The Leadership Coaching Blog

I heard recently that if you have a pet fish that’s sick you treat the water not the fish….

What’s that got to do with me and my environment you might ask?  Well, maybe a lot.

Your success depends to a significant degree on your environment, so in that respect you’re just like the fish!  Therefore it’s extremely important that you create a supportive environment for yourself.

You’ll notice I said that you “create” it for yourself, rather than it just automatically “being there.”  Because we might be doing a lot of the right things, but still not be succeeding, as a result of the environment we’re
operating in.

You need to pay attention to your environment now and check out whether it’s supporting you or hindering you.  By environment I mean your physical, emotional and your intellectual environment.

• Is your work place, your office or your home somewhere you love to be?  If not what can you do about
  it?
• Do you have supportive family, friends and work colleagues?  If not what do you need?  Start asking for it!
• Are you feeding your brain protein every day, or just sweets or candy?  Are you being stimulated or
  are you stuck in your comfort zone?  What can you learn, think about or plan today that will stimulate your brain?

Remember, you need to create an environment that supports you; an environment that supports you at the level you want to be, rather than at the level you are now!