I often get asked, “Angela, how do you get out of your head and coach yourself?” I think of it as second nature now, but at first, a lot of us find it difficult to even understand the concept. Even if you do manage to wrap your brain around the idea of self-coaching, it takes patience and practice to challenge your thoughts and gain the mental clarity required to start making confident decisions.
The strategies I’m sharing to today have allowed me to live the life I had always dreamed of. I was able to leave my job in education, elope, sell my home, move away from my family, and start this business without any prior experience as an entrepreneur, all through observing my thoughts and self-coaching.
We’re now well into the beginning of the school year and I’ve no doubt you’ve experienced the full range of emotion that comes packaged with this experience. New parents, students, and teachers can make this time of year a real challenge… for everyone. And, especially if you’re also a new school leader, it can be very difficult to know how is best to approach the situation.
I’m going to share a concept with you today about leadership that you may have never considered until you listen to this week’s episode of The Empowered Principal Podcast. I completely understand that your initial thought, like mine, may be, “What?” Oh, but once you get it, you’re going to be so much more empowered!