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I was on a call with one of my mentors, Brendon Burchard, and he was coaching the High Performance Habit "Productivity."
I felt like such an imposter, dragging my feet on a project and NOT being productive, at all. I finally said to him, "Honestly, I think there is something wrong with me cognitively. I coach this material. I am a supposed expert, but I just can’t seem to make the progress I want and that I know I deserve."
Brendon's response:
"Sheryl, do you believe in what you are doing, and are you all in?"
Ouch. The answer was no and no.
Total transparency, I was not 100% certain I could pull off what I was working towards at the time, AND I was not 100% committed to it either.
No brain injury or cognitive disability (that I know of:). Just lack of belief and commitment. So, after some soul searching, I re-evaluated and recommitted.
That’s when everything changed (... for the much better)....
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Have you ever felt like you wanted something, but maybe you weren’t good enough?
Not smart enough... or not capable enough... or not courageous enough to speak up and take consistent action towards what you wanted and deserved?
Sometimes there are life experiences that define us until we look them in the face and learn the tools to use them to our advantage... and not to our detriment. Until then, we may not be living up to our potential and the joy that comes along with doing our best.
That certainly was me...
When I was 9 and in the fourth grade, I sat between my parents during a meeting with the ‘headmaster’ (principal) of the competitive private school I attended in Oakland, California. I remember being curious why I had to participate in this meeting, and what I had done. Usually when parents have to go to school, it’s not good news. Strange I thought, because I was an...
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