DRIVING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE?

How many of you out there are driving around or tip toeing around the perimeter of the person you want to be?

What’s keeping you from diving right into it?

Are you playing big or playing small?

These were some questions that I resonated with after a session with my coach recently. Of course, I had many reasons to why I was not diving into it:

• I’m not ready.
• I need a strategy. The moment I work that out, I will dive into it.
• I am worried.
• Will it work?
• What if it doesn’t work?

Do you identify with these reasons? What other reasons are stopping you?

I could go on and on … I also noticed how I was fiercely defending myself to my coach with those reasons. It was also then that I realized it was time for some reflections and learnings.

At the end of the day, driving around the perimeter of the person I want to be and playing small means holding your gifts to yourself rather than sharing them with the world, no matter what your reasons are. And it is not just about how you share and to how many people you share it with. More importantly is it about:

• The fact that you’re sharing it to being with.
• Owning your own accomplishments.
• Living with passion.
• Following your purpose.
• Your authenticity and the impact you are making.
• Crossing your own thresholds, one at a time.

If this resonates with you, I’d like to invite you to have a go at these questions and comment below:

• What more could I be doing with this (life/vision/self)?
• What am I not doing that I could be?