Good Girls Health » overdoing

Success Meter: Do You Want it Bad or Not Bad Enough?

Laura — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:01:49 +0000

We all have our own measure of what we see as successful. We may know what we want, but the hard thing is getting there. I generally encounter two types of people in my coaching practice: “the want it so bad it hurts type” or “the I want it but not enough to make the time to make it happen. Both of these groups have a difficult time getting to their destination because they both have difficulty allowing things to happen.

The “I want it so bad it hurts” folks are in a constant mode of doing and overdoing everything. They [...]

When You Know What to Do and it Still Doesn’t Get Done

Laura — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:38:01 +0000

You are smart, motivated, and success oriented. You know exactly what you want to do, but somehow it’s not happening. Or you are doing a lot and not yielding the results you are desiring? It’s the toughest spot to be in, the middle. You have past the point of uncertainty (or maybe you never were uncertain) and can see what you want so clearly, but somehow you feel motionless, feet planted firmly on the ground.

There are a myriad of reason that you may feel stuck in the middle. Here are some examples from clients I have worked with:

Trying Too Hard: [...]