I’m a certified expert. I am the Queen. I could write a book and tour the world giving seminars. What is my craft, you may wonder? It is the skill of starting over.
I have had to start over many times for many different reasons…failed relationships, falling off the exercise wagon, picking bad habits back up, allowing myself to get enticed by the promise of instant gratification only to hit a wall and end up having to, you guessed it, start over.
People who are really good at starting things are usually the same people lauded for coming up with great ideas, full of enthusiasm for getting started, but having no real plan for progress and certainly not sustainability. Starting over people are good at starting over. However, starting over people are worth having around. How do you help them continue after starting over with the ever elusive follow-through? Because I’ll be the first to tell you, this starting over diva is ready to get out of Groundhog Day and move on to day 2 and beyond.
I’ve been married going on 11 years. I have a few college degrees. One of my three children is an adult. I have served in the military in some capacity for nearly 13 years. I believe I have demonstrated follow-through in my life. I think the key to getting the start-over types to move on to the follow-through is to ask them to share with you examples of things in their lives that they have done for a prolonged period of time. Help them prove to themselves it is possible, specifically for them.
After that, hitch your wagon to their “start stuff enthusiasm” and navigate them toward the follow-through roadway. Yes, there will be obstacles, detours, and traffic lights. Yes, the direction may need to change altogether, taking the team to a completely different destination, but the course corrections will not constitute a starting over. But if you need to begin again, give me a call…I’ll walk you through it.
