In this episode, as part of my investigation into what we need to be more productive and finally do the things we want to do, I explore how I overcame my procrastination and created my coaching business, which got to a point where I could work on it full-time less than two years after I started my coaching training.
Important parts of it were Steven Pressfield's Resistance and The War of Art; making space for what mattered to me; sitting down and staying sitting; and getting into a place - thanks to some insights on a Coaches Rising call from the coach Carolyn Freyer Jones - where my business's success felt within my control. Oh, and setting myself ambitious challenges, too!
If you want to hear more from me about coaching, check out my other podcast The Coach's Journey, and all the resources that I've created for coaches, at www.thecoachsjourney.com
In particular, this is the article I mention about building my business, which is still my most-read article: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/how-i-became-a-full-time-coach-less-than-two-years-after-starting-my-training
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About the 12-Minute Method Podcast: In this podcast, I (leadership coach and author Robbie Swale) investigate why we sometimes don't do the things that deep down we really want to do. In each episode of season 1, I am going to reflect on a time in my life where I have beaten procrastination, become more productive and finally done something important to me, hoping that by doing this I will learn more about what it really takes to go from wanting to do something (but not doing it) to getting it done. And hoping that it might help you get your idea off the ground and out into the world.
Find out more about Robbie and the 12-Minute Method books at www.robbieswale.com.
