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My extensive work over the years in the development and refinement of straight-line coaching methodologies has always been a matter of simplifying the problem. The straight-line coaches I have trained assist others in their quest for increased personal and business performance. We keep it simple. In simplicity lies fresh strength. We assist our clients by waking them up to the straight line that’s always there. It’s the straight line that they usually don’t see. When you create your own musts (commitments) and throw the shoulds away, you finally own your life. And if you don’t step in and own your own life, who will?
What’s the fastest way to get to B? What’s the most effective way to get a result? It’s simple geometry. Here’s a hot, politically incorrect tip if you can take it: saying “that’s not fair” makes you sound stupid and naïve. It also makes you sound like a whiner, which is even worse. People will not respect you. Your past behavior is nothing more than an irrelevant story that you choose to tell and re-tell. The best predictor of future performance is the position that you are coming from right now. And that is yours to freely choose. eliminating the habit of throwing the “quit switch.” Some people, out of a life-long habit, throw the quit switch at the first sign of frustration. Their workout gets difficult, so they throw the switch and go home. Their day of making phone calls gets frustrating so they stop calling and go to get coffee with a co-worker for two hours of sympathetic negativity.Distinctions provide awareness, which is critical for change. You won’t change something of which you are unaware. The inner stances that are distinguished here are the same ones that top executives, professionals, and successful national figures in sports and the arts are coached in on a regular basis to allow them to perform at such high levels. Only by becoming aware of the disempowered inner stance from which you are functioning will you have the choice to shift to an empowering stance. And it is that stance itself that will allow for the necessary required actions to “just do it.” The best thing about a clear distinction is that once you get it—and you get it like you get a joke… a spontaneous awakening—you don’t have to think about it. Or try to remember it. It’s a true jolting insight.
As stated above, competency is not normally a problem for most circle people. Most circle people already possess adequate knowledge. Many have college degrees. Many of them have already read hundreds of books. But what they don’t realize is that knowledge must be utilized to be of value. Somebody sees a big expensive house and says, “Well, that’s my new goal. I want one of those!” and they don’t really confront what they are really going to have to do that they are not doing now to get this big expensive house. They never decide if they are really willing to do what’s necessary or not and therefore, as always, no house.
A problem is composed of three parts: 1) A deviation from normal. 2) You don’t know the cause of the deviation. 3) You choose to do something about it. Owners are thinking, “It’s okay for others to have their stories about me,” while victims are obsessed with, “What are they thinking about me?”Owners do what they are doing while they are doing it. Owners do one thing at a time. Owners are focused (while victims are scattered). Why base your life on avoiding fear and feeling safe? And this question will often stop someone cold. I’ll have nothing but silence for a while. Sometimes even tears: “When did you stop growing? When did you give up?”
In my experience, "straight-line communication" can preventyou from making decisions based solely on your feelings and assumptions. It shows that you value and respect the relationships you have with your colleagues, as well as builds trust and reduces office drama.It’s not where you want to go but where you come from that most determines your success and results in life. Success in life and in business is actually simpler than it looks. Not easier, always, but simpler. If you are going to be successful in life, the first thing you will have to do with all of the great information you learn is to get it out of your head and into the physical world.