I am an experiential learner. And I love real world metaphors.
My 15 years old son illustrated one last week during our winter break when we were discussing about how to do what looks to me like crazy snowboard jumps.
He said: “you have to go fast and far enough to reach the landing slope and not crash in the middle flat zone”
I thought this was such a great example of the importance to commit and not do things in halves.
If you let the fear or doubts take control, you will put on the brakes, not get enough momentum and crash in the flat zone.
It’s a matter of conviction, it’s a matter of energy.
It’s in the head and in the body.
And it’s the same in life.
Many leaders, entrepreneurs, coaches, athletes doubt their value, their worth, their ability, and these doubts act like brakes that have them crash in their prospecting and enrollment conversations, in their important speech, in following through with their new exciting project, in their athletic performance.
Of course you have to know what you are doing. You also have to go step by step (my son started with small bumps, then medium size ones, then the big ones). And you have to manage your ego. it’s OK to renounce if you are not ready yet.
But if you decide to go, fully commit, from an empowered place.
Find the sweet spot where fear maintains you focused and vigilant, but don’t hold you back.
If you want to enroll people in your vision, fully commit to it, embody it, don’t let the doubts and fear of what people will think blur your message.
If you are delivering a speech, fully commit to it, get out of your head, speak from your heart.
If you want to raise your fees, fully commit to it, own it, don’t be hesitant or back pedal.
If you want to perform in sport, fully commit to your race, your game, your fight, and don’t let negative thoughts get in the way.
It’s a matter of conviction, it’s a matter of energy.
It’s in the head and in the body.
Are you bringing the energy of commitment, or the energy of fear?
Bonus: Next time I will do something new and scary, I will repeat to myself the other thing my son said: The first one is scary, then it’s fun 😊.
Take care
Evan Bernache 