I had a rather engaging conversation with a potential new client recently, where he was lamenting about how accustomed he’s become to scraping by. For years, he’s gone through periods where his future was entirely uncertain; his financial security was nil; at times he was in danger of losing everything, yet he always found a way to get by.  He’s tired. He’s afraid he’ll keep living like this if he doesn’t take some escalated measure to change things. He’s gotten too good at t

“I’m not sure I would rub that lamp.” It was a seemingly innocuous question on the surface, and it brought my client to tears. I had asked her if she could rub a magic lamp and be granted one wish (in relation to our coaching goals), what would it be? There was a moment of stunned silence, and she started to cry. “I’m not sure I would rub that lamp,” she said. Why would this be? Why would she not want to be magically granted her wish, with nothing further required of her? “Be