As freelancers, entrepreneurs, and leaders of all kinds, we are capable of incredible things. We have passions that we care deeply about and pursue them with the core of our being. Yet, despite that, the scope of our work can grow and expand into areas we never thought we'd have to master. Finance, logistics, sales, management, HR, public speaking, and many more areas: you may be running into these and wondering "Why is this blocking my progress and how do I overcome it?" That's where coaching comes in to help guide you through identifying, planning for, and executing around those obstacles. You are capable of whatever you need to do, you just need the right help at the right time to get there.

Our minds give us endless creativity, inspiration for new ideas, discretion and intelligence to guide our efforts, but they are not perfect. Much of our cognition and decision-making is outside of our awareness and often can be misled or misdirected by stress, inexperience, bias, and countless other factors. This is why having someone trained in psychology coaching you can be so beneficial. There are things that we may be cognitively blind to, and having a second set of professional eyes to notice and guide your attention toward is invaluable.

At the end of the day, we want what is best overall for not only ourselves but for the people around us: our employees, partners, coworkers, leaders, and customers. One of my favorite quotations comes from a Charlie Chaplin monologue where his character says "We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone." I believe this is true not just in the world generally but also in business. Our employees don't want to disappoint and frustrate us, and we want to lead them toward success in their roles and reward and compensate them for that generously. We WANT that, so that should guide how and why we interact with our stakeholders around us. If what we're doing and how we're doing it isn't ultimately leading to the goal of bettering the lives of not only ourselves but those we impact as well, then it isn't worth doing.