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Something Better for Executives

Guest post by: Linda Cassell

Article Overview: What looks like an lost income generating opportunity might actually be a gateway to something better for you, your client, your customer, and your business.

Something Better for Executives



A few weeks ago, an opportunity came to me that was very exciting. It had all of the elements of what I love to do: coaching a group of professionals with big goals and big dreams but who were temporarily stuck in the "what if it doesn't work, what if we're not right, what if we fail" mode. It came to me so quickly that it almost took my breath away.

I've had this inner knowing (and still do) that 2010 will be a spectacular year for anyone who is willing to "tune in" and "turn on" to their own unlimited self potential. That would be me and the wonderful clients with whom I work! This offer seemed to validate everything that I was feeling. What made it even more amazing was that I had no competition. My offer would be the only one considered.

I sent my proposal on a Wednesday and waited. The following Monday I received a call. There was a change of plans. The company had lost a major contract. There would be no new expenditures in the near-term. Maybe down the road.

For a minute, I was disappointed.

For a minute, I saw myself dramatizing my disappointment to my family.

For a minute, I saw them feeling sorry for me.

For a minute, I felt sorry for me.

For a minute.

Then I thought, "There must be something else that I am supposed to do with my time. Something that will be more beneficial to the client and to me. "

My soul was filled with extreme appreciation. My spirits soared. I was free to continue focusing on win/win situations.

Later that day, new opportunities landed in my "in box." Within 48 hours, I had two new clients. My skill set was perfect for them and they were perfect for me.

You can imagine how this turn of events made me feel.

Guess what? Even if these new clients had not come my way, I would still be filled with appreciation and the sense that the "deal" I thought was so exciting, was not the right deal for me or, obviously, for the client.

The Coaches Training Institute, where I received my certification in executive coaching, has a saying: "Shift happens."

Yes, it does! I've shifted from lamenting seemingly "lost opportunities" to knowing that something better is on the way.

This "something better" may not come as quickly as we'd like, but if we are open to the literally millions of ways that we can do work that matters to us and get paid well for it, something better will come.

As my own coach says, "It's the law!"

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