A short story which might catch the attention of anyone who's worried they're not doing enough:

On the penultimate day of the Toronto leg of Michael Neill’s 2023 Genius Catalyst Coaching Certification, I trotted off for a slap up lunch with a group of my fellow course mates.

Chat turned to the next leg of Genius Catalyst in LA a few weeks later. 

Over a cheeseburger and a side of fries, one of my new coaching pals asked me:

Are you jetting out for the LA leg Tom?

It was a good question. Each leg of the program had a room full of keen coaches. But there were also the no less keen coaches who’d join virtually via Zoom.

Truth be told, I wanted to join the LA leg in person. There’s something about the real life, in the flesh energy of Michael’s trainings which can’t be replicated on a screen.

But flying to LA looked like a non-starter.

This was almost two years into my self-imposed sabbatical from my banking job. I’d been living on savings all that time, trying to scrabble together a few pounds & pence through my coaching, but not having much luck. 

The Toronto leg also came at the end of a six week jaunt around Mexico where Lauren and I had sampled as many mezcal margaritas as we could lay our eager hands on.

So funds were tighter than my belt on Christmas Day and I was back on the job hunt.

My lunch pal Brian took a bite of his burger, swallowed a French fry, then said mysteriously “if you really want to come to LA, life will help you out”.

A week or so later, I got a text from a mate I used to work with, asking if I knew my old banking job was vacant.

This was news to me. While the thought of going back to my old job didn’t exactly fill me with joy, I still dropped my old boss a line.

Long story short, a few weeks later and I was back in my old job.

Without that text from my mate, I wouldn’t be writing my daily newsletters about my “before and after” in corporate. Nor would I have run over 50 Mindset & Clarity workshops for the good folk back in banking, be about to publish my new book Don’t Quit Your Job or have coined my Buddha of Banking moniker.

And perhaps most relevant for today, I never would’ve flown to LA for the third leg of Genius Catalyst without that text too. 

Thing is, I used to spend so much of my life trying to force various outcomes and stressing about how to make things happen.

But it’s funny how life often delivers what we need all by itself, usually in ways we never could’ve predicted.

Perhaps that sounds like a reason to throw our arms in the air and resign ourselves to our fate.

But I see it more as a reason to relax and keep going, knowing I’m not shouldering the load all by myself.

If you’re curious where this could lead:

https://waitinglist.followingfulfilment.com

To fulfilment,

Tom