Often when we are striving for something new we are working toward things we have never achieved before. When we accomplish the goal it can propel us to try and achieve more.
One of the downsides of success is believing that it should be our new normal and anything falling short feels like a failure because we now know of what we are capable.
Today we are going to tap for the fear that success will bring higher (and unreasonable) expectations of ourselves.
If I Am Successful I Will Expect More Of Myself
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I know I want to be successful…And I know all the wonderful things that that success will bring into my life…But there’s a part of me that is afraid…That if I’m successful…I’m going to be creating a new normal…No matter how hard I have to work…No matter how much time I put in…Whatever this new level of success is…Since I achieved it…Must be something I am capable of achieving…And I know how hard I’m working…And I know how much extra time I’m putting in…And I know how much these goals are stretching me…And there’s a part of me that is afraid…That if I achieve this…I’m setting the standard…For having to do this all of the time…For always having to live up to this…For always having to work this hard…But the truth is…Many of the successes I have achieved…Transformed my life into a positive way…And I don’t have to keep exerting the effort…And I don’t have to keep exerting the time…In order to maintain those same levels of success…In order to enjoy the fruits of that work…Just because I’m successful…It doesn’t mean I’m forcing myself…To keep everything up from the past…And keep having to do all of the work to achieve the success…Having new success…Only means I get to enjoy that success…It is not creating a new standard of what is normal…It is not setting a precedent of how I have to work every single day.
Helpful tap along Gene, thanks