“I JUST WANT TO PUSH FOR EXCELLENCE, COMFORTABLY”

Three Meta-Coaches wrote to me after I asked for some examples of challenging or difficult things that clients say and each described a similar situation. The client wants to push toward excellence, he or she wants to be the best they can be, another wants to be and express more of her creativity, or to step up commitment to the business that he is in, but they also want to feel at east and comfortable while doing these things.

I have heard this before. In fact, I often hear this kind of thing. People want comfort, ease, immediate gratification, immediate results, no stress, no sense of work or effort, etc. while going after new learnings, new skills, new competence, and genius level activity. Wow! Yet are these well-formed goals? Is there not an inherent contradiction built into the very goal?

• I want to lose weight and keep eating as I am.

• I want to develop cardio-vascular strength without doing cardio-exercise.

• I want to get rich quickly without any effort or risk.