You’re offered an opportunity, a leap ahead. You’re excited. A chance to go big. That leap takes courage. Your excitement turns into anxiety. You hesitate. Imposter syndrome shows its ugly head. You doubt your abilities. It’s not your skill or accomplishments that brought you to this point, but luck. Surely if you took advantage of this opportunity, everyone will find out you are a fraud. And then what? You walk away. But wait. Isn’t there something you can do to feel...
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Leaving your comfort zone.
We drive every cell in our bodies to find the comfort zone. And yet, if we stay there too long, we’ll die. It’s difficult to see that you’re stuck in the comfort zone, let alone get yourself out of it. This zone is safe and peaceful. A protective shield surrounds you like a clear bubble. An illusion that you are actually in the world, but you are not. You are in the comfort zone, while the world passes you by. But...
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There will never be business as usual. We will never go back to normal. We are all grieving for normal. If you thought you were going to turn the page on your calendar and have a fresh new start. Think again. Everything that has happened in 2020 and the unfathomable first week of 2021 has changed us. It has changed every individual hanging on this rock. Grieving for normal. And we each are grieving. Grieving for normal. Grieving for the future...
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