Are you living the life you dreamt of as a small child? Back when anything was possible? Or are you living a life of ho hum? If this is the case, which it is for the majority of humanoids on this sphere we call Earth, ask yourself this amazing, enlightening question: WHY?
I believe the reason most of us live a life much less grand than we imagined is due to a very vulgar 4 letter word: FEAR!
Fear should definitly be housed among “he who’s name must not be spoken” list! Fear has a choke hold on the majority of humanity, and most of the time we are completely unaware. We have convinced ourselves that the story FEAR is whispering in our ear, the story FEAR plays over and over in our mind like a movie, is actually REAL! And guess what? 99% of the time, that is total BS.
Until you choose to meet FEAR in the back Alley and confront him face to face, he is going to dictate your life….forever and always. And that just isn’t right. You don’t believe a bully should be tolerated do you? Then it’s time to kick some Fear bully arse, right now, Today!
I remember the day I decided, I mean really decided, to go out and forge my path in the world of Veterinary Medicine. In my mind, the way to success in my particular profession, was through the channel of practice ownership. Once I decided this was the path, nothing could stop me. I was FEARLESS! And guess what? Nothing did stop me. I found a practice, I signed on the dotted line, I moved and I lived in my own little practice, on a blow up mattress for the next year while i got things going.
For the first several years I had my oh shit moments, but overall, I still believed I could and would conquor the world of practice owner. And I did. But as the years marched on, the economy dipped, client numbers dipped, guess who came a knockin? Yep, big as life…..my nemesis FEAR was back. And he was big and hairy and mean as hell!
And he took up residence, like a nasty squatter, in this big ole brain of mine. He pushed me into a tiny closet and set up house every where else. He was large and in charge. The story he was whispering in my ear, the movie he was playing in my head…was all about fewer and fewer clients and bankruptcy just around the corner. And I was frozen.
I truly believe we are the Captains of our Destiny and the rudder is our words and beliefs. At this point in life my ship was being steered by the words of loss and bankruptcy. I talked about it, I thought about it, I dreamt about it…..and what you think about comes about.
It was only a year and a half later, in spite of hiring a consultant, in spite of being an awesome vet with a great bedside manner, in spite being a pretty good business owner…..FEAR was steering my ship, guiding my destiny, and I brought about exactly what I thought about…..I gave up my practice to bankruptcy.
Now, this may seem tragic….and it is….but not in the way you may assume. The tragedy is I created my own demise. Just as I created the practice purchase in the first place, through my belief in myself, I also created the bankruptcy through the new belief that I couldn’t do it and that I was going to go bankrupt.
Had I been able to have Faith, to kick Fear in the teeth, I know I would still own that practice, and be successful. But I didn’t. And I learned a very valuable lesson. FEAR will never reside in my head house again. I kicked him out like the squatter he was, and he is never welcome back…..EVER.
We have to find the way to believe we can have what we want. WE have to have Faith that in spite of what seems like “dips” in our dream, if we keep our eye on the prize…it will be ours.
I don’t regret my loss now. I believe we go through events to learn. I know my success is not contingent on the practice I lost. I know I can live the life I choose, and ladies and gents, that looks different for all of us. I will have the life I choose, I will be happy as a clam, and I will continue to meet FEAR in the back alley every time he tries to push me around.
How About YOU?
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