In the early days of 2019, you may be asking yourself, with respect to the previous year, what just happened? What kind of year was it for me? How do I want this year to be different? What changes might I want to make?

In practice, coaches don’t look backwards much. We steer clients from ruminating to focusing on what’s possible. Instead of asking a client to look back and think about why they responded in a particular way, we will ask how they can think about it differently or what they can do in the future for a better outcome. We are looking ahead, rather than in the rear view mirror for our cues.