seriously, you pick up a good point about the role of intuition. Many work environments, indeed our society as a whole, marginalises the role of intuition because it’s not logical. But it’s an amazingly powerful thing, and often comes to the fore during the kind of times I’m talking about here. The challenge is, indeed, to trust and follow it.

I’ll be delighted to get your email. I think you have my address, but if not, it’s christine@adifferentkindofwork.com.

You have a lovely weekend too!

I appreciate you sharing what provoked your journey. I know from both your comments here and, indeed chatting to you over the years, that your commitment to your values is strong, has guided what you do today, and allows you to do awesome work.

When responding to Scot about the “off-season” it hadn’t crossed my mind, but of course what you say is right – coaching is a form of time away. Even if it’s only an hour a week or whatever, it’s a chance to step out, reflect, reposition and re-energise. Thanks for reminding us of that!

Take care.

I love the comment about creating an “off season”…all too easy to forget in the busy-ness of running your own company. We all need to take time away from the office and develop and nuture our own being. That’s what I find so valuable in working with my own coach.

Thanks again Christine for sparking a great debate.

Kate

I’m delighted this is resonating. What you say is spot-on. Letting go of old identities and ways of measuring success is super-painful. The consulting company I worked for before quitting to work for myself thought that I was on the one hand, one of their rising stars who, on the other, had just gotten a bit broken. I identified with this for a very long time, hooked on the adrenalin surges I’d get from any positive feedback they’d give me, meanwhile needing to identify with their sense of me as “broken” as it confirmed what I thought of myself. Daring to redefine myself and to understand I could be okay without any of the badges of office that they may or may not confer was huge. At times I asked myself if I was crazy.

All these things affect us in deep and insidious ways and it does indeed take time for the powerful, amazing stuff that’s underneath to push through.

Thanks again, Kristy. I value your articulate and thoughtful comment.

Good to see you here and thank you so much for sharing your experience. I’m delighted to hear that an experience of redundancy has been such a catalyst in your life and that, for more than a decade now, you’ve never looked back.

Thanks for sharing Albert Einstein too. I hadn’t seen that one…

Best wishes

I like the way you describe the New Work Pioneer – that’s an awesome summary.

Take care.