From Spark to Fire

 

It can take only a spark, a carelessly dropped cigarette, to start a great forest fire. Yet how many of us have tried to start a fire in the garden or a fireplace, and struggled to get it going? The paper is damp, or the kindling won’t catch, or the wind is too strong – it can be very frustrating. In times gone by, before the days of lighters, safety matches and barbecue fluid, travellers would carry a few hot coals in a clay pot, along with some dry kindling, so that they could start a fire quickly wherever they stopped. They would add the coals to the kindling, which they would then blow on to get a quick flame which would spread to the wood they had collected.

Sometimes it can be hard to get a spark started in yourself. Have you ever had a great idea for a New Year’s resolution, only to find that the fire has gone out by the 3^rd January? Have you ever sat looking at a project which you know needs to be done, and you want the results, but you can’t seem to get started? I certainly have. That’s the time that we need to start a fire in ourselves, to blow on the coals and add dry kindling, so that we start to burn with enthusiasm and energy. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do that to order?

A coach’s job is to be able to start that fire in her clients, and to be able to do that she needs to do it in herself first. We can all be fired up at one time or another, but the coach needs to be able to get fired up to order, not when he feels like it. His client needs him to have fire, energy and enthusiasm on tap.

This week we will be holding another of our successful Coaching Taster Days in Plymouth. Come and join us to fan the flames. The theme will be the same as this blog post – From Spark to Fire – and throughout the day we will be referring to the need to be able to start your own fire so that you can ignite the fire in others. Coaches need to breathe energy, to breathe air onto the fire of enthusiasm of their clients.

If you’d like to learn more about this, call me on 01752 664429 or email alan@cspcoaching.com to reserve a place on the next free taster day on March 5^th.

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