My Life Coach & My Husband Help Me Know Me

For a few months now I've been working with a wonderful life coach.  My life coach Kathy and I have a phone conversation once a month and we discuss various aspects of leadership.  I love our "hour of power"!  Kathy has really helped me and I always have my head on a little straighter and have more clarity about where I'm going and how I'm going to get there when I hang up the phone.  Though I must say... I pity her.  She's a life coach not a psychotherapist and I often feel more like I'm putting her in the role of the latter rather than the former.

On my quest to become a better leader...
I've taken tests to find my strengths.  (That was a very encouraging test! I'm a wonderful person!)
I've taken tests to find my weaknesses.  (Reality sets in.... I'm such a worm!)
Today Kathy sent me a personality test.  (This could be scary!)

I was just looking over the sample test that she sent me.  I was asking myself some of the questions and came upon one I wasn't quite sure about so.... I asked my husband for help.  Here's our conversation.....

(setting: Troy relaxing on the couch watching Native American youtube videos on the ipad.  I'm sitting on the couch with my computer.  Fox News is playing in the background. unimportant but that's the setting)


Me: Troy will you help me out?  I'm going to take a personality test that Kathy is going to help me with.  There's a question on this sample test that I'm not sure how to answer.  Here's the question:

How do you make decisions?

Thinking: make decisions based on logic and rationality.

or

Feeling: make value-based decisions based on empathy and compassion.

Troy:  Thinking.  You're logical and rational.

Me:  Really?  You think?

(3 or 4 minutes pass)

Troy:  You want to go to Braum's and get some ice cream?

Me:  Braums???  You want to go to Braum's to get ice cream? It would cost us $25 to drive to Woodward just to get ice cream!

Troy:  Does that help you answer your question????

Me:  Histerical laughter!  Okay, okay, you've made your point.  I'm logical and rational....

My husband knows me well.  Before I get back to my test let me just say.....

If you've ever considered working with a life coach, let me encourage you to go ahead and do it.  A life coach will help you find clarity, help you find ways to push past your limits, reach your goals, develop as a leader, and much much more!  I've never had a conversation with Kathy, that didn't get me "unstuck" on something.

I think the more we learn about ourselves the more effective we become as leaders.  We learn how to work with people of different personalties, strengths and weaknesses.  And we learn how to draw the best out of those we lead as well as the best being drawn out of us.  A life coach can help us in so many areas.

If you would like information about working with my Life Coach, Kathy Key, just contact me here, on facebook, by phone etc.  You won't be disappointed.

Let me ask you a parting question.....  How do you make decisions?

Thinking: make decisions based on logic and rationality.

or

Feeling: make value-based decisions based on empathy and compassion?

Just curious.  = )