Lead With Intention. Coaching for Millennial Leaders, Executive Managers and Organizational Teams

Millennial Leadership Coach - Leslie Bosserman

  • Our Story
    • About Lead With Intention®
    • Meet Leslie
    • Leadership Manifesto
    • All About Millennials
  • Let’s Collaborate
    • Programs + Services
    • Custom Leadership Solutions
    • Managing Millennials
    • Lead With Intention®️ Business Builder
    • The Mompreneur Mastermind™
    • Lead Wholehearted™
    • Join the Revolution
  • Free
    • Leading Insights™ Blog
    • Millennial Spotlight Podcast
    • Wholehearted Leadership™ Truth or Dare Challenge
  • Results
    • Client Testimonials
  • Connect

Getting From Point A to Point BE

August 19, 2013 Leave a Comment

Gold stars. Checklists. Goal setting.

From an early age, our social system models how our value is derived from action, achievement, and accomplishment. We strive for more Facebook friends, higher GPAs, better jobs, and larger salaries, but to what end?

When did our “to do” lists take center stage over our character?

In the last year, I hit a transition point that made me reprioritize everything I thought was important in my world. It was like my life shook me awake and said:

megaphoneHey…you over there!  YES, YOU! I have BIGGER plans and dreams and goals for you. But first, you must learn to be still, be well, and simply be…

Following some long-overdue downtime, I began to see how I had been allowing my “to dos” to dictate my “to be’s,” instead of the other way around. I had been swept up in the urgency of doing that I had let my circumstances control my choices.  I realized that I needed to reclaim my agency through intentional choice and change my behaviors, habits, and lifestyle patterns to refocus on what is truly important – WHO I am, not WHAT I do.

As I chose to live from this place of intention, I began to see some profound shifts occurring day-by-day and something started releasing in me.

Quote- to-be list

For once, it wasn’t about what was left undone on my seemingly never-ending “to do” list. Rather, I was now choosing to live my life in service to my “to be” list instead.

To create my “to be” list, started by asking myself two simple, yet profound questions:

Who do I need to be in order to do?

and next…

What do I need to do in order to be?

Then I lived each day based on what bubbled up. It was that simple. And that hard…

Through answering these questions, I watched my life unfold in front of my eyes and began changing from the inside out. My former persona of “I can do it all!” that had led me to battle unnecessary anxiety, stress, and perfectionism over the last decade transformed into one more grounded in possibility without all the pressure. It felt like I was 50 pounds lighter and my heart was finally at peace.

Now, over a year later, I’m still a work in progress, focusing on living out my “to be” list each day. I still have days that hijack my best intentions and times I over-plan to try and control my world. I’m still human. Yet, the larger focus is on me as a human being, not a human doing.

So now it’s your turn.

Take a moment and reflect on the following questions and see where they lead your life:

  • Who do I need to be to live more authentically now?
  • What choices and life changes do I need to make?
  • What’s been holding me back?
  • What is one thing I will commit to doing in the next 24-hours that will make the biggest difference in my life?

Now go do it! And be well.

Leslie signature

LWI Logo Transparent
 

Leslie Bosserman, M.Ed., CPCC

Fulfillment Specialist & Leadership Coach
Call: 310.409.9240
Write: Leslie@LeadWithIntention.com

 Subscribe here to stay connected!

        

Filed Under: Blog

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Raves + Reviews

  • Over the last year, Leslie has provided coaching, structure, encouragement, and thoughtful insight to help me evolve professionally as my business has grown and changed. I can confidently say that working with Leslie will bring the best out in you. I wish we would have crossed paths years ago.

    Mike Lepis, Owner and Creative Director, Vignette Brand Communication

  • Leslie far exceeded our expectations! Her on-site delivery for our executive team on strengths development hit it out of park and everyone had nothing but positive feedback. We look forward to working with her again in the future and will recommend her again and again!

    Jessica Rosa Rucker, Rucker Restaurant Holdings, LLC

  • Anyone who experiences Lead With Intention is guaranteed to walk away with a better sense of self and an understanding of how to improve your life across the board. These workshops have been instrumental in redirecting my perspective not only on my career, but also on my life as a whole.

    Christopher DeGaetano, Senior Designer, Nike World Headquarters

  • I appreciate Leslie’s intuitive style and laser-like questions! It was great to have an objective, caring, and emotionally intelligent expert to partner with. I feel more empowered in my current job and have more clarity about my strengths for my journey ahead!

    Courtney Henderson, Millennial Leader

  • When I first started working with Leslie, I was very apprehensive about coaching, but her warm and down to earth approach quickly put me at ease and I found it easy to trust in her and be open up to my inner potential. After experiencing the positive effects of coaching, I invited Leslie to work with my entire team and recommended her work to other managers and leaders.

    Kelvin Govey, Design Director, Reebok

Let’s Connect

Copyright © 2021 • Lead With Intention® • All Rights Reserved • Legal Disclaimer • Website by Edvalson Marketing