It's never too late, it's just-in-time
I got an email from someone today who wanted to follow up on some training I had conducted for them at the beginning of the year. I truly believe timing is everything. We can get so bogged down in thinking this isn’t the right time, or I’ll have more time later. Funny thing, there is never any more time later than there is today. However, our priorities may be different then.
Sometimes I have started working with a client not because I had a more unique “take” on their problem than anyone else, but because they were ready to hear what I had to tell them. I have had employees tell me that they have tried to get their manager to do something for years, but now the manager is listening to me instead of them. They wonder why. I tell them that they may not have been ready to hear it until now.
Aren’t we all the same? We can say, “we are going to…” all we want, but someday something happens that makes the time for action NOW. I try to be “now-focused” when people call me and I ask what is driving that need for help. It helps me have patience for others when I realize I do it, too.
