Working with A Business Coach – Figuring Out What’s Important

​In a recent post, I wrote about how excited I was to start working with my business coach, Sanjay Parekh of FocalPoint Coaching. At that time, we had met informally several times to get to know one another and we both decided that the chemistry was right and that we would start.
 
Sanjay has since guided me in defining my business goals. This has been an invaluable experience because it’s been about a lot more than money. Yes, I want to increase my revenues, but at what cost to me personally? We’ve talked a lot about the connection between making more money and how that would provide more joy to me and to my family.
 
A quick story: About 15 years ago, I was working in a corporate in-house creative department and, informally, was second in command mostly because I had been there longer than anyone else. At one point, my boss asked me if I’d be interested in a promotion to manager. Of course I was interested, because I had always wanted an opportunity to be a leader of professionals. What he really wanted, though, was a babysitter to hold accountable when employees were late to work.
 
I thanked him and said I wasn’t interested because I felt the job would make me absolutely miserable. So he asked if it would make a difference if he gave me a $5,000 raise.
 
I said, “I think I’d still be miserable, but I’d have a much nicer TV.”
 
Working with Sanjay has solidified this concept. I want to build a business that thrives without consuming me. Sanjay is coaching me on how to get there.
 
More posts to come…