Take the Rubbish to the Tip 

 

Friday is rubbish day where I live.

 

This morning the slick operation by the local bin men (who are some of the happiest & friendliest workers I’ve met) carried on like clockwork. Bins were emptied. Recycling was sorted and removed. My bin was emptied of the rubbish from the past two weeks. The rubbish was on its way to the tip. And the recycling materials headed off on a new journey of re-creation.

 

So why am I talking about the mundane subject of taking your rubbish to the tip? Thoughts about the link between the process of coaching and rubbish removal were inspired by a tweet today.

 

Think about how coaching works

 

Coaching involves a process or system for you to work through to change/improve/eliminate something or things that hold you back in your life or business. Coaching opens your eyes to the amount of rubbish you are holding on to. 

 

Coaching paints a clear picture of what you no longer need to hold on to. Whatever the process you decide to embark on, along the way you will in fact take your rubbish to the tip. 

 

What makes up your rubbish?

 

Rubbish is unwanted. Rubbish is what’s left over or unimportant. Rubbish needs to go to the tip. Consider what you decide to let go of or how you change your thoughts/actions when you go through a coaching process.

 

Perhaps your rubbish is a limiting belief (definitely top of the list to be sent to the tip!) Or your rubbish may be to change a behaviour or attitude.

 

Removal of these things is a key to help you progress. Wouldn’t you rather move forward in your life instead of staying stuck with your decaying, fly infested pile of rubbish?

 

Think about the process of closure

 

When your bin is emptied into the truck, your rubbish is taken away forever. It can never return. In the same way through coaching, when you change your behaviour or eliminate a limiting belief, by sending them to the tip, you too will have closure on your old habit.

 

You have let it go. It’s gone. There is definite finality to the process, it cannot return – but only when you believe and commit to letting it go.

 

What rubbish are you holding onto in your life week after week? Have you forgotten to put your bin out? Are the flies gathering in greater numbers?