How do you know when it’s time to move on?
With many people on holiday, August is often a quieter period at work. This can provide the perfect time for some reflection and a good opportunity to ask yourself some searching questions about how you are doing and your future. These may include:
How happy am I with things at the moment?
Is it time to do something different?
Would it be beneficial if I learnt some new skills?
Should I end a difficult client relationship?
What do I want to see in my future?
Identify the issues
When everything is going right at work, there’s no better feeling, but it only takes a small niggle and suddenly everything looks different. For example, you might have been passed over for promotion, failed to secure a promised pay rise, or are struggling with a toxic boss. Any of these instances can leave you feeling frustrated and/or angry.
Alternatively a client might have started to make unreasonable demands, display a lack of respect, and fail to respond in a timely, or polite way, to your communications.
If these sound familiar, then it’s time to sit up, take notice and decide how you can make some urgent changes to improve your work life.
Onwards and upwards
However, it’s one thing to know that you need to make some changes, but it’s another thing to actually do it. But did you know that failing to move on can lead to heightened levels of emotional distress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem? Plus you could also find yourself missing out on new experiences and connections causing your personal growth and development to stagnate.
Taking that first step to do things differently is not only a courageous thing to do, but it’s crucial for your overall wellbeing and future happiness. Moving on doesn't mean forgetting or erasing the past. It's about accepting what has happened, learning from it, and choosing to focus your energy on the present and future. Drawing a line under something and choosing to move on, will enable you to have the time and space to heal, grow and create a more fulfilling life.
Clear and considered decisions
In order to ensure you are able to make well-informed, considered and clear decisions, you may need to bring in some external help; that’s where coaching can help. Coaching provides a structured process for self-reflection, self-discovery, goal setting and empowerment that can assist you in accepting when it’s time to simply draw a line under something. It can also help you to recognise your internal resources, as well as equip you with the tools and support you need to move forward from where you are now with purpose, so you can be in control, confident and create a more fulfilling future.
Different perspective
Maggie Newton, Owner and Managing Director of Red Clematis Coaching said. “My role as a coach is not to give you the answers, but to ask questions to help you reflect on your own thoughts, values and beliefs. This will enable you to look at things from different perspectives so you can find your own answers.”
Maggie continued. “Coaching works because it’s all about sustained and embedded learning. It’s solution and action-focused to help you find, and take the next step, to move you closer to where you want to be. In addition, it will enable you to gain clarity, build self-trust and identify limiting beliefs that may be holding you back.”
If you’d like dedicated guidance and support so you can become more self-aware, confident and strategic, as well as some much-needed space and time to think more clearly about your challenges and how you can overcome them, then please get in touch.