Tom had a successful consulting practice working with organizations to develop their executives. He had a great reputation in the field and a steady flow of referrals. From the outside his business looked awesome. It wasn't until he attended a workshop I led that the truth came out.
He was a star performer in his business, putting on a very successful and effective "act" every time he was in front of his clients. Oh, he was genuinely gifted at his craft, but he was a creative at heart and the business he'd build didn't fulfill his creative passions.
He shared that he literally had to step into a role when he was in front of his clients delivering services. Tom wasn't coming from a place of his core passion with purpose, his being, but was caught up in the doing.
He mentioned he'd recently moved and settled in quickly. His new building was up for sale and the real estate agent had been by to show his place as an indication of what could be done with the condos in the building. He got rave reviews. This wasn't the first time.
He'd considered going into home staging but felt he'd need education or certification. I told him that he needed neither. His talent was obvious and he could create this business and come from his creative core, while maintaining his consulting practice.
In fact, we discussed the opportunity to license his consulting techniques so he could step out of the day to day consulting with the exception of some VIP clients and focus his energy in being creative while maintaining the lucrative revenue from his consulting.
Are you caught in an act of doing? Are you going through the motions because you are good at something and making good money but it doesn't energize or excite you? How can you go from doing to a place of being in your creative passion with purpose?
