The inspirations come from a blog I receive by a copywriter on marketing and business, every couple of DAYS.
Every couple of days for 6 - 8 months I get a reminder of what I’d like to do but haven’t done anything about... it got me thinking...
Have you ever been inspired or excited about doing something and then never done anything about it?
Most people would probably say ‘yes’ to that question.
Have you ever wondered what stopped you? How does it make you feel that you never did it?
It makes me feel like a failure. It diminishes my trust and confidence in myself as it subconsciously says that I can’t get things done.
Failure pops up twice here. What stopped me doing it in the first place? Some might say that its just laziness or procrastination but is it really? If you look a little harder you may see that these emotions come AFTER the fear of failure to do what you want to do in the first place. Its easy to say “I can’t be bothered to do it right now” “ I’ll do it later” and just keep putting it off, but if it got you excited in the first place you’d want to do it right now!
But you don’t because a little thought or voice pops into your head that you might fail and so you procrastinate and don’t get it done. And there’s the proof to yourself that you ARE a failure because you didn’t get it done!
So how do you get out of this never ending loop?
By getting realistic in defining what ‘failure’ is, letting yourself know that “its OK to fail” and then taking ACTION.
The only way to fail is to not do anything, to not try. But if you don’t follow through with a particular idea, and you ‘fail’, THAT’S OK. It just means you didn’t do it. Its says nothing else. The sun will still rise tomorrow.
For me my inspiration is in writing a regular blog to inspire people to do things that lead to true health and happiness and yes, promote all things pumpkin seed. To do this I need to write blogs that people want to read and give them value and inspire them to take ACTION in many areas of their lives and not hit that ‘unsubscribe’ button. ;) The little voice says that not doing this would mean failure.
See that’s not realistic failure... of course some people may hit the unsubscribe button! No one can be expected to please everybody, all the time. The only ‘failure’ would be to not try... people could still live without having read a blog article by me ;)
I CAN write a blog (this is it!) - it may not inspire everyone but if I inspire just one person even if its just myself (so I write another one next weekend), in my book, I’m not a failure and that makes me feel good and brings a bit of happiness to my life. Mission accomplished!
If you’re still stuck at starting, ask yourself what’s the worst that can happen? If its life threatening, consult a few other people. If its not, then just go for it! Stop listening to the voice in your head and just write a plan of what to do and just start. You can be a winner too.
Bye for now.
Sharan West
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.... its about learning to dance in the rain." (Vivian Green)
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