What’s your “reality distortion field”? What’s going to keep you moving, even when everyone tells you that what you’re doing is crazy? It will never work? Please, be reasonable? I invite you to consider the following…
I’ve seen hundreds of my best-intentioned students fall prey to what I call the “all or nothing syndrome”. They say to themselves: “I’ll build my business when I have time…” “I’ll focus on my business when I finish _________…” “I’ll work on my business when I’m feeling 100%…” I totally get it. This really matters … Read more
A few weeks ago, I asked my tribe to share the lessons they learned about commitment.
Or how they made an unwavering commitment in their life… no matter what was going on in their life, health, family, the economy or the world.
I want to share their answers with you.
If you’ve ever struggled with procrastination, taking action or getting what you want, take 5 minutes to read this now.
It just may the fuel you need to propel your rocket ship to the stars… 🙂
“How strong is your commitment?”
It’s not a question we ask ourselves a lot…
But… it’s on my mind today.
I just finished a 19-day no-salt, no-sugar, no-meat, no-dairy cleanse and I’m preparing my first “normal meal” in weeks.
Yep. Nothing tasty for 19 days. :-))))
19 days of raw food, juice and salad.
We went on a business trip. And I stuck to my cleanse. (Not too hard considering airport food)
We were out to eat with friends in Oakland, and they tried again and again to tempt me away from my juice, but for some reason I just wasn’t interested.
Has anyone in your life ever tried to give you some advice that you just couldn’t receive at the time?
A parent?
A partner?
A well-meaning friend?
A few weeks ago I hosted a Mastermind group for students in our home.
We did 2 solid days of laser coaching and at the end of the first day Donna came up to me and said:
“It’s amazing how people can’t see their own blind spots when they’re so clear to everyone else in the room.”
Two weeks ago Murray and I were visiting my dear friend Celine up in Big Sur.
We had always been sisters of sorts with some uncanny parallels: We’re both 37; half Asian, half European; graduates of Brown University; with family in California, Thailand and Costa Rica.
But that’s where the similarities stop.
So I asked her the Big Question that was racing through my mind…
The other day I got on the phone with one of our community members. Let’s call her Sue. Sue told me she was desperate for 1-1 coaching but she didn’t have the money for it.
She wasn’t interested in any other options for support. She was clear she wanted private time with me, but she couldn’t pay for it. So we had a dilemma. Sue wanted something that she couldn’t afford. And the conversation stopped there.
Here’s what happened next…
How can Richard Branson possibly run over 400 companies?
Well, the other day I was traveling with my friend Natalie Ledwell. Just like me she’s into positive thinking, body hacks, nutrition and all the ways to bend time and do more… while enjoying more. (Yes it’s possible!)
She shared with me her personal strategy. And it goes like this…
I was at a live event this weekend and the facilitator asked a seemingly simple but powerful question: “What is your definition of success?”
The question landed and took root. (It’s been a question I’ve been wrestling with the past few months.)
Someone piped up: “My definition of success is to make millions. Save millions. Help millions. And spend millions…” Sounds good, right? But that answer didn’t sit with me.
I couldn’t help asking myself, then what?
Perfectionism. It’s like kryptonite for smart people.
Almost 80% of us smarty-pants are perfectionists.
It’s what makes us awesome… and formidable…
And what stops us DEAD in our tracks.
So lost in the details we lose perspective.
It’s one thing to have Big Hairy Audacious Goals (otherwise known as BHAGs)… it’s another thing to set those goals so high they’re impossible to achieve… and to tether our self-worth to mission impossible.
That’s a recipe for depression, stress, anxiety and other health issues. Literally.
Research shows us high-achievers suffer more than the average bear… and we often leave in our wake a trail of broken dreams and broken relationships.
With great gifts, sometimes comes great suffering.
My name is Marisa Murgatroyd and I’m a perfectionist.
They say the first step to recovery is admitting that I can’t control my compulsion towards perfectionism.
So there it is.
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