September is Empowerment month at Coaching for Champions. Lets talk about how you can empower yourself to be a champion performer.
The dictionary says, to empower is to give (someone) the authority or power to do something; make someone stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life. Wouldn't you like to be stronger and more confident in your performance?
The first step in being empowered is to have a clear intention of what you want. Lets put this in a smaller bite for now: Contemplate what you want to achieve this month. Pick one performance goal. Ask yourself why you want it? Why now? What will it do for you? What will it do for others? Why in this place you are in right now? Keep probing, asking all the questions that come up, until you are really clear about your intention. Your intention now has substance and power. Empowerment comes when you understand your intention. You will also experience greater satisfaction in your accomplishment.
Here is a simple example so you can see what I mean: I want to buy a gift. To get what I really want, I have to contemplate it. I want to purchase a Lakers jersey, size XXL with Kobe Bryant's name on the back because my friend is a Laker fan and I want to give it to him to wear next week in honor of his birthday when we attend the Laker's game in LA, because I know how much it will mean to him and I care about him. I now can go to the sports store that sells basketball jerseys, ask for what I clearly have in mind and receive it. And, I feel really satisfied and happy with my purchase because it is what I really want.
I read a great inspirational story long ago: Life is like ordering from a menu in a restaurant. When you order what you want, you don't doubt the waiter will bring it to you. As a performer, take time to truly contemplate your desire, the what, why, when, the benefits it will give you and the benefits it will give to others. Give your goal substance, power and meaning. Then you can powerfully manifest your goal and really savor the goal reached because you know its value. Make an empowered intention so you won't have to be careful what you wish for!
Dana Nellen. Coaching for Champions: The Nellen Method for Peak Performance™. Copyright 2011. All rights reserved.
