How do I move forward with confidence?

What information?

What else do you need to know before taking your next step?

• What do I really want?

• How do I contain and direct my efforts?

• What useful practices will keep me at my best?

• How do I protect my efforts, even as life keeps going?

• What conditions are essential to ‘good enough’ success?

What resources?

What resources will be needed, from whom?

• What personal strengths do I offer?

• What other skills and capacities are relevant?

• How can I mobilize social and economic resources?

• What environment would be conducive to success?

What support?

What types of support might ease your way?

If we’re lucky, we have trusted companions to celebrate with and support us along the way. However, at times when we need something more, it may be useful to partner with a professional.

There are different types of professionals.

• Consultants are experts who devise a solution for a problem (eg, how to build your business).

• Counselors provide a diagnosis and recommend treatment (eg, depression).

• Coaches align with what you want, encourage self-discovery, and support your efforts.

 In choosing to work with a professional, you have a partner who supports you – possibly in ways you can’t imagine.