The first time you successfully rode a bike the limits of your world changed. Until you learned, it was not safe to try. For many of us it was a parent or a close friend to who pushed us over the threshold of fear and insecurity.
Oddly enough, regardless of experiencing success like that, the next change or growth point is rarely all that much easier. You may need help, but do your best to accept it as the opportunity arises.
In this Video:
00:08- Somebody grabbed my hand and pulled me in
00:48 – My Salsa Realization
01:38 – One Step to Start and Move Into Action
02:30 – Quote from Shirley Chisholm
02:45 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward
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Transcription:
Hi there, welcome to Coaching Really Works, my name is Abe Stone.
My Salsa Experience
The other day I was in a situation where I wanted to do something but I held back and I was afraid and worried. I knew that I wasn’t going to get it quite right.
Then somebody grabbed my hand, they pulled me in and said “Come on! You’ve got to start! If you don’t start you never will!”
Well, it was at a party and I have been learning Salsa. I love to dance. I’ve loved to dance all my life but I never learned the rhythm and steps of salsa. Particularly I loved the Rueda Cubana in Cuban Salsa and I wanted to get up there. I was watching people, they were having so much fun. I thought man it’s gonna take me so much time to get there.
Learn to Let Go of Resistance
When this person grabbed me and pulled me in, I realized something very important about life -You are not going to get your dream, you are not going to get to do what you want to do if you are always waiting on the sidelines and hoping that someday you will be good at it, that someday you will know. You got to get it, you got to get your head in the game and just start taking action.
So What If You Mess Up
Sure enough, I messed up, I fumbled, I missed a few steps. Nobody cared, they wanted me there, they wanted to see me succeed and by stepping in and not holding back out of fear I was actually able to become a part of it and start living my dream rather than waiting on the sidelines and this is what I would like to suggest for you.
What You Can Do About It
Rather than waiting for the right circumstance, just get in the game. Get into the action.
Sit down and just simply
- Write up a bunch of ideas, the things that you can do to begin living the dream that you have, the things that you want to do.
- Pick one thing that will get you in the action. Whether it is:
- Something that you want to do for fun, it is a hobby.
- Maybe it is something that you want to do in business
- Maybe it is a relationship,
- Maybe it is something that you want to do to help others
- Or to give, either way, whatever it is GET IN THE GAME.
- Commit today to one thing, one action you will take, to get in the game.
You will then be doing what you can to be living the dream rather than just thinking about it and wishing for it. That is a game changer, it is a life changer. (Read Awaken the Giant Within)
So I would like to invite you to do this today.
Get in the action.
Get in the game.
Here is a quote that hopefully will light a little fire on your desire.
You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”
Shirly Chisholm
The affirmation for today is
Each and every day I stretch my comfort zone a bit further.”
Start stretching your comfort zone. Move out. Get into something that you want to try. Get into that dream that you have been holding back on. Take some action. Live the dream rather than just wishing for it.
As always I would really love to hear from you, please leave a comment in the comment section below or wherever it is that you are watching this video.
[reminder]Tell me, what is one thing that is holding you back from reaching forward and moving into your dream. Let me know what it is and what you plan to do to overcome it, what you plan to do to become part of the game. [/reminder]If you are watching this video anywhere else, I would like to invite you over to CoachingReallyWorks.com
Come over and join the action. I would love to see you there.
This is Abe Stone, at Coaching Really Works.
Take care!
