Some of us are better at saying goodbye than they are at actually engaging with someone, some of us hate goodbyes altogether but consider them a necessary evil, others are sure that there is no such thing as a goodbye.
Or that it should not be such a thing as a goodbye.
Probably it is because many of us consider saying goodbye and burning bridges as absolutely equivalent, even if they are not.
Not all goodbyes are created equal.
[Like in many other things in life,
timing is pivotal when we are talking about goodbyes]
Some can be quite painful immediately after the fact and yet be the right thing to do in the long run, as a sign of moving on, growing, starting a new chapter. Others can be like a neverending story, one that just feels quite impossible to pull off.
And then there are the amicable ones, or to use a modern term, the "conscious" ones, where we acknowledge what has been, we are thankful for it, and we take the experience with us as a learned lesson, it doesn't matter if in our professional or our private life.
Thinking about when it's time to say goodbye, if ever, is a good way to think about relationships, partnerships, and any kind of activity we dedicate our time to.
Life is full of goodbyes, and it is all about timing, in the end.
Coaching question of the day:
"When it's time to say goodbye?"
Tags: Coaching question, Self-coaching, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Goodbye, Saying goodbye
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