I was a television news producer in my former life. Each day was a blank page and an opportunity to tell the stories of the communities I covered. I loved it. When you get to give a voice to people who depend on you AND make sure they’re more informed than the day before, you go home feeling satisfied. I loved to listen to viewers and tell their stories. And no two days were alike.
Now I use those skills every day as coach but at no time more than when there’s a need to go back to the drawing board. It can be scary but there’s also freedom in a brand new day, new run, new training cycle or brand new approach.
Sometimes we get so set in our ways or stuck in a routine. And we’re afraid. We’re afraid to change course because we’re so far in, and it would feel like giving up.
BUT… that’s the problem.
That’s not what giving up looks like. Instead, it takes courage to step back and start over. To look at where you’ve been and decide it’s time to take a different path.
In tv, I’d spend all day working on a show and then we’d have breaking news and the whole day’s work goes down the drain. Except it doesn’t. Every story I wrote was still important and every change of course created skills I never knew I needed until I did. You see, life AND training aren’t static. We are living, breathing creatures and our training has to be the same. Consistency is always key and if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. But if it’s not working, don’t be afraid to scrap it and start from scratch.
Each day is a blank script and YOU get to write it. It’s your story and only you can change the way it ends.
