Eliminating Personal Tolerations
Posted on September 03, 2013 by Kimberly Putman, One of Thousands of Executive Coaches on Noomii.
How to evaluate living your life intentionally and proactively free from overwhelming tolerations.
When I start a new relationship with a client, I often request that we begin our “journey” together with the client reflecting on the idea of “tolerations”. Here is how a new client conversation might evolve regarding the idea of tolerations:
Think about anything in your daily affairs that you feel you are tolerating. These could be things that you have created yourself (those piles of papers that never get filed, that stack in the garage that has never made it to Goodwill, etc.); or they could be bigger issues; perhaps you have a co-worker not pulling her weight, a sibling not participating in helping mom and dad or a spouse that is not “present” during family time.
Start to work towards eliminating these tolerations by confronting each situation directly. Make a commitment on your calendar to clean up those piles; ask that co-worker to schedule a time when you can talk about your perceptions of what is going on; call your brother or sister and find out what you can do to help them be more active with your parents.
It is amazing how much energy is wasted when the “tolerations” in our lives start to build up. You will not believe how much better you will feel by getting rid of these small but energy-draining issues. As you resolve these small tolerations, you may find that you have much more energy to concentrate on the bigger things you want to attract to your life.
