We discuss three areas of life where you can choose to be free on this week’s BIGG Success podcast. Click the player to listen. Find the show notes below.
We’re celebrating Independence Day this weekend here in the United States. So it’s got us thinking about freedom. We feel very fortunate to live in a country where freedom is somewhat taken for granted. We can speak freely, worship freely, vote freely and a whole host of other things.
But freedom can also be a personal choice in some areas of our lives. Let’s go to The Professor’s Whiteboard for 3 ways to choose freedom.
Happiness is a choice, according to Aristotle. Happiness happens THROUGH you, not TO you. See how he suggests directing your activities to achieve happiness and abundance.
You work hard, day after day.
But sometimes you feel like you have little to show for it.
Disappointment.
You outperform others, time after time.
Yet they get rewarded.
Disappointment.
You do everything you’re supposed to do.
To no avail.
Disappointment.
You crave BIGG success with all your heart and all your soul.
Heck, even just plain, old, ordinary success would do.
But it eludes you.
Disappointment.
You feel your heart sink to your toes.
That comes right after the kick in the gut.
It hurts. You hurt. All over.
Disappointment.
You’re exhausted – physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Sleep. Maybe that’s what you need.
But you wake up to the same reality.
Disappointment.
How do you deal with disappointment?
There are a number of ways. We’ll share three thoughts in our time today.
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Sounds odd, doesn’t it? But you have lots of things to be happy about.
Start with you. Be thankful for how awesome you are.
You’re a winner. You know it.
You may feel a little down, but you’re not out! No disappointment can do that to you.
You will win. You will get what you want. You will reach BIGG success.
It’s only a matter of time.
Grow stronger
Don’t lose your belief in the underlying magic in the world.
Don’t give up on your belief in the forces that will lead to your ultimate victory.
BIGG success is a destination. But it’s also a journey.
See disappointment for what it is – an opportunity to grow stronger. Seize that opportunity so you’re ready for bigger and better things to come.
Look for a sign
A beautiful flower may bloom from the seeds of disappointment. Sure, you feel like the color is gone from your world right now.
But keep the faith. You will create a colorful life. Disappointment may be giving you a sign.
It may be telling you that you’re on the wrong track.
You need to do something else.
It could be saying that you’re trying to do too much.
You need to focus.
Remain open to your intuition. It will help you determine your best path.
Reach out to your support group to see what they think.
Be willing to adapt if necessary.
We’ll close with our own paraphrase of a passage from The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace Wattles. This is the book The Secret is based on.
You may expect a certain thing at a certain time. If it doesn’t come, you may feel like you failed. But there is no need to feel this way. Keep the faith and you will find that it only appeared to be a failure.
Keep doing those things which successful people do. Disappointment today leads to even more success tomorrow that you would have ever expected.
Soon you will see that the apparent failure led you to BIGG success!
Four good tires are important to any driver. However, they’re even more important for Indy car drivers. One bad tire can cost them the race.
So it is with us in life. We need to keep all four sides of our life in good shape to stay in the race for bigg success. It means finding quality time for the four key pillars of our lives.
Private
You need to time for you – time to refresh and reinvigorate yourself. Part of this is keeping your body ready for the race through proper nutrition, regular exercise, and adequate rest. Another part is expanding your mind and lifting your spirit. You may get this in a number of ways – hobbies, art, music, literature, or religion.
Personal
You need time for the ones you love – family and friends. They give you support when you need it. They also give you a break from the pressure of the rest of your life. They are a safe harbor for any storm. Other things are important, but people’s biggest regrets often revolve around not spending enough time with family and friends.
Professional
Like most of us, you probably spend most of your time awake at work in your profession. There’s the work itself. But you also have to invest time to expand your capabilities. This will make your work more interesting, but more importantly, it will open up additional opportunities for you in the future. Failure to make this investment has left many people feeling unfulfilled in their careers.
Public
You also should give back to your community. Your community can include a number of things – your profession, your school, your city or town, and more. If you only take, you’ll miss out on the joys of giving. You’ll also jeopardize the very places that you’ve counted on to improve your life.
Bigg Challenge Kendra started a business six months ago. It’s exciting, but also extremely successful. At times, she really misses the regular salary her old job provided. Lately, she’s even been looking at job openings and she’s seen some great opportunities. Sometimes, she really regrets that she gave up her corporate job. Her question for us: “Is she just not cut out for owning her own business?”
Bigg Advice Ultimately, Kendra, only you can decide if you’re cut out for it. However, we’ll offer some guidance on getting through this.
Stop tormenting yourself with the job openings. If you reach the point, where you’re truly giving up on your business, THEN and only then should you start looking for a job. Some people might say that it’s a good thing for you to keep her options open.
They’re wrong!
Once you make a decision like this, you can’t constantly look at what might have happened if you did something else or what could happen if you completely change direction.
You have to commit to what you started out to do. If you don’t, you WILL fail.
Develop your own internal process to stop the second-guessing. This is closely related to the point above, but it is such an essential skill for entrepreneurs that we thought it needed to be separated.
As a business owner, there will be days when you’re on the top of the mountain and there will be days when you’re stuck in the valley. And there are few days in between!
When you’re stuck in the valley, your internal voice is one of the things that will help you get back to the top of the mountain. However, understand that as a business owner, you’ll be back in the valley again before long. It’s just part of the process.
That’s why it’s so important to develop an inner voice that encourages you, rather than creating more doubt.
Develop a support network. Friends are great, but you need to regularly converse with fellow business owners. Anyone and everyone who owns their own business will completely understand what you’re going through. They’ll give you that boost when you need it. And that includes us!
Thanks, Kendra. We wish you bigg success!
Keep yourself fired up by tuning into The Bigg Success Show! Get a lesson and a laugh in five minutes or so!
Our bigg quote today is a good one, but isn’t attributed to anyone.
“Any belief worth having must survive doubt.”
If you stick to your beliefs, there’s little doubt that you’ll win.
Next time, we ask, “Who’s in control – you or your Blackberry?” Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
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