The holiday season is going full tilt.  Shopping.  Parties.  Baking.  Family.  Friends.  Thelist seems endless as the days tick away to the first of the year.  We wonder as we rush around are we making any progress . . . on anything!?  We get so enmeshed in what we are doing we seem to leave out even a moment or two to reflect on that special gift we were able to find for our 90 year old aunt and new beau in our life.  Passing the time with a friend we have not seen all year at the Christmas Party over the weekend.  OR the cookies that came out soooo fantastic this year. 

Yesterday, Sunday afternoon, I was decorating the tree by myself as the Patriots were playing, enough said.  I had just finished putting all the lights on and no more than had the first Christmas ornament on than my father knocked at the door.  He had just brought my mother back to the nursing home after Sunday dinner and wanted to stop by, say hi.  Well the Hi turned into the two of us trimming the tree and with the voices upstairs my husband abandoning the football game to join us in holiday cheer and the smell of evergreen.

Well what does this all have to do with progress.  Progress is known when one takes time to reflect on what one has done.  As you go about building that coaching business of yours.  Coaching four, five clients a week.  Preparing for that workshop coming up in six weeks.  Take this time of year to stop and reflect on how far your coaching has come.  Who you you have seen grow?  What new skills you found yourself using as the year progressed. 

Yes it has been a challenging year . . . for everyone.   For all the naysayers, there has been progress.  You and your coaching has moved forward, grown.  Take a few moments for yourself and write down your response to the following questions.

• What changes have you experienced in the past  year?  (ie.. change of job, a new role, change in residence etc.) 
  
• What was the highlight of your year? 
  
• What opportunities do you see before you?

Remember to feel your progress a look back to where you have been is the means to knowing whatever the year has brought you, there is progress. 

I wish you a Happy Holidays and A Wonderful Opportunity Filled New Year