Doctors with agency and clarity know where they are going.
One of the joys of coaching doctors, is witnessing the dual occurrence of a doctor
1. reconnect to their own personal agency, and
2. gain clarity about their life, about what truly matters, what gives them meaning, fulfilment and hope.
Agency and clarity come together, in either order.
When an adult feels agentic, they can tap into their own power and use it skilfully. When they have clarity about what really matters, they want to use their agency. Clarity and agency together create effectiveness. One without the other creates something else.
Clarity without agency can create wishful thinking and even hopelessness.
Agency without clarity can lead to spraying effort and energy around with no real gains.
Are you clear about what you are doing, what you want and why?
Many adults are not. Many doctors are not.
Do you know how to make what you want happen?
Many adults don’t know. They spend their lives stuck in status quo, pleasing others and wondering where their best years went. Repeating the same habits and patterns for decades. Can you honestly say you “own” yourself, your life?
You will need personal agency to make the things you want to happen in your life happen. You will need to know how to channel your effort, energy and attention (the most vital currency of our age).
If you do not know what you want and you cannot activate your personal agency, your ship will sail around in the prevailing winds, and life will feel, will be, random. You might even feel done to, more than you feel like you are an active participant in your own life.
Don’t let that happen, be your own best agent, connect with the coaches, mentors, supervisors, sponsors and friends who can help you gain clarity and live the life that really gives your joy. Doctors with personal agency and clarity know where they are going and get there sooner.
Start by booking a call or sending me an email and let’s talk about how you or your team can experience the value and impact of professional coaching.
The Thriving Doctor
Sharee Johnson’s book The Thriving Doctor is available in all good bookstores or online.
Sharee has been coaching doctors since 2014, find out more about her work
