Get Out Of Your Own Way
Author: Julie Plenty

One of the biggest obstacles to our self growth and personal development is............ourselves!

No, make that THE biggest obstacle.

When we say that we want to make changes, but develop resistance and fear and in doing so an internal battle follows.

What you resist, persists!

It's natural to feel scared and apprehensive when venturing into the unknown, but ultimately living within your comfort zone is all very safe, but not always life enhancing. Taking risks can bring up a whole host of emotions.

But what are e-motions? They are energy-in-motion. They are the stories that we tell ourselves, that's all. What's the difference in feeling scared or excited? Only our interpretation.

Life makeover programmes are very popular in the UK at the moment. The whole theme behind the programmes is that people take risks: in getting back into or starting the dating game; clearing their clutter (and all the emotional stuff that they've been hanging onto; change jobs and even being coached within six weeks to do something completely different.

A barrister is coached to become a DJ, A Choirgirl into a rock musician, A radiographer becomes a commercial photographer and fooling the experts who don't know that they are "novices"

Doesn't it make you wonder what we're capable of, that we can change so rapidly and do things that we thought we weren't capable of?

The most moving part of the program is the follow - often a year later - where the program catches up with the risk takers and find that, as a result of this, their lives have changed immeasurably. Their self perception, self esteem, confidence and overall outlook on life and what they are capable of has changed forever.

Are you avoiding taking risks? Have you got into a rut?

Try setting yourself one small (or large, if you're up to it - some people can only get excited and motivated if they've set themselves a BIG challenge) risk for yourself, either every week, month, year and follow through.

See what happens. Engage or enlist encouragement and support if you want. But DON'T tie yourself or become overly concerned with the outcome, just taking the risk is enough. Reward yourself appropriately after you've done so.

Our risk taking abilities are like muscles, the more we use them, the stronger they become and fear loses its grip on our lives. The fear never goes away as you take more risk, but it does stop defining your life.

Get out of your own way and stop resisting the changes you want to make and the risks you are going to take.

Because ultimately.................daring to dream and living a fulfilled life is the biggest risk of all!






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Julie Plenty is a Personal and Business Coach who coaches self employed creative professionals to build a strong personal foundation and increase the success of their business. For more articles on self growth and personal development and the opportunity to share your own life changing story, visit:

www.self-help-personal-development.com/success_story.html

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