Guess what’s happening this week? People are giving up on their New Year’s resolutions. Yep, that’s what the experts say! People make it to the second week of February, and then they toss that proverbial baby out with the bath water.
I’m really intrigued by that whole thought! Not that I’m above it, by any means. Trust me, I have my daily self-speak talks with myself where my lazy self-mocks my motivated self with “oh c’mon! It’s going to be A LOT easier to just go back to where we were! C’mon! It’s going to be easy! Let’s do it! Let’s get on back THERE!”
Oh, my lazy self! Just staaaahhhhppp!
So, in my daily run yesterday, I was rockin’ that run with my girl crush podcast Brene Brown. By the way, if you’re not tuning into her for a bit of motivation, I’d shoot on over there and sign up for her fabulous messages. She just moved all her yumminess to Spotify and is rockin’ her shows! Man! I am digesting every minute of what she has to share, and right now I’m listening to her interview with another guy who I just cannot get enough of: Simon Sinek! Wowza!
Yesterday’s message was about “excuses.” Excuses. So, I tied that in with the breaking of New Year’s resolutions and I had a hard talk with myself. The thought of not being better… avoiding the pain to stay the same, of settling. Settling. Even the thought of that word disturbs my being.
Speaking of excuses. I have another fabulous man I follow in his podcasts… well, in anything he puts out there! If you’re not following Erik Qualman, sign up for that one too! I remember in one of his podcasts he was talking about walking into his basketball coach’s office for a discussion. I’m paraphrasing just a bit, but as the constructive discussion began his coach told #equalman he had a whole bowl full of excuses so don’t bring those on. In fact, I thought about creating that visual for this post… a fishbowl full of small papers all with excuses written on them sitting next to an empty bowl labeled “solutions.” When your mind is open, the solutions are endless!
Maybe you want to join me for a “check up from the neck up.” Analyzing… am I settling? Or let’s say this differently… what do I need to stay the course? To continue to focus on the “results” by changing and being all I want to be, all I deserve to be? The excuses must go, and what I want the results to be need to stay front and center.
You ready to rock this role with me? Where are you at right now: New Year’s resolutions be gone? Excuses or focus on results? No shame… just curious!
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