Intentions versus Impact. Intent on Impact

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 Do we look at our intentions versus impact?

This statement on a zoom last night shined a light on some pretty heavy thoughts I have been grappling with.  What does this mean?

What is my impact?  Will I impact and leave hand prints in any way on my family, friends, community and world?

In my one room school K-8th grade, if I asked what something meant, it was usually met with a pointer finger at the dictionary.  "Words matter," my teacher would say.  Look up the definition and think about its meaning.  We didn't just "do" spelling bees and memorize spelling in this classroom, we looked up each word and its meaning.

Intention is something I think about daily.  My intention.  My hope for the day.  My hope for people I love and work with.  Intentions are my designs and plan?

    Intention. "purpose, resolve, resolution, determination, desire, dream, aspiration, hope, a person's design, the healing process of a wound"

Would this statement mean something different if we said, do we look at expectations versus impact?

"Expectations focus on future outcomes,…whereas intentions focus on the process…or things you plan to do in order to achieve those outcomes."

Expectation means "It doesn’t mean intention to achieve or to have motivation, ambition, objectives or goals. It refers only to expectation of results, expectation of outcome. Tied to results."(Muriel Berard) https://tinyurl.com/jskzv4we

Do we look at our intentions or our impact? 

My BOTTOM LINE:

  • What does this mean for my coaching and work in implementation and systems? 
  • For me, I am using this statement as an opportunity to reflect.  
  • Does the impact I have match  my intentions? 
  • How am I living out my intentions?
  • Where am I stuck on my agenda and attached to the outcome?  Focused on the end result instead of the impact?

 

Coaching is all about impacting people.  It is not about my intentions or my expectations.
Impacting them by my deep belief in them and in THEIR intentions.
My take: Keep my Intent on Impact



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