Between where you are now and where you want to go or know you should be, is called the GAP.
You must close the gap.
The problem is there are things standing before you that scare, intimidates, or neutralizes you. The biggest of them all is YOU!
YOU ARE YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM
You are telling yourself things that you make up in your head or that someone long ago told you. But the biggest of the things that have gotten into you is this 4-letter word: FEAR.
A few weeks ago I did something that many people would like to do, but have not done. And the reason is that fear holds them back. It’s also what they have told themselves about it and/or what others have said to them.
I too had to overcome some of those very things if I was going to close the gap between what I wanted to do and where I was emotionally and mentally.
What did I do? I went SKYDIVING. Yes, I did.
It was a gift from my family for my birthday in February of 2017. I didn’t fulfill the gift until December 22nd almost ten months later.
Why did it take me so long?
PROCRASTINATION IS ONLY A SYMPTOM
It was a combination of things ranging from scheduling, weather conditions, and other commitments I had. But in full transparency, an element of fear had crept in. It wasn’t major, but it was enough to have me procrastinate.
The longer I put it off, the more the fear grew.
I had time to think of all that could happen—the what if’s.
However, I had to talk to myself about the experience of having a “birds-eye” view on the land below and describing what I felt and saw to my family and others who were interested in hearing.
My new story took hold. It replaced the fear-story and I was ready.
I scheduled for August and drove to the airbase, which was an hour or so away. I signed in and waited. And waited. And waited. It was a rainy day, so it delayed the flight.
One set of skydivers were able to get their jump in but by the time the hours went by, the pilot decided that it wasn’t safe to do anymore jumps so I had to reschedule.
I was disappointed.
I rescheduled for the following month—September…
… then as luck would have it, Hurricane Irma came through. I had to once again reschedule.
I chose not to talk about these reschedules to certain people. They would probably tell me why it might not be a good idea to “force” the issue and this was a sign I shouldn’t jump.
So, I only shared with a few people.
TAKE ACTION!
I was determined to close the GAP. The jump had to be done. It was one of my bucket-list items. The only way to check it off was to jump. I didn’t want to look back in life regretting the fact I didn’t jump.
Fast forward to December 22nd and I did it. I CLOSED THE GAP and have pictures and a video to prove it. But most importantly, I overcame fear and all the negative thoughts I had in my head.
What about you?
What do you need to overcome? Who or what is standing in your way?
If you are ever going to move forward and accomplish your goals this year, you MUST take action and close the GAP.
This might mean investing in getting help. You must do whatever you need to do. Because if you don’t the results will be same as last year and another year will have passed.
If you are determined and READY TO CLOSE YOUR GAP, let me help you.
Connect with me and let’s set up a 30 minutes Rapid Discovery Call to see if what I have to offer would interest you.
If I can’t help you, I’ll point you in the direction more fitting for you.
Don’t procrastinate. Do so today!
