follow your own path
On Wednesday, we challenged the idea that plateaus are bad.
Instead, they're the place where true development happens.
Here’s another thing to challenge when it comes to progress.
Comparison
When we compare our progress to the David Beckhams or Taylor Swifts of the world, it's easy to feel discouraged.
It's also easy to forget they had vehicles to get to where they are.
The right opportunities.
A great support system.
Great mentors and trainers.
Not having to get traditional jobs.
It made me wonder what that means for those who didn’t start at age 13 or younger.
Or have the same opportunities or support?
Or feel we’re too old now?
It certainly doesn't mean it's too late.
Or that we missed the boat.
It means tweaking what we focus on.
Follow your own path
First, science has shown that beating ourselves up doesn’t help our progress or self-development.
Comparison can be a form of that.
When we compare, we bring attention to what we lack.
And we know attention is the most valuable commodity there is.
Focusing more on what we lack brings more lack.
Second, no two people have the same path no matter how hard they try.
Mirroring our decisions after someone else can throw us off more than it helps.
As a first-time mom, I listened to a handful of labor and delivery stories from other women.
When it came time for me to deliver, none of those stories was even remotely close to what I experienced.
Because my circumstances, body type, health factors, and mentality were a unique combination.
Before that, I bought countless online courses for my budding business.
But the methods they taught were the path meant for them, not necessarily for me.
It's okay to take what's helpful from other's experiences.
But never at the expense of trusting your intuition.
Ask yourself this
What makes us believe our inner guidance isn't powerful and all-knowing enough to guide us down the right path?
How can we shift into a mindset that we can be successful by being who we are and using our gifts and talents?
Good Quote
"In many cases, what you want to "buy" isn't being "sold."
the best homes usually aren't for sale
the best employees usually aren't lookingPeople tend to hold onto the great things in life. They are almost never easily available. If you want to get them, you need enough courage to ask and enough salesmanship to convince them."
— James Clear
Good Question
Move up the ladder to higher vibrations by writing at the top of a blank page and see what flows from your pen (no judgment or editing!):
Am I trusting my inner wisdom enough to follow my own path?
Good Thinking
I am unique and trust my inner guidance to lead me to where I’m meant to go.
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