So you’ve got an idea, but you’re not sure how to make it happen. Stop overthinking and just go for it!
How will we ever know if something will be successful if we sit and plan and ruminate and ask other people’s opinions and dig ourselves deeper into a hole of immobility? The best way forward is to take a small step and make something happen. If it can be planned in relatively short time with relatively little effort and low financial burden, what have we got to lose? After all, the worst thing can happen is we fail. All a failure really is, is a chance for us to learn to do it better next time, and a chance for us to grow. So what have we got to lose? The only thing holding us back is ourselves, our fear, our ego.
I had an idea: it’s time for me to step out of my comfort zone, start facilitating groups in different venues, and getting my company’s name out there and into the world. So in a matter of 5 minutes, I looked at the calendar, picked a few dates and times, called a potential venue, and made a plan. Then I advertised and I started building momentum and waited for the event to fill. What was the worst case scenario? Nobody joins, and I go by myself to do my own manifesting ceremony in a tranquil, beautiful salt cave. Big deal. It would be a win-win whether it sold out or not. But I truly believed it would sell out. Why? I could feel it in my body. I could see it happening. I didn’t have doubts that the right people would be attracted to it. The best part is that it is a new moon meditation, which is all about intentions and manifesting. And you know what? I manifested a sold-out event in 4 days. On day four after posting my event, I sold my first ticket, and twelve hours later, I sold my last one! Talk about strong intentions!
My goal is not to only do new moon meditations. My goal is to become a well-known and widely recognized business, providing 1:1 coaching, group coaching & facilitation, workshops, motivational speaking and a list of other alternative practices such as crystals, numerology and sound/vibration therapy. But I’m not there yet, and while I am working on it, I can’t believe at this time that I am there. Instead I believe I am where I need to be in order to get there. I work on the steps to build that momentum, to get people to buy into my messaging, services and work. I believe that this and future events will work out. I sit in the vibration of the successful event. I visualize the event. I count the income. I plan the talks. In short, I act AS IF, and it will come.
So what about you? What thing have you been saying “I need to…” but you are holding yourself back from actually doing? This is your time to start acting AS IF. You’ve been meaning to lose weight? Act AS IF you’ve already done that. Feel how it feels in your body. Visualize yourself in that weight. Then, start actually doing the things you would do if you were that way - eating healthier, exercising, resting, drinking water, etc. Don’t wait for a new year’s resolution, just go for it! Do you wish you had a mindfulness practice? You can’t will it to happen unless you start acting AS IF. See yourself as a meditator, call yourself a meditator, believe you have it in you, then sit down on the mat and act AS IF - just go for it! You continue to act until you become. Simple as that.
When I became an occupational therapist (OT), I remember a co-worker telling me how great I was at my work. I very honestly replied, “I’m not great. Actually, I don’t have a clue what I’m doing. But I’m confident and I’m outgoing so people trust me,” and that was the truth. I was faking it, until one day, I wasn’t. I don’t know exactly when that was, but I realized I had crossed the threshold from fake OT to real OT by virtue of just having confidence in myself and actually going through the motions every single day until I became it.
That’s the same principle as every other thing we do. We work on it, work at it, act AS IF, until we become it. I’m acting as if I’m sought-after meditation teacher whose events are sold out because they’re so damned awesome. And sure enough, that’s what I’ll become. What part are you acting?
And so it is.
If you’re needing some help acting AS IF or making steps towards your goals, please contact me to start working together. If you’re interested in one of my meditation events in the London area, please see my events page for more info.
Because together, we rise.