I have had some serious conversation with both close friends and paying clients about FINISHING. Why is it that so many people, including myself years ago, could start something new; a diet/exercise program, a relationship, a new career or program at work, anything really, but give up before finishing it?
Based on 100% of the conversations and ALL of my own work and results, it boils down to a narrow subject field…FEARS and or Paradigms/Beliefs. You see, we are programmed to live a certain way, to be a certain person. Sometimes emotion and excitement carry us out of that comfort zone and allow us to experience or start something new, but all too often we get pulled back into the comfort zone and quit before we can FINISH.
Last weekend I realized I was and am a FINISHER in anything and everything I do. I set up to run a marathon in April and I trained and I trained and I trained. Over 500 miles year to date of running roads and trails to prepare me for what turned out to be the hardest thing I have ever physically done in my life.
The marathon was great for about 18 miles. I was hitting all my times, enjoying the run, and then I hit the “Wall”! My body didn’t work anymore. What had happened? I had run more than 18 miles before and this didn’t happen. The questions came flooding into my mind, “How was I ever going to complete the last 8 miles?” and “Why was this happening to me….I had trained so hard!”
Well it was in that next hour and a half that I learned that I had not only trained body for such a huge undertaking, but I had also trained my mind. Nothing was going to stop me, even if I had to walk, in FINISHING this race. You see, I saw it as the whole scope of my work. I had run some 500+/- miles in preparation, so how could I let 8 more miles stop me?
I couldn’t and I didn’t. My desire to FINISH was way stronger than my comfort zone of giving up again on another thing in life. So I stand before you today with my marathon finisher medal proudly hanging around my neck, proclaiming, “I AM A FINISHER IN EVERYTHING I DO!”
This story was way more about me than I want it to be. In the end I turn it back to you, the reader/subscriber. Are you a FINISHER? Do you want to accomplish more in life but keep letting something get in your way, slow you down, or stop you from FINISHING? If you do, hire me to help you. Hire me to Coach you. Hire me to hold you accountable to your dreams and desires for more of everything in life.
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