Future or fear?

Fear stops us from doing so much, the tape in our head...."this could be dangerous, uncomfortable, difficult, may not work, cause me even more stress, I don't have time, it wont work anyway, I've tried it before, what's the point, they wont like me, I'll look stupid, it wont happen to me, I have responsibilites"?

Familiar messages that might play in your head?

Sometimes stopping and thinking for a few short moments about what we want and not letting fear stand before us ( looming TALL!) is a good idea.

What do you want your future to look like?

What today do you want to be part of your future? 

Where is fear getting in the way?  When was the last time you went ahead took courage in your hands and did something you were fearful of and it had a good result! 

Remind yourself today of all the skills you have, of everything you are good at. 

Remind yourself today of achievements you are proud of.

Remind yourself of  the future you want.

When we get clear about what we want, it's the first step on the path to making it happen.

Beyond expectations?

So ......

Spend a little time answering the following questions....

• Highlights of the year?
• Lowlights of the year?
• Next year aspirations?
• Next year challenges?

Was it above and beyond your expectations?  Maybe it didn't feel that way but after reflection you achieved more than you thought! 

"More than we think"  interesting that phrase - isn't it?  " I can't do that", "that will be tricky", "I'm not good at that", "I wont enjoy that"  - sometimes the messages we give ourselves is not the reality? Sometimes it only takes 5 minutes and it's done, sometimes we enjoyed something more than we thought possible, sometimes the difficult conversation went well, sometimes we achieved more in the year than we first felt/thought?

Think about it  .......

What has been beyond your expectations this year?

What would be beyond your expectations next year? 

I have the privilege of seeing others achieve beyond their expectations very frequently.

Hope, Goal or Intention?

Hope, Goal or Intention - that's the question?

The "thing" you're really grappling with to solve  - or the "thing" you would just really love but can't see a way - are you serious about it?  How much do you want to achieve the dream or solution.  So on a scale of 1 to 10, (10 being high!) - where are you on the scale? 

• Do you just hope it will go away or hope it will happen?
• Do you have a clear goal in sight or are you not quite certain, what the goal is?
• How high is your intention, how deep your determination?

Your situation may affect this, are you "bogged down", tired, stressed, fed up or are you highly motivated, going for it, full of strength and clear you're going to get there?

Whatever your situation - in the next 24 hours, tell someone what you've just been thinking about - and also do one other thing, take a simple step towards it. If you do, you'll be on your way.