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“I just want to make sure I don’t make the wrong decision.”
When Delilah said this to me during our coaching session last week, I felt confident in my response to her. (Which was effectively a version of this newsletter.)
But then my wife and I were faced with a series of very difficult decisions this week and I felt at a loss.
My advice of tuning in to self-trust wasn’t working.
Despite a successful stent procedure and open-heart surgery, our son had been struggling. Something was wrong and no one could figure it out.
As we watched the doctors struggle with what to do, we’ve had a front-row seat to decision-making with the highest stakes. A life. Our son’s.
The big decision was: Do we insert a feeding tube?
We collected information as we mapped out all potential scenarios and their sacrifices. A decision tree of “If/then” scenarios with the kicker:
What will that cost me?
(Or in our case, our son.)
Because there’s always a cost.
Taking action or not, there’s a price to be paid.
You don’t have to be okay with it. Chances are, you won’t.
You just have to be at peace with the fact that you did the best you could with the information and intuition you had at the time.
Because until you take action, it’s all conjecture.
Making the hard decision makes it real.
It also gives you something to build on.
Much of what our son’s doctors make their decisions on are numbers. Things reach a certain level, which triggers a certain response. Yet they often tell us that medicine is more “art than science.”
What is the art exactly?
I think it’s that alchemy of information and intuition; proactive and reactive. Taking the data and then taking a seat to whatever unfolds.
Because it is the response to the decision, the deftness to what happens next that makes this art, what it truly is: a dance.
A dance between patient and doctor. Between doctor and doctor. And between doctor and themselves. The cost of their choices.
Which brings me to mine.
The second difficult decision I had to make last week.
My desire to provide low-cost coaching is predicated on my ability to manage a group program, including getting a critical mass of people to sign up. I was willing to make the sacrifices that came along with it.
Then, my son’s health condition deteriorated and priorities changed.
My family’s wellbeing – financial and otherwise – comes first and in that, I’ve made the difficult decision to cancel Goal Groups and work one-on-one with people instead.
Instead of a two-week group sprint, I’m now offering six-week private sessions, action steps, and ongoing email support.
Based on your needs, we’ll work together to design a personalized roadmap that follows one of the following programs or combines a mixture of some or all of them:
In the meantime, I’ll continue to provide this free newsletter and podcast to keep my teachings accessible, and for those who are ready to invest in themselves by working with me directly, I promise it will pay dividends.
A cost that is well worth it 🙂
In your corner now and always 💪
x Claire
