You are Amazing Even if Today You Are Off Course

I thought I would end the year's blog postings on a high note and with a call for self-forgiveness (continuing the theme of best mind forward) as a vehicle for refocusing on generating the life and work you desire. This is based on an older post I did over on the breakthrough blog a few years ago. Enjoy. Happy New Year!

 
  

You are Amazing Even if Today You Are Off Course

You are amazing. I know this! If you and I enjoyed a chat over foaming lattes, I am sure that your greatness would shine bright and I would find your hopes and dreams inspiring. Everyone I meet possesses clear and special talents. I love to discover the source of people’s passions and am fascinated by our diverse natures.

Every night on the TV we see people are at their best, but more often they are at their worst (crime shows, reality TV, Jerry Springer). If everyone is amazing, what’s going on? I think that stress and the dizzying circumstances of our lives can push us off course. We know this is not how things ought to be. We know that we have something greater and more compelling to offer the world. Even so, we get farther off course with each mismatched turn.

You are amazing even if today you are off course.

You have the potential to contribute to society and live a wonderful and fulfilling life. You can get back on track. I work with many people who choose to stop moving in the wrong direction and see a new set of possibilities. They flap their butterfly wings fast and furious, manifesting joy and wonder along the way. They ooze exuberance and become flexibly strong, like a tall Sequoia tree swaying in the wind. An awesome force of nature. What’s your goal? Do you need an adjustment?

• You can start right now. Define - Answer - Act - Use that energy to repeat
• What can I do in the next 12 hours to get unstuck? (Do one big or five tiny things then rejoice)
• Which is more powerful - physical or mental barriers? (Hint: it's likely mental - obliterate the barriers by taking on a new perspective)
• What two things can I do for the next five days to get back on track.

Isn't it more complex than this? Yes, of course it is, but if you act like it isn't - guess what? It will become simpler. And yes, this is familiar. To generate breakthroughs:

• Define goals that inspire you and share them broadly
• Take forward action in support of goals
• Make requests that move things forward
• Do all these things and you will create velocity

Getting back on course can be this simple - elegant and simple - powerful and simple. But we all get off course sometimes and that does not make us any less amazing - we're like Ferrari sport cars parked in our garages. Not performing because the engine is off. Turn the key and go for a ride.

Comments

[Katy]

This is a great post - a good reminder that even great people have bad days.

[Wally Bock]

To quote my father, the Pastor: "Life is the art of new and better mistakes."

[lisa haneberg]

Thanks for your comments. Wally, I love your dad's quote. So true..... Here's to the best mistakes of our lives.