The unexamined life is not worth living

- Aristotle

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all 

- Helen Keller

At the extremes, there are two types of people:

*** Life scholars:  Those who think before they speak, who’s idea of a perfect day is having nothing in the diary and their head in a book (and another 23 books in their Amazon basket), those who crave quiet & solitude, get all jazzed up about philosophy, science or any idea which begins with “the theory of…” and who ultimately want to understand the fabric & nature of the life they’re living

*** Life explorers:  Those who speak before they think, who crave stimulation, prefer not to sit still by themselves with their own thoughts, shriek “YOLO!” whenever there’s an opportunity to do something (anything!), and who ultimately want to dive head first into life and touch, taste, sense & feel the world rather than turn it into an intellectual exercise

Yes, I’m stereotyping.

But when you boil it down to the bare essentials:

There are those who see life as something to be figured out (the life scholars) and those who see life as something to be experienced (the life explorers).

Clearly neither approach is right or wrong, or better or worse than the other. 

Both approaches have their advantages.

And yes, their disadvantages too.

Life scholars might be the most knowledgeable scholars at base camp whilst never setting foot on the mountain.  Whereas life explorers might be the most adventurous explorers on the mountain, but find themselves lost and running out of oxygen halfway up.

My take?

I think the scholars can learn a little something from the explorers.  And the explorers can learn a little something from the scholars.

In fact, my approach to coaching is built around this very principle.

The premise of my coaching is delving deeper into how life works in order to help people take this into the world and live an amazing life.  On the basis that the more your life changes, the more you’ll see about how life works, which in turn will help you live an even more amazing life.

And on it goes, like the ultimate snowball effect.

So it’s not an either/or situation.  It’s an ongoing dance between two approahces to life which can work together in tandem, one supporting & informing the other, and both leading together to safely climbing whatever the right mountain is for you.

That’s the way I see it.

I know the devoted life scholars will be all sniffy about the idea of embarking on a real life adventure. To them life is the internal experience.

I know the most eager life explorers will huff & puff at the thought of some introspection.  To them, life is the external experience.

But it is what it is when it comes to my coaching.  No point beating around the bush.

If you’d like to find out more:

https://waitinglist.followingfulfilment.com

That’s all for today.

 - Tom