Confidence Doesn’t Discriminate
Is there something that you want to do, maybe that you’ve always wanted to do, that you still haven’t done? Do you know what’s stopping you?
Training?
Discipline?
Support?
Financial backing?
They’re good reasons. (But challenge them. Often, you have, or can easily obtain, everything you need.)
Sometimes, there’s something else underneath.
If you’re like most humans who have a goal, massive or minute, procrastination is fed by a more intangible roadblock: lack of confidence.
Chances are your dream requires a lot of sustenance to grow, bloom, thrive. Insecurity drains its energy supply.
The good news is that confidence is a renewable resource.
Self-care is the wellspring. When you do things that give you juice, when your activities are empowering instead of exhausting, your confidence grows exponentially… and it’s not only renewable, it’s transferable.
Running that half-marathon gives you the goods to dominate the new product you’ve committed to creating next week. Accurately recording how many to-do items you complete every day provides the huge sense of accomplishment that’ll lead to tomorrow morning’s maniacal productivity. Committing to a yoga and stillness practice that continuously brings you back to your center is the basis for the titanic breakthrough you’ll have on Wednesday.
Regardless of what you’re working on — a project, a relationship, a fantastical dream — keep confidence creators on your to-do list. They not only make the process much more balanced, but the chance of success much more likely.
This is really inspiring Kelly, loved the week of breakthroughs powered by stillness and rituals.
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Stillness + rituals = total confidence creators.
This is such a wonderful post. A question for you though. I often find that I have to schedule my self-care into my calendar, as a way for me to make sure I do it. But then it becomes part of my schedule, it becomes “work” in my mind and then it loses some of its relaxing lustre. Any tips for reframing this or making sure it gets done without it becoming part of the “work?” It’s a tricky one eh?
Such a great question, Ashley. This used to happen to me, too. One quick fix that a lot of my clients find useful is to (i) mark your time in a different color (I suggest your favorite color), and (2) rename your calendar category into something delicious. I like “Temple Time,” for instance (as in “my body is a …”), but my favorite is “Recess!” You could just as easily call it “Ashley Only Time,” “Chill Out Hour” — you get the idea. Let me know how it goes!
Such an encouraging message and very on point! The MOST significant element (for me) in this message is STILLNESS. Finding the way, the space, the time for stillness. That’s my ticket! You continue to amaze me, Kel.