Maximize Counseling

An episode of the Path for Growth podcast, hosted by Path for Growth, titled "Maximize Counseling" was published on June 15, 2021 and runs 39 minutes.

June 15, 2021 ·39m · Path for Growth

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Summary

Counseling helps you serve others by living a life of balance, integrity, and constant growth, counseling helps you guard against self-deception. Five steps that you have to adopt and apply if you're going to maximize counseling: 1. Buy in a wholeheartedly · You have to believe this is a worthwhile endeavor · Your outcome will rarely exceed your outlook Why you should seek out counsel: 1. People depend on you. 2. It feels better when you pay someone to listen. 3. You are capable of being an idiot. 4. View counseling as a deposit for an impending crisis. 2. Find the right person · Shared source of truth · Willingness to sit in awkwardness · You can trust them 3. Have guts to be transparent · Being transparent helps you live a life of balance, integrity, and constant growth · Growth and comfort do not coexist · What’s the most uncomfortable thing? 4. Play the role of narrator · It's not helpful if it stays in your head/heart · Five core emotions: Anger, Sadness, Gladness, Fear, Shame 5. Reflect, prepare, and commit · Reflect: Take 10 minutes to reflect and write down, then share with 1 person · Prepare: Most people don’t get what they want because they haven’t identified it · Commit: “Commitment is when you fall in love with something so much, that you put structure around it for the times when you no longer feel in love with it.” -David Brooks Our whole team is rooting for you. We want to see you win! Remember, my strength is not for me; your strength is not for you; our strength is for service. Please Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Share! Sign up for the Worth it Wednesday Email Join us on Instagram and Facebook

Episode Description

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Counseling helps you serve others by living a life of balance, integrity, and constant growth, counseling helps you guard against self-deception.

Five steps that you have to adopt and apply if you're going to maximize counseling:

1. Buy in a wholeheartedly

· You have to believe this is a worthwhile endeavor

· Your outcome will rarely exceed your outlook

Why you should seek out counsel:

1. People depend on you.

2. It feels better when you pay someone to listen.

3. You are capable of being an idiot.

4. View counseling as a deposit for an impending crisis.

2. Find the right person

· Shared source of truth

· Willingness to sit in awkwardness

· You can trust them

3. Have guts to be transparent

· Being transparent helps you live a life of balance, integrity, and constant growth

· Growth and comfort do not coexist

· What’s the most uncomfortable thing?

4. Play the role of narrator

· It's not helpful if it stays in your head/heart

· Five core emotions: Anger, Sadness, Gladness, Fear, Shame

5. Reflect, prepare, and commit

· Reflect: Take 10 minutes to reflect and write down, then share with 1 person

· Prepare: Most people don’t get what they want because they haven’t identified it

· Commit: “Commitment is when you fall in love with something so much, that you put structure around it for the times when you no longer feel in love with it.” -David Brooks

Our whole team is rooting for you. We want to see you win!

Remember, my strength is not for me; your strength is not for you; our strength is for service.

Please Rate, Review, Subscribe, and Share!

Join us on Instagram and Facebook

If you’re ready to move beyond just gathering information and start executing on what truly matters, Path for Growth’s 1-on-1 coaching can help. Apply now at pathforgrowth.com/coaching.