Attention and focus are two very important tools, two very important energies in the course of the coaching process. Sometimes the clients who come to me already have in mind a specific aim, situation or a dilemma to be addressed. They are concerned about the issue and have been brooding about it for a long time, but feel stuck. There may be several reasons for this, but if we stick to our present topic – which is attention – changing or expanding the focus may be useful in such cases. That means looking at the issue from another angle, focusing on other aspects, taking a more distant perspective.
Just think about it. It is like having a torch that you have been using for a long time but only to illuminate a certain point. Then you realise that it is possible to expand the beam width so that you can illuminate a bigger area. And using it this way you see that there is a gate through the fence a little bit further away and a bridge over the ravine about a mile away. So how big is the area your torch is capable of illuminating? What opportunities or tools do you have at your disposal that you have not noticed yet?