Blog #680: Chasing My Tail

The email was signed “Chasing My Tail.”

Read why.

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Here’s an excerpt:

“…every time things seem like they’re starting to go in the right direction, something happens that knocks me down again. For years, I’ve been continually trying to motivate myself to start over again and again, and I feel as if I’m still not any closer to achieving my goal. At what point do I accept my goal was too big and this is as far as my success goes?”

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It’s a biting question.

“Is this as far as my success goes?”

A painful self-ask.

I can’t answer the question for anyone else in the world.

But…

When the question has stared at my brain, I’ve found my answer.

“I have further to go.”

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From my own continuous life experiment…

Stress holds back success.

So my guiding thought is…

The less stress and energy I give to what I can’t control…
The more energy I have to give to what I can control.

And that pushes me closer to achieving a goal.

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What can I control?

Getting up.
Getting going.
Doing the work.

Living positively.
Living passionately.
Living purposefully.

Making the call.
Sending the email.
Submitting the application.

Believing in me.
Putting myself out there.
Starting again. And again.

I control those things.

YOU control those things.

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So in answering the potentially self-deflating question…

“Is this as far as my success goes?”

My answer for myself is a giant “Nope!”

What’s your answer for you?

S.

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