What keeps us from our goals? Whether it be work, personal, health, money; what is the number one obstacle to achieving our potential? Assuming our goals are attractive to us and within our ability, shouldn’t we reasonable expect to achieve a majority of them? Yet most of the people I talk to say they’re not living up to their potential… yet. But they will, once they get around a few obstacles: once the economy improves and rates come down; just as soon as the boss recognizes that butt kisser for the incompetent he really is; after all the Holiday parties with the pies and cookies and egg nog. You get the idea. But the truth is, none of that stuff “out there” is the real obstacle. That’s because there’s nothing “out there” nearly so scary or powerful or destructive to our success as we are to ourselves. Most of us carry around a few self-doubts, maybe even a few “I can’ts.” If asked, I bet you could list five things you don’t like about yoursef without even really thinking about it. It’s as if we’ve gone on a date with ourselves and halfway through dinner decided we’re not good enough for the other person… and the other person is us!
Knowledge is power and knowing that we are our own biggest obstacle is very powerful. Yes, you have to have goals. Yes, you have to create a plan for achieving them. But I guarantee that plan will be much more successful if its very first step, is to fall back in love… with yourself. Sound a little corny? Maybe easier said than done? Fear not: I’m going to leave you with a small, powerful two-word phrase for that all-important first step. Not long ago I was talking to my 7 year old son and I was congratulating him on figuring something out for himself. He immediately threw his arms into the air and said “Yeah Me!” No pretense. No guilt. Only genuine admiration. Imagine that: “Yeah Me!”
Go ahead, try it yourself. Stop reading for a moment, put your arms in the air and say “Yeah Me!” Come on… say it with feeling – really mean it. “Yeah Me!” Does it feel a little funny? Make you feel a bit awkward; a little self-conscious? That’s not unexpected; remember, we’re the same people who decided we weren’t good enough while on a date with ourselves! Try this: for the rest of the day say “Yeah Me!” every chance you get. Say it at least 100 times and mean it every time you say it. Hold a vision of yourself, goals firmly in hand, during that brief moment it takes to say “Yeah Me.” Most importantly, don’t stop doing it all day long. You see the moment it stops feeling funny, is the moment you discover how successful you can really become.
“Yeah Me!”
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