Coping Up With Letting Go Of Attachment To Professional Position And Title- My Insights

As a Coach we are trained to ask Powerful questions. When I was coached by my Coach, I used to get really furious when I was asked those questions because I would feel vulnerable.

Over a period of time being coached, I realized that while I was employed, all my focus was on the future and that is, accomplishment of an outcome and never trained myself to ask these brutal questions that helped me become self aware.

Here are my insights based upon the powerful questions from my Coach on my Title, position and answers;

Yes it was important for me to get that National Science Talent Scholarship as a student, It was important for me when I was in my 20s and 30s to seek the position of an Officer and Manager at Canara Bank. Manager- Immigration Services in Corporate America, What I learned by answering my Coache’s brutal question was this.

At every stage I had to let go of each position gracefully. Do a soul search, do the Coaching Exercises to find what is meaningful to me considering my position in my family, profession and community. Allow new opportunities by just working on myself and take the bold step to transform.

In each position or Title I learned skills that helped me do better in some area or domain. I gained both academic and experiential knowledge in Science, Banking, Immigration. Let us call it Technical Know-how (TK). I also learned people skills, lab manners, banking etiquette, Corporate America decorum…