The Future Perfect

With the onset of half term we embarked on a family holiday in Tenby involving three families and eight children.

In the midst of the pre-holiday chaos, I was torn between leaving loose ends at Bumpy Business or giving away my children before we even got to Tenby. Then I recalled the words of Mark McKergow who points out our natural tendancy to look at the problem instead of the solution.

During a presentation he asked us: 'What would you like to improve today?'

Without disclosing the answer, we were asked to write down a number between 1 and 10 to describe our present situation, with 10 being the future perfect. While most of us reached a 4 or a 5, he asked us:

Why so high? What’s right? What’s good? What’s working? What’s going well? Why not lower ? Why are you not at zero? Mark explained that even if we are at a 1 or a 2, there will be something there that is already working. By seeing this we will amplify it

'what you see is what you accentuate' he told us ' the solution or parts of it are already happening'.

So how can we increase or amplify what is already working? What first step can we take to move ourselves up one point? Are we willing to commit to this? By sharing this with you, I moved one step towards my own undisclosed answer. We all got to Tenby, my business in still running even after a ten day holiday and I also have a new client.

‘ There is nothing wrong with you that what’s right with you can’t put right’ Mark McKergow

I hope you had a great half term too.

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