Where are you creating your own blocks to further success?

Have you ever wondered why it is that you are not making any progress on an issue?

Or

Know that you can achieve more than you are and can’t seem to breakthrough to the next level?

Or

Notice that you always seem to ‘trip up’ just when something important is at stake?

If you have had any of these thoughts did you actually stop to think through the answer or did you just ‘try harder’ or walk away?

What are the stories you tell yourself about your life, your work, your industry?

We all ‘get in our own way’ and often prevent ourselves from being even more brilliant that we actually are. We do this through our own unconscious patterns of behaviour and limited thinking, telling ourselves:

“It can’t be done”

“It’s not possible”

‘If I do that x (usually something shameful or awful) might happen”

“ In this business the only way to make this happen is y (usually the old tried and tested way)”.

“This always happens to me”

All of these are stories. They blinker us and these beliefs we have are always driven by fear and often from a place of thinking you are fundamentally flawed, you’re being disloyal, you’re a burden or you can’t stand out

They stop us from seeing what just might be possible.

As a leader in business you are constantly learning and working to be better at whatever you do as the world constantly changes around you. Yet most of us focus on tasks and management tools and techniques. These all help, however, our stories are created in our head. No amount of busyness or management tools and techniques will change the stories. 

What you have to change is your mindset.

Your mind and the way you think is what opens possibilities that will allow you to work smarter not harder. So you need to start by becoming aware of your thoughts – those voices in your head – the unconscious thoughts. I want to stress here that it is about awareness and not judgement. The voice of judgement is usually one of those voices in our head too.

It is about being a little kinder to your self and simply noticing and being curious and often acknowledging how you think. This alone can bring BIG insights to your patterns of thinking and how you may be sabotaging yourself.

Judgement takes us into collapse, guilt, shame, fear and may lead us to giving up and accepting things as they are. Awareness on the other hand, leads us to compassion, curiosity, understanding and growth.

If, like me, you want to be the best you will discover it’s a life long journey as just as you get to where you set out you discover another path to explore. I compare it to peeling an onion to reveal one layer only to find there is more to it, and the deeper you go the more powerful it/you are.

Getting out of your own way

The good news is you can do something about this. One of the best ways is to work with someone like a coach or good mentor. An external person can often see what we can’t, our blind spots, and a good coach or mentor can help you work through it.

Yes the internet will give you some hints and tips, and it may also feed some of your limiting patterns….. and there are some good books out there too. I have found that working with someone has helped me make the biggest progress in the shortest amount of time. It has also provided me with GREAT support.

So, the question is are you ready to take yourself to your next level of greatness?

If you are, be prepared – you just might turn out to be the super star you’ve always wanted to be!!

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”

Guatama Buddha