I don’t believe in magic words.
I think many of us are looking for those perfectly inspiring words that’ll make us more courageous, more confident, more of who we really are.
However, a few months ago someone said something to me that totally rocked my world.
He said: “Sean, the reason you don’t have what you want is because you’re not committed to it.”
Ouch.
The truth can sting a bit.
He was right. I’d been in an off-and-on relationship with what I wanted, but had yet to put a ring on it.
Ever since that day, ever since hearing those words, my life hasn’t been the same.
I immediately opened up my calendar and made time for magic, blocked off three hours a week for meetings, delegated the tasks I don’t like doing.
Now, all of my decisions and actions are put through a filter of my future self.
Would Future Sean hit this snooze button?
Would Future Sean eat this?
Would Future Sean sit here and watch this?
I put a ring on my future self. And every day I get closer and closer to having what I want.
What are you committed to?
Are you committed to the future you?
Are you more committed to bingeing 3 full seasons and 66 episodes than you’re committed to your own dreams and goals?
More committed to scrolling than starting your business?
More committed to watching other people live their dreams than creating your own?
Hey, the reason you don’t have what you want is because you’re not committed to it.
If those are the magic words you’ve been waiting for, now you have them.
Now what would Future You do next?
On today’s Best of 2020 episode of the podcast, Lisa Nichols shares a story about what commitment really looks like.
Source: What Are You Willing To Do To Achieve Your Dream? | Lisa Nichols
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Lisa Nichols…man, she is rocking my world. (not sure where to post this). I want to respond on the post from maybe 10 days ago, the one you had been holding on to for 3 years. Keep dignity in tact. Damn, that was powerful. Ive cried every day since I heard it. One day I whaled on the floor, emptying out a crumbling shield to my essence. It shook me loose in a profound way. My life has been changing incrementally for some time, and especially this year. The view I have today is angling from a different, new perspective. On my mountain of self respect, yet i feel vulnerable. Ive had this feeling before…that ‘aha’, but this feels different. This feels like I can’t go back. I won’t go back. But then Ive thought that before. I break, I gain my strength, my knowing of respect for myself and then want to communicate from that place before i choose to move on. Maybe i held back and didn’t make myself clear? I ask myself ‘Why have i been more committed to another that doesn’t respect who I am more than being committed to myself? What am I afraid of?’ There are many reasons why I’ve put others first, mainly because that’s how i was trained. Long ago. I’m starting to see that this commitment to another, to be there for them through any adversity, no matter how i am treated, that i am stronger than this behavior, that i need to just work on this weakness in me in order to be stronger and more whole, is actually detouring me from committing to myself. Detouring me from the details of my dreams. Defining the details of my dreams is effort and time. But without that time, and the constant reconnection and reminder to it, I won’t be able to take action. So , thank you Sean (and Lisa Nichols) for providing a helping hand . I too am putting a ring on it.