Did you ever consider how you’re showing up in your life and
your business? They’re connected, you
know.
A couple of weeks ago we talked about the ABC’s of Great
Leadership. How about the ABC’s of
Having a Great Life and Business? Authenticity,
belief system and compassion are key components of living a fulfilled life and
doing great work.
Our lives begin in complete authenticity and freedom. As children we make choices totally based on
our own fulfillment. And then the world happens to us, and we get
conditioned to live based on other people’s choices for us. It’s natural and has to happen to some degree
to protect us and so that we can function in society. At some point, though, we all have to
reconnect with ourselves… rediscover ourselves… get back to the core of who we
are and choose the beliefs that support the highest and best of ourselves.
I work with small business owners all the time who talk
about potential – the business has potential, their staff has potential, this
new idea has potential. Reading between
the lines of what isn’t being said, what I hear is “we could be successful if
only…..” I would be rich if only I could
win the lottery Saturday night. Does
that kind of thinking help us confidently spring into action, or does it cause
us to resist doing anything because we think we aren’t enough, don’t have
enough and don’t believe enough to get it done?
To be authentic and to show up that way, we need only to
focus on now and recognize that we have everything we need at this moment to do
what we can do today. Then do it. We are free to choose a belief system based our
growing capacity instead of an “if
only” potential mindset. Show yourself some compassion – accept and
love who you are. You are the only
person in the world who can do what you do in the way that you do it.
When you can show up in your life and your business as the
best YOU that you can be, the world will
happen for you.
