Do you get things done? Do you express your potential? Do you get in your own way? Do you respect your abilities?
We have dreams, ideas and many interests. We have things we want to try, to do, to explore. We have things we want to accomplish, create, share, and build. It is easy to see all these things, identify what could be, and imagine possibilities. Yet, it many times is very difficult to actually make it happen.
Our standards and expectations can be an asset or a barrier to our attempting, accomplishing, or completing anything. Standards and expectations can motivate us to do our best or stop us in our tracks because it won’t be perfect.
Perfection is an ideal that does not exist in nature or in anything we attempt. To maneuver around the focus on perfection decide what is the bottom line you can accept. What will meet the minimum requirements. Now compare the minimum requirements with your picture of perfection. What is excellent – somewhere between the bottom line and perfection; that which is achievable, meets the need, solves the problem, creates the desired result.
Another factor that enters into achievement is the fear of the unknown, an internal resistance. We have difficulty planning or taking the next step. Mother nature for survival purposes has given us an internal warning system to keep us safe. Going into the unknown, taking that next step can be scary. We will want to retreat to stay safe. Knowing this we can identify the next smallest step possible to move toward our goal. By making it small it can feel safe because we have a pretty good idea what the outcome will be. Tiny steps, one at a time, keeps us moving.
In addition to fear, we need to value the outcome to go through the challenge of change. The creation needs to coincide with what is important to us in life. The benefits we gain from taking the steps, making the change, has to be greater then our concerns or the benefits of staying the same. We need to want the outcome, experience the adventure with our heart and soul. That’s that little critter called intrinsic motivation.
Yet another facet of being human is trying to do it all ourselves. We can feel discouraged, hopeless, or frustrated. We see the goal. We are not making progress sufficiently or quickly enough. We become overwhelmed. We play the what if game with ourselves. Something as simple as having a buddy that we can check in with makes a huge difference. The mastermind group process, the team process, the buddy system show that much can be accomplished when not going it alone. Connect with someone and commit to support each other in the steps to achieving excellence!
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