That voice…
You know the one I mean.
The one inside of you, nudging you to do something.
Maybe it’s telling you to get out of that bad relationship, to quit your job, or to start the business you’ve been dreaming about for years.
The quiet voice says you can do it. The ego says you should be afraid.
Which voice do you listen to?
You have a creative idea that you can’t wait to start on. For me, it’s a book.
The possibilities for success are endless and you feel invigorated and inspired by the work you are about to do. You start. You make lists. You cross things off your lists and, for the first little while, you give it your all.
You tell everyone what you are doing. Your excitement continues to build.
You can see your future and it is lovely.
Suddenly the end is near! You can see the finish line in sight.
Instead of being inspired to keep going; you want to quit.
When you are first starting to build a business it is easy for you to compare your mistakes to other people’s success and think that you are a failure.
Instead of looking at your progress, you look at your shortcomings and compare those shortcomings with someone who is much further down the path. This type of comparison is a recipe for disaster because no matter what, you can’t win.
Think of it this way – You would never tell a young child to compare their journey with a top-performing athlete in a professional league would you?
No, because that would diminish their self esteem and leave them feeling like they are not good enough every time.
I had followed her for years. She and many other “gurus”, who I thought were so much wiser than me. They were so much further down the path, so much bigger, bolder, and more capable than I saw myself at the time.
For years I aspired to work privately with this one woman. I thought it would change my life and put my business exactly where I wanted it to be.
Every week I read her newsletter, watched her videos, stalked her Facebook page, and tried to diagnose exactly what she was doing so I could model it in my business.
And, it wasn’t just her. I also obsessively followed and subscribed to at least ten other people, if not more. Okay, truth be told it was more. I don’t know how many, but it was a LOT.
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