TIP 11

PERFECT THE PRESENT

       Paradise is where I am.

VOLTAIRE

       Time past and time future What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present.

T. S. ELIOT

If you have the “not enough” conversation—not enough money, not enough time, not enough space—there is something you need to learn. Life is a master teacher. If you catch yourself saying, “I don’t have enough (fill in the blank),” there is something imperfect about your present situation. Yet one of the principles we use in coaching is that the present is perfect. Something has to give, and it isn’t going to be the principle. For example, when I was up to my eyeballs in debt, I thought I didn’t have enough money. If not enough money is the problem, ...

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