There isn’t one of us who didn’t have a time in their life when we look back on later and say to ourselves…
What were you thinking?
Think back to one of your more embarrassing moments from the past. Whether it’s career, relationship, money, any kind of personal choice that turned out to be really bad. I mean really bad!
What were you thinking?
I’ll answer that for you right now.
You were thinking at the level of awareness you had at the time.
You were scared. Or angry. Or greedy.
Or you just didn’t know what you know now.
You can keep going back to that place if you want to. You can keep using the “what was I thinking” moment as your framer of reference. You can keep creating the same future based on your past.
Or you can recognize that every moment from the past blessed your present.
I don’t care how good or bad things are right this minute. I don’t care if you’re desperate, or happy, or hungry for something better.
I DO care that you see those moments as a building block. I care that you develop the grace and sense of humor and self-respect to leave them in the past.
I DO care that you make peace with whoever was involved in your “what were you thinking” moment. Whether they’re in your life or not. That includes yourself.
I DO care that you build your present day skills, awareness, and communication so that you get to laugh about those moments, while you celebrate all the good stuff that is happened.
So when you say to yourself, “what was I thinking,” you laugh instead of cringe.
Here is tool to help…
My “baby.” And particularly relevant if you run in the home business space.
YOUR TURN
What was one of your “what were you thinking” moments?
How did you use it to get to a better place in your life?
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