Think for a second about why you don’t want to do things.
When you have that thing you need to do or feel you should do…
…but you just…can’t…do…it.
What is at the heart of your saying no to it?
Say someone calls you and invites you to speak on a panel in front of three thousand people on a topic you know little about.
It’s like someone punched you in the chest.
What stops you jumping for joy and saying yes immediately?
The feeling.
Whether it’s the thought or the image or the feeling that comes first, it doesn’t matter. Chicken and the egg.
Ultimately it is the feeling that stops you.
The pressure just above your solar plexus. The pull on your throat. The heat that ripples across your belly.
I get it. Feelings seem inconsequential, vague and ‘not serious enough.’
I always thought the same thing. I like order, and logic and facts.
But negative feelings — and avoiding them — has brought me more anguish than I care to admit. It has stopped me from living the life of my dreams.
