Self-piercing earrings and other crazy ideas.
I am sharing a peek behind the curtain at what a coach is looking for when they coach you.
Yes, there are a lot of things, but secretly we are looking for patterns.
How do you treat yourself when you run into a rough patch?
What do you think about the people around you?
Patterns… good and bad.
If you find patterns that are painful, then you can change them. Yay!
But I also like to lean heavily into good patterns.
I noticed that often when I do things well, I do them slowly but consistently.
Like self-piercing earrings.
When I was in 6th grade, I got self-piercing earrings.
The device is a circle-shaped earring with a needle at one end and a small loop at the other. The needle eventually goes through the loop.
Pinch the earring each day and a month later your ears are pierced!
I know that sounds like torture to some of you.
But that’s a pattern I have repeated over and over.
With saving for retirement.
With weight loss.
With business building.
I don’t rip off the band-aid. It’s a slow transition for me.
I don’t jump into a cold pool. I gently lower myself, so my head doesn’t explode.
I am not someone who comes in hot and loses interest in a hurry.
I don’t come in hot and stay hot.
And I don’t struggle to find direction.
There are pros and cons to all patterns.
But I feel better about my health goals knowing that if I turn the ship a few degrees at a time, I have a history of big success.
What are your patterns?
(Did I just refer to myself as a ship? Hmmm… maybe a small schooner.)