Such Honesty
When folks sign up on our mailing list they get a request. I ask them “What is your #1 single biggest challenge to success in your life right now?”
The answers are always insightful and sometimes compelling. Here’s a few:
“Myself”
“To be brave and have courage”
“Accepting and moving on”
I think the greatest thing about this honesty is that it’s coming from a place of action. What’s the first step to understanding a problem? Knowing there IS a problem.
Problem Clarity
Sometimes it’s evident that there is a problem, like if you are getting poor results at work or you begin to fail at challenges you haven’t failed at before.
Other problems aren’t so plain to see. These are the ones where you find it harder to get out of bed to go to work. When you feel like your job is kind of dead-end. When your relationships start to suffer from a growing unhappiness you have.
Next Steps
Why is that honesty great? They’re on step 2! They found the problem and they’re trying to work out what’s next. Is it to go back to school? Are they going to start sending our resumes? Are they going to try and retire early? What’s the next best step for them?
They know that they need to find the next step from within themselves. They know they need to be brave and face things about themselves which might not be easy to handle. They also need to accept and move on into a new life in some way.
I’m so glad these people replied and shared those simple words with me because I know I’m reaching the right people and the next step is to read about my book and see if this is the next step for them. A guide that helps them explore where they are and where they came from so they can plan a new journey with a new destination.
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