Purpose: Are You Being Called to Play a Bigger Game?
The other day I was conversing with a colleague and fellow coach by the name of Barry Zweibel. We’ve been friends and have had a Mastermind of sorts since the day we met about 12 years ago.
We were talking about life in general when Barry, as only Barry can do, pulled out a 2 x 4 and walloped me upside the head with a question that challenged what I believed about my purpose in life. He was challenging me to embrace my purpose at a much higher level.
Now if you asked me, I would tell you that I am living my dream, I love what I do, and I can’t imagine doing anything else at this point in my life (speaking, coaching, and consulting).
But Barry was challenging to go deeper into my purpose and look into the recesses of my heart and soul for any remnants of old beliefs, ideas, or defense mechanisms, that were holding me back.
And of course I found them. I won’t bore you with the details, I will however tell you that I had to search deep in the recesses till I discovered some leftover remnants of good old-fashioned … fear!
Now I’d like to tell you that as a Professional Speaker and Executive Coach that I have overcome all my fears and I am completely self-actualized … but the truth is I am not. I am not perfect, I bump up against things that slow me down and temporarily hold me back. I guess the key words here are slow down (not stop), and temporarily (not permanently).
Fear can cause you to drift from your purpose, it can stop you in your tracks, and it can kill your dreams. It doesn’t have to be a full-blown fear that is evident to you, it can hide in the deep pockets of your mind and actually disguise itself as reason, logic, security, or limited success.
That said I want to share with you a quick way to get out of your fear and moving forward again so you can achieve the level of success you want.
3 Questions To Ask Yourself To Put Fear Behind You:
- What am I afraid of losing? Fear is always associated with loss and the quickest way out of fear is to identify the loss. I refer to these fears that can occupy your mind as Fear FILLERS ™ – Loss of F-reedom, I-income, L-ife, L-ove, E-go, R-eputation, S-ecurity.
- What is the truth? Will I really lose my freedom, life, etc.? Remembering that 93% of the things we fear never happen!
- Now that I know the truth, what action do I need to take to move forward.
This a simple process that will take you from a fearful place (emotion) and move you into a more logical place where you can move into action.
So … got any leftover remnants of fear hiding in a corner in your head, heart, or soul?
