{"id":3297,"date":"2012-03-14T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2022-09-18T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T19:41:09","slug":"limits-to-gigantic-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/limits-to-gigantic-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Limits to Gigantic Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do people limit themselves?\u00a0 When asking that question hundreds of times the answer is invariably yes.\u00a0 One of the reasons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coaching.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching<\/a> is so effective is that the coach is completely focused on the client and the success of the client \u2013 the coach believes in the client\u2019s abilities.\u00a0 With that kind of unconditional support the client is empowered to move past their own doubts and the concerns that arise.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of what happens for many:<\/p>\n<p>Kelly wants to start a small business.\u00a0 Kelly\u2019s parents are worried about Kelly having a stable, happy life so they talk about getting a job first to learn about business.\u00a0 Kelly\u2019s professors teach that most small businesses fail.\u00a0 Kelly graduates, marries, and starts a family.\u00a0 Kelly finds a job in a small business to learn and the business goes under.\u00a0 Kelly talks about the goals of a business and Kelly\u2019s spouse points out the needs of the family.\u00a0 Kelly puts the dream away and forgets about it.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand there is the reality of the challenges to the dream.\u00a0 On the other hand, this dream is exactly what is behind a multitude of successful businesses \u2013 small, mid-sized, and large.<\/p>\n<p>How do we limit ourselves?\u00a0 It starts with thinking &#8211; yours and that of others.\u00a0 Humans follow the path of least resistance and that leads downhill \u2013 we have a tendency to focus on the negative.\u00a0 This in turn limits our expectations.\u00a0 Along the way, life happens and takes us along a path of necessity.\u00a0 The way we express all of this through language gives us permission and actually supports limiting ourselves.\u00a0 So how are people successful?\u00a0 Or another way of asking is: How do we move past limitations?<\/p>\n<p>It starts with the awareness of what is happening and choosing a different approach.\u00a0 Working with a business, life, or executive coach supports and solidifies a new approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do people limit themselves?\u00a0 When asking that question hundreds of times the answer is invariably yes.\u00a0 One of the reasons coaching is so effective is &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[59,91,48,85,50,86,55,81,88,51,89,102,84,87],"class_list":["post-3297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-business-2","tag-business-coach","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-certification","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-effective-coaching","tag-excellence","tag-executive-coach","tag-goal-setting","tag-goals","tag-professional-coach","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11082,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions\/11082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}