“For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will long to return.”

– Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance artist and inventor

Image from Flickr by rafeejewell.

What are some times in your life where you were at the top of your game, where you excelled, or where, as Leonardo da Vinci would say, you “tasted flight”?

Coaching is a profession built on the idea of soaring and becoming our professional and personal best. Once we taste our potential, we have an even greater appetite to fly higher and further.

Exercise:

Choose two or three professional goals, and turn your eyes skyward as you seek opportunities to take flight in pursue of these goals.

Engaging the support of a coach, mentor, friend, family member, or colleague will help you fly higher and faster than if you traveled alone.