Giving up is what I am currently wrestling with - there are a couple of areas of my life where it would be SO much easier if I just quit, gave up on my dreams, plans and aspirations.
Hey, I have been tempted…my inner voice has been working overtime telling me to go for the quiet life, forget putting the extra effort in and just accept these things will remain the same. And that decision would be ok – in the short term.
Before I gave up though, I sat down and answered these killer questions:
- what are the consequences of giving up?
- who else is impacted by this?
- how do I feel about giving up?
- what or who is stopping me?
- what can I do to overcome these challenges?
- what action can I take right now that gets me closer to the result I am looking for?
And what this made me realise is, these areas of my life are too important to me and my family for me to give up. I have invested time and energy into these and the results are still the right results for me.
Everything I am working towards is getting me closer to achieving my long term goals and when I revisited these, my goals still excite me. I know where I am going, why I am taking this route and what I will achieve.
So when your inner voice is giving you a hard time, take some time to sit down and ask yourself those killer questions.
