Are you living in a way that is required to get you the results you want?
Picture this, your child is at a soccer game, and you go to support him. Then you spend the entire time looking at your phone scrolling and miss him scoring a goal.
Were you actually committed to watching him play? Or were you there enough to check that box of showing up and looking as if you were a good parent?
This example was more involvement than it was commitment.
When it comes to work, do you do just enough to not get fired? In full transparency, this is true for multiple jobs I had.
At the beginning of the year, I went full in on my commitment to grief. Why? Because my zone of genius is holding space for people going through some really hard shit! I will not crumble when they tell me their deep dark secrets. While I sit with them, I give them permission to feel and move through it.
What had I been doing prior? I was only involved and trying. Meaning I was only doing it when it would rock the boat too much.
Now I am no longer worried what others will think of me if I am asking them directly or helping me help those they care about in their lives. I remember how no one would sit with me in my pain and I do not want anyone else to have to go through that as well.
Unsuccessful people are always checking in with their feelings to see if they want to do something. And sadly, that was the approach I had been taking.
This was displayed to myself recently at an expo I was at. My intuition told me to talk to this woman as she was walking by. I had a moment where I said to myself, no. My intuition spoke again and said she is almost gone, do it now. And I said “I was told to speak to you”. She ended buying my memoir.
This is a demonstration of me not wanting to stay committed to my mission, but my inner voice telling me to take action NOW! Because I am committed, I did speak up.
Commitment does not fade. It finishes strong.
How are you showing up? Are you involved? Or are you committed?
| Much love, Trudi |