Be powerful not pitiful
You can’t be both powerful and pitiful at the same time.
To go forward replace your self-talk. Cancel: “If Only I were…” and replace with: “I Am good enough to…”
Some factors, by your own doing (or undoing!) keep you from your goals, dreams and desires. You need to get real with these and stop using IF ONLY as a crutch.
You have an enormous reserve of gifts and talents to make an incredible impact on the world — even if your world is limited to your own home, neighborhood or circle of friends. Start there.
An example:
IF ONLY I were taller I could be an NBA player. (or WNBA player)
Insert BUZZER SOUND here. Height alone will not guarantee that you’ll get drafted by the Boston Celtics.
Are you also super talented? Been told you’re the next Larry Bird? Driven? Insanely gifted from three-point territory? Have you practiced this craft of basketball? Know the game inside and out?
Still might not get you a green jersey.
Saying “If Only” is the beginning to every excuse that keeps us from delivering our best work — personal and professional.
You don’t get to sulk and moan and grumble that you’re not playing in the NBA because you are not TALL. Many SMALL players make it on an NBA team; plenty of TALL ones don’t. It’s one box to check, that’s all, but not the end-all, be-all.
You are GOOD ENOUGH TO excel in (at least) a hundred different things. Find a few that peak your curiosity. Follow them.
Don’t point at something that’s near impossible and sulk in the corner with your IF ONLY crying towel. Move on to the next thing and the next. Aim for the possibilities.
Give up the WOE IS ME for the WHOA! IT’S ME!
BE F-G AWESOME TODAY!
Original graphic and quote: Stephanie DelTorchio
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