We want our loved ones to support us and to be happy about our progress and success.
But there will be times when they just don’t get it. They don’t understand our goals or they don’t understand why they are important to us and this lack of support can influence our willingness to take action.
Today we are going to tap for those times when our loved ones don’t take our goals seriously.
In reality we have control over very little in the world. Even so, the control we DO have over our thoughts, our words and our actions gives us access to considerable power.
Today we are going to tap to help us to focus on those things we can control and to appreciate how powerful they are in changing our life and changing the world.
The changes we make in our lives are often noticeable to our friends. This is often a good thing because appreciate our progress, encourage us to continue, and can be inspired by our effort and action.
But our success can also shine a light on our loved ones’ lack of progress leaving them feeling bad as a result. In wanting to save their feelings we may become hesitant about taking action.
Today we are going to tap for the fear of how others will judge themselves based on our progress.
Failure is no fun and it is even worse when others see us fail.
When we fear public failure we become hesitant about taking action so that we don’t do things well or risk doing them at all.
Today we are going to tap for worrying about failing in a public way.
Stretching is scary. It means doing things that are outside our comfort zone. It means doing things that we aren’t confident at doing.
But we know that stretching allows us to grow.
Today we are going to tap to give ourselves room to stretch, just a little.
It is easy to feel greedy and ungrateful when we want more or better, as if we are devaluing what we already have. We ask ourselves, “If what I have is so great why would I want more or better?”
In reality it is possible to appreciate what we have AND work towards more and better.
Today we are going to tap to hold space for both of those feelings at the same time.
At the beginning there is always so much to do. It is hard to know which action we should take first and how much time we need to spend doing any one action.
But what is much more important than knowing the exact right action to take is making a start.
Today we are going to tap for feeling of overwhelmed by not knowing exactly where to start.
Small children are like sponges when it comes to learning. It is almost as if they learn by osmosis.
As we get older it can feel like we are just not able to pick up new things, particularly those involving unfamiliar technology. Part of us resists trying something new because we don’t want to deal with the frustration that comes with learning.
Today we are going to tap for feeling like we are too old or too slow to learn something new.
It’s useful to be able to see the big picture when we are trying to create change in our lives.
But it is easy to get ahead of ourselves as we are working towards a goal and wind up thinking only of the future.
Today we are going to tap to ground ourselves in the moment and take life one day at a time.
It is easy to take action towards those things we believe we can achieve. When we lack confidence in our ability to achieve our goal it can be much harder.
A lack of conviction in our success leads to resistance against taking action because we don’t want to waste time or energy.
Today we are going to tap for the resistance to take action when a part of us doesn’t believe success is possible.