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PAGE 16 of the COACHES AND MENTORS OF SOUTH AFRICA newsletter
By Tracey Olivier
It is my personal belief that each person I come into contact with is a gift, who needs to be opened and unwrapped with great care and delight. Coaching is a wonderful journey of discovering many different gifts within that person.
It thrills me as each person discovers a strength they never knew they had, the sense of purpose
that was hidden underneath the clutter of circumstance, and the excitement of opening up a new
potential and then seeing them play with the options.
Sometimes I get to unpack some unwanted gifts with them and get to participate in the working
out of putting them in the proper places or even discarding them if they are harmful.
It amazes me over and over again the glorious uniqueness of each person and how each gifted
person is totally different in their packaging, contents and even in the way they open and respond to each discovery.
I found a wonderful quote by Albert Einstein ―The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational
mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten
the gift.ǁ
I am of the very clear conviction that everyone of us has unique giftings that are ours alone. These
attributes are what make us who we are and they should be celebrated. We live in a world that
sometimes wants to clone us, we aspire to be just like this or that person, and that is great, but we mustn‘t lose ourselves in the process. We know intuitively what it is we ought
to do with our lives, but sometimes we just need someone to give us the permission to allow the
greatest to be called out of us. We need to be a better ―meǁ and it is possible when we realise the
gift of who we are. I love that coaching is a vehicle to unlock and allow people to discover
themselves and to embrace themselves as the gifts that they are.
