What do you see?
Do you have challenges? Are you facing enormous obstacles in front of you? Well, if you are striving to accomplish anything of significance to you, then I am certain there is something intimidating you. If not, I would strongly suggest you find a goal that both excites and scares you at the same time.
From my experiences, I have found it imperative that you, as a high achiever, continue to have a clear vision of the outcome that you want and not allow anything to block that vision. Unfortunately, may times smaller obstacles stand in the way and block the vision.
For example, if you may not have heard, my beautiful and crazy wife Kathy is doing an Ironman this October. Talk about adversity, she made the commitment and did not know how to swim, did not know how to ride a bike for any amount of distance, and has never run more than a half marathon (Which she never trained for). In the past six months she has trained diligently and learned how to swim for over 3000 yards at a clip, bikes for over 50 miles at a time, and now kicks out a half marathon like most people walk to the mailbox. Talk about adversity, yikes. There has been falls on the bike, lots of tears, concerns and frustrations but all the while, the seed has been planted and in her mind she has crossed the finish line to the words, “Kathy Berlow, you are an Ironman.” The point is, Kathy has already completed the Ironman in her mind, therefore, the obstacles are a little bit smaller because her focus remains on the big objective. And she is not being overwhelmed by the smaller challenges in the way, although they definitely exist, that are smaller because she keeps her eyes and mind on completion.
As you could see, I am her biggest fan!
Happy living!
