The essence of coaching is in identifying
gap between where you are and where you want to be. There are many ways to get from Point A to Point B, and many of them ask you to suspend your addiction to numbers. However, it is practically impossible to move from Point A to Point B if you can not clearly articulate where Point A is. For most of us, that involves numbers of some kind. This is even more critical for those of us who fear being trapped by numbers. We usually prefer to 'go with flow' or 'fly by seat of our pants'. If this is your natural style, as it is mine, idea of getting intimate with numbers that make up our lives can be a little scary.
So often, we feel that 'what we don't know can't hurt us'. This is simply not true. Not knowing that your blood sugar levels are over 400 doesn't mean that you can't go into a coma or have some other life-threatening complication. The trick is to embrace your current numbers, identify your ideal or goal numbers, and work from there.
Here are some examples of 'numbers' in our lives. Embrace them!! So often fear associated with them just goes away once we admit to ourselves what they are. (This is very similar to another fear I frequently see with my clients who are afraid to go to doctor because they might find out that something is wrong. And is also related to relief they feel, once they do go, when they find out what it is, regardless of seriousness of illness involved.) We have a very strong 'need' to know. Get yours met!
Remember, these are only some ideas to get you started. Figure out what are important numbers in YOUR life. To be successful, and to get to where we want to go, we must know our starting point. And we must know what numbers represent our success, or we will find it difficult to attain our goals. However, there are many ways to define our goal so that it is comfortable for us. For example, if you know you are over weight, which of these sets of numbers 'turns you on' more?:
