We are all guilty of wanting to be the hero and also playing the victim, the difference is usually down to us and which internal voice we listen to.
We all want to do good things, things we can proud of, and we want to overcome challenges we possibly don’t think we can get through, especially now when it’s dark, cold and wet, all of this makes us feel fantastic if we see it through, and our sense of wellbeing is usually then at an all time high because we know we can tough it out no matter what..
Then we all have an inner voice that makes us want to “play if safe”, “we had better not try”, we like being in our “comfort zone”, at times we even like being “babied” to a degree, we like being looked after and we don’t like being disappointed anymore. It’s easy to listen to the people who say “don’t even try, it’s not worth it”!
The secret is to realise we do have two voices going on all of the time in our heads, and we had be VERY CAREFUL of which voice we listen to.
All the greatest achievements in history were cases of leaders battling through enormous doubt, often ridicule, and so often great difficulty, and people queuing up telling them to stop and “why bother” and “what if it doesn’t work with all that effort, won’t that be a waste of time?”.
Of course they were very tempted to “play it safe” ,and not even risk great disappointment and even ridicule from some (usually the people who never wanted you to succeed anyway and would love it if you quit right now).
When you listen to the right voice, you will show up and keep going, when you listen to the right voice, you will stay strong and eat well 80% of the time, when you listen to the right voice you will always have the courage to go for it every day, to never quit, to see it through and believe in your ability to keep refine your approach and get it right eventually.
We all have the two voices, it’s the human condition, be kind to yourself and let yourself finally do great things with your life.
