“Your vision
will become clear only when you look into your
heart. Who looks
outside, dreams. Who
looks inside, awakens.” ~ Carl Jung
Good
Morning!
If, this
morning, you were asked to make a list of anything
holding you back from your dreams, what would it look like? Do you need more time? Do you need more knowledge? Is someone preventing you
from getting where
you want to be or not assisting you as you desire?
Is your location holding you back? Is a friend or family
member
unsupportive? How
many of the items on your
list are external issues?
If you find that
your list holds many external issues – you
are likely suffering from “excuse syndrome.”
There is always, always, always, a reason not to do something or
proceed
down a certain path. Many people walk
around this world seeking out these excuses, because then they don’t
have to
challenge life. Comfort is comfortable,
but it isn’t where we find our full potential.
When I entered
book publishing and the author world, I had
absolutely no knowledge of what I was doing.
I didn’t have a degree in publishing
(actually, I didn’t have a degree,
period). I didn’t
have any business,
marketing, website, or sales courses.
I
didn’t have any money, so I had to work full-time as a waitress while
learning
the ins and outs of the field I wanted to enter.
Yet I had one
thing that would ensure that nothing would
stand in my way – faith that if I wanted to accomplish something, I
could and I
would. I read book after book on every
area I needed to develop. I read through
complete and boring technical manuals to learn web programming.
I called people who had done what I wanted to
do and I asked for their advice. I ran
away from excuses and ran toward the reality that I wanted to create.
As I come into
contact with many people who are struggling to
move forward, I can often see where the struggle stems from, from a
mile
away. Many of these
people are waiting
for some “external alignment” and won’t move forward until that occurs. Of course, when you run
into these people a
year later, guess where they are standing?
In the same place.
Comfort is
comfortable, but it isn’t where our full potential is found.
Your Turn: Where have you
used excuses or waiting for “something else” to happen in order to
avoid the
time, energy, and risk involved in chasing a goal?
How is that working for you?
What if, today, you decided to stop waiting
for something else to happen and instead made it happen yourself? How would that change
where you would be in
one year?
Today’s Affirmation:
I
rid my life of excuses and put that energy toward action steps.
