The Person You’re Becoming
What we often forget is that all the “great ones,” weren’t always great!
When it comes to creating the life you desire, it’s easy to get swept in the overwhelm of all the people who’ve made it. You look at them, you admire them, and among all things, you get discouraged. Often the discouragement comes from your belief in something you “lack.” Money, resources, support, intelligence, creativity, fame, the list goes on — perpetuating the idea of why you “can’t do it.”
But in remembering the sticky path to greatness, you free yourself from the chained illusions of what is and isn’t possible, and what you are and aren’t capable of.
The Path to Greatness
Contrary to what is most often perceived, the path to greatness is rarely great!
In fact, leaders such as Tom Brady, Walt Disney, JK Rowling, E.L James and so many more show that the path to greatness is actually rooted in devotion, commitment, PERSISTENCE, and trust.
Tom Brady wasn’t always a first draft pick.
Walt Disney was fired from his job.
JK Rowling received multiple rejections for her manuscript.
E.L. James received multiple negative reviews on her first book.
And yet, they all PERSISTED in their path, despite the critique and setbacks. Persistence and trust are what paved the way to their greatness — not ease, and not validation.
Detaching From the Outcome
A vital step to making things happen is detaching yourself from the outcome. Your worth has nothing to do with how your work or your creation is received. This step becomes necessary as it’s often why most people stop in the pursuit of their dreams.
In attaching yourself to the outcome, you become incapable of facing rejection. You allow the feelings of rejection to merge with your self-worth, and you start to feed off validation, instead of your own drive.
In detaching, you allow your will to keep emerging out of you — you nurture it with the creative process itself, and in this alone, you create a space for your ideas to shape, mold, reframe, thrive, even when they’re met with critique.
The Person You’re Becoming
One thing I know is that in order to get to your future dream, you have to behave like the future person who attained that dream. So much of the time, we wait until we have “the thing,” in order to behave in a certain way. The truth is, behaving in a certain way is usually what brings us face to face with “the thing.”
So start to envision the person you’re aspiring to be.
What does that person act like, behave like, talk like, walk like? If you could consult with that person, what would they advise you to do? What choices would they make? What decisions would they be proud of? What setbacks would they see as their greatest pivots?
Your actions today, right now, at this moment are what’s creating the version of you you’re becoming. That person is birthing from every choice, every decision, every habit, and every pattern.
No matter where you’re at in life, you can choose to act out from the person you’re becoming, until one day you wake up and you’ve become them.
That’s how a dream is born.
That’s how you make things happen.