Making the Time Right

I often don't know what I'm going to write about until I start typing!  Sometimes I feel as though I'm rambling - and then a blog post or article starts to take shape, one which might not have not have come into existence unless I had started typing....

The saying "If you wait for the right time, it will never come" is both true and false.  It's true because we need to push beyond what is holding us back and take action if we are to achieve our goals.  It's false because sometimes we have to get 'stuff' out of the way before we can act.  I'm often pleasantly surprised when clients call to book coaching, sometimes months after we originally spoke, because the time is now right for them to be coached.  On the other hand, I've learned not to take is personally when an enquiry seems to come to nothing - the time isn't right for that person just now.

If the time isn't right, what we're often saying is that we're not ready to face our fears.  A useful question I ask clients at this point is: "What needs to be in place to make now the right time?"  This gets all the 'stuff' out in the open and, like shining a bright light into a corner, reduces the fear of what is lurking there.  Listing what needs to be in place puts the fears into perspective - perhaps some of those fears belong to other people?  Others may be old limiting beliefs which can be dealt with .... before you know it, you're taking action and turning now into the right time.

Waiting for the time to be right, if it means allowing our fears to hold us back, is giving away our power and our dreams for a pittance to the lowest bidder.  Taking action, however small, is so empowering that we are encouraged to keep going - and now truly does become the right time.