Where Are You Stuck?
Something in your life is not what or where you want it to be.
If you have health and you have energy, one of the four things or all four, will have you stuck.
You may even feel hopeless, helpless, or depressed about it.
You know what it is that is bothering you the most and the least.
You decided that you don’t have the power or don’t know enough about it or don’t have the money or a myriad of other thoughts that stick you to being the effect of the situation and it does not feel good.
Cutting To The Chase
- You don’t have enough knowledge or skill.
- You do not value yourself enough. (This is where doubts come from.)
- You are afraid.
- You decided that you can only be, do, or have so much, but no more.
One or all or some of the above will grind you to a halt. Are you ready to start moving, to revive your dead goals, bring them to life and to set the world on fire?
Along the way, if things slow or stop, consult the list to locate why and act.
Limiting Beliefs, Tissue Paper Ceiling
Is it the glass ceiling, the concrete ceiling, or the tissue paper ceiling?
You built it. You can also alter it. What would an architect do about the ceiling construction?
Is the ceiling even there? Is it real? Maybe it is as weak as the thinnest tissue paper, maybe a Kleenex.
Your belief in the ceiling affects your reaction to the ceiling.
The glass ceiling is an allegory.
The truth is that there is no ceiling. The problem of placing limitations on yourself is that you believe them and you act accordingly.
It is like you are drowning, you can’t get your head to pop up out of the water, and take a breath, even though the water isn’t real, either.
Are we mixing metaphors? Of course, we are and they are more tasty that way. Grab a fork, Luke, and use it.
Use Your Imagination
Pretending lies in the creation of beliefs. It lies in the lies we believe. We know better.
We still lie. It’s less scary to not try unless you also examine the consequences of inaction.
Imagine that your being stuck is a four-legged table.
Imagine you want the table top flat on the floor, not held up by the legs.
The legs are the four things that have you stuck.
The legs may be held on by screws. They aren’t as strong as you might imagine.
Which is leg the strongest and which is the weakest?
- “You don’t have enough knowledge or skill” leg.
- “You do not value yourself enough” leg. (This is where doubts come from.)
- “You are afraid” leg.
- “You decided that you can only be, do, or have so much, but no more” leg.
If you feel strong today, remove the strongest leg. If you feel wimpy today, start with the weakest. Demolition of the structure that has you stuck can start today.
You don’t even need a hardhat.