Hey ,
Confidence is our belief in our
ability to figure things out.
Last week, I was honored to have a former client of mine ask me to deliver the keynote address for his annual company retreat. Since I was already on the east coast for a workshop, I could easily fly to the event in Canada from North Carolina.
When I arrived at the airport in Raleigh, in the wee hours of the morning, I was told that my passport card would not allow me to fly into Canada. Well, my full passport was in California so we had a
problem.
My heart dropped when I realized that I was in a pretty serious pickle. There was no way I could get my passport in time and there was no way I was going to miss this event and let people down. I had to find a way to get to Canada that day!
I woke my husband up at 3 am Pacific to help me brainstorm. After several attempts to get a same day Fed-Ex delivery failed, I realized that I could take the next flight out to Detroit, rent a car, and drive to Toronto
using my passport card.
This would get me there in time and give my husband time get my passport to me for my flight home. Fourteen hours later, I arrived in Toronto, weary, but intact and grateful.
I'm sharing this with you because even though I was mad at and disappointed in myself for not bringing my full passport, I never really panicked. I didn't know how, but I was confident that I would somehow find a way to make it all work out. I knew that I would eventually find a solution
without panicking or giving up. And, that I wouldn't take it out on those around me by being moody or irritable. I was irritated with myself though, and that was a lot harder to shake. I'll share that experience with you at a later time.
Everyone banded together to help me figure this out. From the ticket agent, the Fed-Ex operator to my husband. I could not think this all through on my own.
Think about the times in your life where you may have given up or said, 'there's no way this can
happen'. At what point did you stop trying and not tap into every resource you could find to make a way out of no way?
Maybe you were too embarrassed to ask for help. Maybe you didn't want to be a bother. Or perhaps, you weren't fully committed in the first place so it was easy to just throw in the towel.
When you don't believe that a thing can happen, you are not motivated and are easily discouraged. When you are discouraged you don't have the energy. You don't try. You don't endure
the hardships. You lose motivation. You give up before you have a chance to win.
Maybe you are remembering times when you gave it your all and it didn't work out. You tried and failed and now you are exhausted and burnt out.
When you keep focusing on the past, you'll never feel happy or gain motivation and momentum. Your focus must be on designing the future you want. But, it's much harder to go it alone and when you are overwhelmed and exhausted.
In 2 weeks I'll be teaching a free
masterclass called From Burnout to Best Year Yet. Keep an eye out on how you can attend. I want to show you how to use the burnout and exhaustion that you experience from time to time, as a roadmap to creating the life map for your best year.
You've stopped your growth too many times already just waiting for the time to be right and to have enough energy to move forward. It's time for you to regain motivation so that you can experience your best year yet!
