
12 THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS IN COACHING
… get rich … change jobs.’ This is akin to saying that some-
one wants to build a bridge, buy a house or learn to drive. At
a high level this outcome is great – but there are a multitude
of interconnecting tasks that need to be managed to achieve
this and a failure of any one of them can lead to the whole
project collapsing.
Often, what looks like a simple personal change process
requires a complex range of thoughts, feelings and behaviours
that need to be linked and managed. One person’s statement
of ‘I want to get fit’ has to encompass how they:
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do more exercise
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eat better
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drink less
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stop smoking. ...