Progress Not Perfection – Marie Forleo (Thoughts from The Ed Mylett Show Podcast 12-17-19)
Everything is figureoutable
Ever had an opportunity…or didn’t go after an opportunity…or go after your dream/desire/want because you felt you are not ready?
Marie Forleo gives her life story of “Beginning before she was ready” and the doors it opened up in her life simply because she lept with faith and didn’t let her insecurities stand in the way.
She, as well as myself and countless others, have been presented opportunities when we felt ‘oh Lord…I’m not ready! Can I get myself up to snuff, increase my skills, get my mind right, save enough money, etc etc and then have this same opportunity when I’m ready?!’ lol I’m sure we all have felt that way at some time.
For Marie, an opportunity came about ‘when she wasn’t ready’, yet she lept and has never looked back. You see, you could miss an opportunity of a lifetime…or an opportunity to launch your career, your life, your abundane…just because you ‘weren’t ready’!
What causes us to feel that way? For some, like myself, as Marie explains, comes from the simplicity of Perfectionism vs Progress mind set.
– Perfectionism: Leads to feeling like you can never measure up, like you can never reach your expectation. You spend all the energy in trying to be perfect and can sometimes be discouraging.
– Progress: Simply being aware and being in pursuit of your dream is progress. Doing anything FORWARD is progress, even if it’s not turning out like you thought/planned…atleast you are moving forward.
What progress are you making today? Keep action in perspective and keep moving forward.
Three Rules of the Everything is Figureoutable is Possible:
1) All problems and dreams are figureoutable
2) If a problem isn’t figureoutable, it’s not really a problem but a fact of life (death, taxes, rules of gravity, etc)
3) You may not care enough to figure out the problem or chase that dream…and that’s ok. *Find something you DO care about and go back to rule #1.
Find your gift and share. Yes there are thousands of talk show hosts, podcasts, mexican restaurants, types of jam, types of music, etc…but your gift is to give to others. Sometimes we can hear a message from multiple people, but sometimes it takes that one person for it to make a difference, to resonate, within us.
Share your gift…someone is waiting to hear…to taste…to feel…what you are offering.
Happiness is finding your gift…then living your life using the gift in the service of others.
5 minute advice to others in creating change:
1) Bedrock belief that everything is figureoutable
2) Get clear of exactly what that change is…and be specific and concrete…and be measurable
3) Why do you want this? Reasons back up results. The depth of the why comes the commitment…the emotional commitment to make it happen.
4) Write it down. 42% increase of success if you write it down.
5) Look at it every single day to stay on track
Until next time…..
TMO
~Destiny is your choice~