![]() As part of my life coach training I attended a compulsory 4 day program called How to Run A Successful Workshop. This was one area of my life where I knew I was playing small, yet I felt completely paralysed and unable to overcome it.Īnd so, last week my teacher appeared. But my ego had created a very compelling case that convinced me that this was something I could not do.Įvery time I would have the chance to speak in front of an audience I would become nervous and jittery and as a result I would shy away from the experience wherever I could. The irony of it, is that for years I have had such a strong yearning to speak and I know in my heart that it what I am born to do. Stop hiding.įor a while now I have been telling myself a story about being afraid of public speaking. You show them once and for all, that you a much bigger and brighter than they have been trying to convince you. When you step up and shine your light, you prove your stories wrong. When you continue to play small, you allow your stories to rule you. The level you are playing at suddenly shifts up a notch and a whole new reality now lays at your feet. Suddenly you realise that all of those stories you have been telling yourself for so long, are in fact lies.Ī new door opens that leads on to a fresh, unknown path. Something amazing happens when you allow yourself to do something that you previously thought you could not do. For most of us, we have those areas where we have the courage to play big, but there are those other areas where fear rules the show and keeps us safe and small I have had to step up and shine my light out to the world.īut if I were to be honest, there were still some areas where I was hiding. In the past 5 months I have quit my day job, created a full time coaching business, launched a new website, written my first ebook and created my first paid online program – The 90 Day Transformation Project.Įach of these steps have required me to play big, to take risks and to be daring and brave. After all, I had taken some huge steps lately. Where In Your Life Are You Playing Small?įor me, it was not in all areas. It is ruled by safety, security and the need to gain love from the external world. This is a world driven by fear, by the words “I can’t” and by the need to avoid that which makes us uncomfortable. I really struggled to step up and play bigger. Up until recently, I lived in this world for years. Do you shy away from things that make you uncomfortable? Do you hide and play small in order to avoid being seen – really seen? Do you avoid those opportunities that require you to really step up and move beyond your comfort zone?
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