{"id":10215,"date":"2012-01-09T06:03:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T14:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=10215"},"modified":"2016-08-14T20:01:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T04:01:11","slug":"life-coaching-move-up-or-cease-to-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/life-coaching-move-up-or-cease-to-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Coaching: Move up or Cease to Exist"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an old saying in life coaching<\/a><\/strong> that goes: if you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space. I learned this lesson on the rock walls of the Wind River Mountain Range in Western Wyoming. Known for its high quality granite, the Wind Rivers are a haven for mountaineers willing to hike in for three or four days to enjoy what might be the most sensual experience of their lives.<\/p>\n

Each Day\u2019s Beginning Lies in the Night Before<\/h3>\n

The last conscious acts done before slipping into a mountaineer\u2019s sleeping bag is to spread wide open their boots, so that even after they freeze during the night, the mountaineer can still get their feet into them and start the process of thawing them out so the mountaineer can properly lace them up by the time the mountaineer needs to begin the serious climb of the day.<\/p>\n

Each Day\u2019s Ending Begins with the Sun\u2019s Rising<\/h3>\n

At first light, the rock\u2019s cold is paralyzing. Fingers are too stiff to grasp anything securely. But as the sun warms the rock, fingers begin to feel the rock\u2019s texture and become aware of the commitment of the mountain to absolute solidity \u2013 to be the measure of all things reliable and substantial. Then as the climber\u2019s fingertips begin to understand that even the smallest nubbin can support their master\u2019s entire weight, they begin to understand the meaning of commitment and accountability. And if the mountaineer fully engages the rock, and sets aside all thoughts of doubt and hesitation, then and only then can the mountaineer survive the trials of the day \u2013 all to return to their camp, and eat, and once again prepare their boots for the freezing temperatures of the night.<\/p>\n

Life Coaching must Rise from Life really Lived<\/h3>\n

The first role of life coaching<\/span> is to connect the client with life really lived. Not life obsessed with self or petty undertakings. But life fully engaged with the execution of great dreams. This is because, to be hesitant and to dabble in mediocrity, at the expense of higher aspirations, is to abdicate our role as human beings. And life coaching<\/strong> cannot settle for this, no matter what the challenge, any more that the mountaineer can choose not to participate in the climb and consequently die as a victim of their own mediocrity.<\/p>\n

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Dave Iuppa<\/strong><\/a>
\nJTS Advisors Strategy and Accountability Coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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