Only mediocre people are always at their best
There’s something uniquely different about you compared to other people, and it’s time to understand what it is so you can fully embrace it.
“It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does."
- Robert Fritz
When it comes to learning and development, you and I see the world differently than most, and I want you to know that just because other people don’t completely understand you, you are not the problem.
This ‘journey’ that you are on is exactly where you need to be.
There’s something uniquely different about you compared to other people, and it’s time to understand what it is so you can fully embrace it.
A while back you made a commitment to a life of learning
It became a mindset, then a discipline, and then your identity.
You created a vision for a better future for you and the people around you. You said “I want to be the best I can be,” and you created a gap, a tension between your current reality and your vision.
This tension drives you every day to work on becoming a better person and doing your best work. This ‘force’ is an absolute requirement for the pursuit of personal mastery. You will never quite reach your vision — this tension will always be there.
You must get comfortable with it and use it to propel you to your vision — it’s your ally, not your enemy.
However, as with anything under tension, there is more than one way to release it — you can either rise to your vision or lower your vision to your current reality.
It’s the insidious nature of your emotions that will be the reason why you might lower your goal and pull your vision down to your current reality.
This ‘emotional tension' includes all the reasons why you can’t succeed — the belief that you don’t deserve it, that you aren’t capable.
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