It’s your turn.
There’s no need for someone to tell you it is, no need to wait for the perfect situation, no need to take that training or listen to that podcast before you get to it.
It’s your turn, your turn is now.
You own this.
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Train your consistency muscles
Consistency is difficult.
Because consistency requires three difficult choices.
- Old over new. Consistency is about doing more of what you have already done instead of going out and pursue whatever is shining.
- Long-term over short-term. Consistency delivers results in the end and you can’t be expecting easy and temporary wins.
- Rigour over laziness. Consistency means that you will not take the easy way out, no matter how fascinating that could look.
The good thing is, you can train your consistency muscles starting from the small things, the daily habits that might seem insignificant at first.
Pay attention as you get to implement those.
How does it feel?
Without judgement
In most things we see presage, meaning, intention. That’s our way to try and control the chaos of life.
But just because our child is slow eating their lunch, it doesn’t mean they will be slow at everything as they grow up.
Just because someone has not answered our call for help, it doesn’t mean they don’t care.
Just because we have not been awarded that important role, it doesn’t mean we are less worthy of consideration.
More often then not, things merely happen. We should be brave enough to accept that without judgement and move on.
Reality is in the middle
Two sure ways to get stuck.
- Blaming it all on the others.
- Blaming it all on yourself.
Reality is always somewhere in the middle. The only way to move forward to find the new beginning is to acknowledge that others are not out to get you, and that you are not that bad after all.
There’s always a way.
The wrong thing
We all feel fear.
Fear of rejection, fear of abandonment, fear of not being useful enough, fear of being let go, fear of the unknown, fear of being alone, fear of no progress, fear of judgement, fear of failure. And probably, a thousand other fears.
We all feel that. We do.
And the problem is when that fear begins to drive action.
Failing to disclose something important during the hiring process because we might get rejected.
Telling a seemingly unimportant lie to ensure we can hide for a little longer.
Putting others down to allow our work to shine.
Turning a blind eye on a detail so that we can continue uncontested.
There is nothing more natural than fear. Embrace it rather than reject it. And make sure that, despite the fear, you will still do the right thing.
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