Is This You?

While we help committed people from all walks of life find their ‘true path’ (aka their life’s one-of-a-kind potential for good and lasting happiness)…

The clients who tend to achieve the greatest results working with us are self-starting leaders - managers, executives and entrepreneurs - who:

• have created some real success in their life but who’ve snapped awake somewhere in mid-life to realize that they’re feeling sort of dazed, lost and confused - unhappy and unexpectedly off course

• are successfully on track in one or more areas of their life but off-course (and completely stumped) in others

• want to do more than make money: they want to make a lasting and positive difference in the world, preferably through their work (or their wealth)

Does Any Of This Sound Familiar?

Here are some quotes from actual pre-coaching client experiences, along with our take on their significance:

“I’m respected. Referred. Consulted. An expert people turn to. I’m really good at what I do, and I’m smart with my life. And yet I feel like I could be exposed as a complete fraud at any moment, which makes no sense. In fact, nothing makes much sense these days. It used to. I used to feel so sure of myself. And now, I don’t know anymore…”

You want life to make a new kind of sense now – to feel wholly confident in yourself, your direction and your work again.

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“Honestly, it feels like I’m life’s bitch. As long as I keep delivering and bringing in the money, everything’s good. Good for the company, our employees, my spouse, the kids, my portfolio manager, my attorney, my accountant…

But what about me? It feels like I don’t own my own life. I want the life my family has, and I feel like a schmuck just for thinking it.…”

You want to live a life that includes what’s best for you as well as what’s best for those who matter to you.

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“I have everything I aimed for. I’m highly respected in my field, doing work I’m really good at. I travel. I’m healthy. Fit. Reasonably attractive. I make plenty of money. I live in a beautiful home. My spouse is my best friend. We have solid investments. A good retirement plan. Really, I want for nothing. But there’s no spark, no zip. Nothing. It just doesn’t feel like I thought it would. And I have no idea what to do now… ”

You’re caught off guard by how little real satisfaction your hard-earned achievements have won you, and while you’re not sure what to do about it, doing nothing’s just not an option.

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“I broke the ice with a big new account by telling a funny story. Everyone laughed, and then my boss joked that I’d missed my calling! That really stuck. Then a while later, I watched someone in the office cut her birthday cake and realized that cake in the lunchroom is the most exciting thing I have to look forward to. As far as I can see it’ll just be more of the same, and that just sends shivers down my spine.”

Your life’s pretty good but you suspect you’ve ‘missed’ your calling, and ’good’ just doesn’t feel good enough any more.

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“I’ve really got it going in my career now but I’m just not enjoying any of it. It all feels a little crazy and out of control. Not being able to figure out how to make it better, well, that’s been the worst. I just don’t understand it. And I don’t understand me.”

You want a simpler, saner, more satisfying life – and you’re ready to toss out the idea that in today’s complex world, unique personal bests happen on their own.
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“I made the leap and started my own company 18 months ago. Had a banner first year too. Blew the money doors right off their hinges. But you know what? I’m not happy. It’s like someone reached in and turned off my mojo.

What you thought would be completely fantastic has turned out not to be. Profit without passion (and a deeper sense of purpose) isn’t for you: you want – and need – the whole enchilada.

Clients come to True Callings when:

• Despite concern to the contrary, they’re perfectly healthy people for whom it’s become very clear something in their life’s just not working for them. They can’t put their finger on exactly what it is, or how to change it on their own, and they need truly objective, highly qualified, entirely supportive assistance.

• They’re deeply motivated to identify the real problem - even if that means challenging their life’s status quo and facing inconvenient truths.

• They’re willing to make what matters most to them a priority in their life, and to step out of their comfort zone to see or do things in wholly new ways.

• They recognize that big time pro’s and CEO’s don’t make it to their peak all by themselves, and neither does anyone else. They understand that their ultimate happiness, fulfillment and success is worth their investment of time, energy and attention, and they don’t see getting the expert assistance they need as a sign of fault, flaw or failure but instead as an intelligent - even strategic - move.

• They’re willing to ‘do their own sit-ups’. They understand that no one practices for Tiger Woods or the Dalai Lama - and no one can practice for them either. They accept that practice is necessary and cumulative, and understand that on the court of life it’s really their game. So they take complete responsibility for how they play day to day, and have chosen to use every ‘right’ opportunity available to create the kind of lasting change and meaningful success they’re after.

• They want a life of passion and purpose, meaning and magic while making good money, but they aren’t willing to fudge results, sweep things under the carpet, take short-cuts, use people or sacrifice their values or integrity to do it.

Who’s most likely to benefit?

Hands down, the people committed to making what matters most to them more important than what they fear - or what they fear they might lose – benefit the most.

Let’s face it: we all have “our” fears. Some of them are deep and primal. Taken at face value - or left unexplored, unchallenged or unspoken - fears can all too easily become incapacitating. The folks ready to challenge their fears and act on what matters most are the people who benefit the most.

Beyond that, those who get a whole lot of life-changing value out of coaching are people:

• open to new ways of looking at themselves and the world.

• willing to let go of “the way it’s always been / done”, open to experimenting with new approaches.

• willing to give their best effort to the work lasting change requires.

• ready to laugh more than they have in a long time.

• who want and expect honest feedback and clear direction about how to create lasting change and inside-out improvement.

• ready to leave footprints they’re proud of – to contribute to or create a lasting and meaningful legacy, whatever that might be.

• who remain steadfastly committed to being true to themselves, no matter what.

• compassionately thoughtful about the impact their life’s change has on the lives of those who matter to them.

• really ready to go from ‘Me’ to ‘We’.

Sometimes people are ready to grow but not quite ready to do the work, or take the action it takes to grow. For coaching to be successful for you - and for your investment in yourself and your life to pay you back the way you deserve - you must really be ready for both.

Now that you know about the type of clients we serve, take a look at How We Work