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Stop on a dime?

The new rhetoric reflected the hard reality that if Bush hopes to accomplish any significant initiative in the last two years of his term, he will almost certainly have to rethink a legislative and political strategy that for the past five years depended almost entirely on Republican votes for success.

- Bush Shows He Can Turn on a Dime, WashingtonPost.com, November 8, 2006.

3. The saying, “Life can turn on a dime” neatly encapsulates a precautionary tale. You know how it goes: “Live your life for today, because tomorrow you could walk out and be hit by a bus.”

However, seen from a different angle, “Life can turn on a dime” can express an optimistic viewpoint. I’ve come to appreciate the phrase as a hopeful one. Isn’t it comforting to know that quite possibly, at any moment, it can hit you — a sudden revelation — opening your eyes to something you never realized before?... that will offer you a new perspective?... something that can change your life?

Maybe I’ve gained my appreciation of this kind of instant insight through my coaching experience. Most of the people I coach are middle-aged or heading towards it — so they’re ripe and ready for change and awareness, plus they’re well past the point of blaming their parents. Not that there isn’t a time and place for considering the backstories, history and reasons for our behavior. But there comes a time when acceptance and personal accountability matter most. And this opens the door for life to turn on a dime.