What is it?
Have you ever really thought about why it never gets done? Sure laziness may be involved, but laziness isn't the biggest obstacle - we are. Each of us have something in us that we are afraid to face and look at and I'm not sure we always know what it is because as we get close to it we just run away, never looking deeply into it. It usually has roots in our value.
I don't get that job because I can't answer the question, "Why would anyone hire me?"
I don't go for that passion because what if I'm not enough.
I can't de-clutter because besides asking about Joy, going through my stuff makes me face my past.
I can't get organized or finish a big task because procrastination keeps me from having to face my fear that I am not good enough to do it.
Guess what?! I know these statements or variations of them in my own life and I hear them in those coffee conversations with friends and acquaintances. I heard so much of this echoed in the writings and talks of Brene Brown because its something many of us experience in our own way.
If we want to accomplish something we first have to have the courage to face the monster keeping us from it.
Get out a piece of a paper and write out the worst case scenario. What is it? What is so scary about it? Ask yourself "so" until you get at what is really at the core. Is it really the end of the world? Usually its worse in our heads than it is in reality. If that was the worst for your friend, what would you say to them?
Okay, now write out the opposite of your worst case scenario or whatever you were left with after asking "so". Is that statement believable? Is it possible? Is it worth going for? Are you aiming at the right thing? Everytime you hear the worst, tell yourself the best! Mentally you need to equip yourself and replace the scripts that have been playing in your mind.
Get out a piece of a paper and write out the worst case scenario. What is it? What is so scary about it? Ask yourself "so" until you get at what is really at the core. Is it really the end of the world? Usually its worse in our heads than it is in reality. If that was the worst for your friend, what would you say to them?
Okay, now write out the opposite of your worst case scenario or whatever you were left with after asking "so". Is that statement believable? Is it possible? Is it worth going for? Are you aiming at the right thing? Everytime you hear the worst, tell yourself the best! Mentally you need to equip yourself and replace the scripts that have been playing in your mind.
You, just being you, is enough, maybe not to solve the world's problems but definitely to meet the needs of those who need you - your tribe.
Do you know who they are? If you are unsure of this go out and read, "This is Marketing" by Seth Godin. That book is full of deep questions to penetrate those unearthed areas of your soul. We no longer have to touch the masses, we just have to reach out to those who need us, that "micro-market" as Seth calls it.
Do you know who they are? If you are unsure of this go out and read, "This is Marketing" by Seth Godin. That book is full of deep questions to penetrate those unearthed areas of your soul. We no longer have to touch the masses, we just have to reach out to those who need us, that "micro-market" as Seth calls it.
Who are you? Why are you valuable? What do you add to the world? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you won't get far. Start from the beginning and master that, then move forward. The answers to these basic questions aren't just important for your goal-meeting missions but also for your relationships with God, others and yourself. God clearly shares with us in scripture that we were made with purpose. Some of us just roam through life unaware of that purpose and let me say that is no way to live. Make the years you have count!
Are you living up to your potential? Are you moving forward or just treading proverbial water? Where are you stuck? Take some time and find out that core matter so you can build on something solid! Happy Wednesday!!
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