I stumble into the kitchen this morning. I’m rubbing my eyes, still half asleep.
Lauren is sitting at the table, munching her overnight oats and sipping a decaff coffee.
She glances up, a determined look on her face.
“Hiya Tom. I enjoyed your Houdini emails last week”.
“Ah nice” I mumble.
“You know that email you wrote about burning your bridges. Do you think you’ve burnt all your bridges from your old job?”.
I pause for a moment. My brain is still whirring into gear.
“I don’t think so. I don’t
think I’ve gone “all in” yet”.
“That’s what I thought too” says Lauren. “Interesting. You also wrote an email about grabbing the moment. Do you think you always grab the moment?”
“Definitely not” I reply.
“Hmmm. And there was that email you wrote a couple of weeks ago about…”
“Hold on a sec” I interrupt. “I see where you’re going with this. Are you saying I don’t always practise what I preach?”.
“Deffo” Lauren replies. “I don’t think you do”.
“I agree. I don’t”.
“Maybe you should write an email about that?” Lauren suggests.
Well Lauren…
(she’ll be reading
this at some point)
…WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE???
I’m doing exactly as you suggested!
(this is what you meant right honeybunny?)
Look. I don’t pretend to be some sort of enlightened guru, gliding effortlessly through life.
Far from it.
I’m figuring things out as I go.
And I’ll be
trying to figure these things out tomorrow, the next day and probably for the rest of my life.
But I don’t need to be an expert, have all the answers or be the embodiment of whatever I’m writing about to be writing about it.
I’m clear about that.
Simply put: if something is interesting or useful to me, it might be interesting or useful to you too. So why wouldn’t I share it?
Now, I'd be lying if I said I've always thought this way.
I haven't.
It took me a few months to start writing these daily emails. And over a year to start posting on social media.
I was consumed by thoughts like "What the hell do you know Tom?"...
“Will anyone read your emails Tom?”…
And even “Who are you to post on LinkedIn Tom?”.
I know this internal tug-of-war very well. That feeling of wanting to do something but doubting whether you can or you should.
It’s a hurdle I’ve had to overcome.
And I think it's a mighty shame that sometimes these imaginary mind-gremlins can stop us doing the things we really want to do.
In fact I know this feeling so well - and feel so passionately about this - it's why I started coaching.
I want to help people follow their heart and take the action that's right for them. Despite any unhelpful chatter in their head.
If this sounds interesting, here’s the
link to set up a free Discovery Call with me:
https://calendly.com/followingfulfilment
The call is a chance for me to get to know you and your goals, for you to get to know how I work, and for us to decide together if coaching is the right next step for you.
That’s all for today.
- Tom