{"id":363,"date":"2016-04-18T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T19:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designyoursuccess.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2016-10-31T07:50:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T12:50:22","slug":"why-cant-i-take-that-next-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/why-cant-i-take-that-next-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Can’t I Take That Next Step?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why don’t you feel ready?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps you’ve just reached the point where you have started\u00a0to do something different or are about\u00a0to launch\u00a0a business. \u00a0Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And you know that taking those next steps could mean turning the corner to get closer to what you truly want.<\/p>\n

But even with all that time and attention devoted to this new adventure, you don’t feel ready<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now what?<\/strong> <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer to this question\u00a0can make a sea change of difference in your life!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, let’s begin to peel this back and see if we can make some sense of it…..<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we start to think about\u00a0change or begin to step toward what we want from our life or our business, our thoughts and actions begin to change and our mind knows this is new.<\/p>\n

[Tweet “It’s hard to break old patterns – it can be downright painful!”]<\/p>\n

Take this scenario:\u00a0<\/p>\n

You’ve thought about or prepared for this new adventure for a long time. \u00a0<\/p>\n

It took a lot of courage<\/strong> to get to this point. \u00a0<\/p>\n

You don’t know why you don’t feel ready.<\/strong> \u00a0You’re surprised and frustrated by it.<\/p>\n

You feel like your feet are in quicksand.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m sorry – I know that feeling is miserable…..but understand this is just a necessary part of growth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So let’s tackle this so you can move on!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s work on\u00a0getting\u00a0you to feel ready.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Forget about your new accomplishment or target change for a minute.<\/p>\n

Let’s call up ALL<\/strong> of your previous experience and skills. \u00a0ALL of them<\/strong>. \u00a0Do you have them? – Great!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now ask yourself these questions –<\/p>\n

“In my life, why have others always come to me for help?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“How have I been able to help them?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, with just these few bits of information, you can begin to understand what you bring to the table<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So, let’s work on why you really ARE\u00a0ready even thought it\u00a0hasn’t felt that way!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s take all that experience you were able to identify and add the secret ingredient of helping or\u00a0serving others in your own special way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now can you see how ready you really are?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recognize all of what you have to offer.<\/p>\n

You aren’t a fraud.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’re just scared.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s natural.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t let your head play tricks on you.<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n

Don’t let the fear guide you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summon up your confidence from all you know how to do. \u00a0Add those other accomplishments\u00a0you are trying to implement.<\/p>\n

And then realize how much you have to give.<\/p>\n

Know that you are ready!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, just start somewhere! \u00a0Take action….it will make your fear disappear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ready, set, go!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope this exercise worked for you! \u00a0This is a process I use with my own coaching clients – and we often go through this in several sessions. \u00a0So, if you haven’t had any immediate “aha’s”, have patience….sometimes it just takes going through it a few more times and writing things down so you can come back to them. \u00a0Sometimes it simply has to sink in – \u00a0we don’t often readily believe the great things about ourselves and the fact that we are ready to tackle anything! \u00a0If you still need some help, you can always reach out to me by\u00a0leaving a comment or\u00a0sending me a note at tina@DesignYourSuccess.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And just for taking the time to read this, I’d like to offer you a free chapter in my best-selling digital book at www.YourNextChapterBook.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me know what you learned about yourself as you read through this exercise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tell me some of your wonderful strengths and what others have to say about you.<\/p>\n

I’d love to hear from you….<\/p>\n

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Why don’t you feel ready?\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps you’ve just reached the point where you have started\u00a0to do something different or are about\u00a0to launch\u00a0a business. \u00a0Congratulations! And you know that taking those next steps could mean turning the corner to get closer to what you truly want. But even with all that time and attention devoted to this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,7],"tags":[61,64,56,59,55,60,57,18,62,63,58],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-insights","category-career-advice","category-confidence","tag-career-growth","tag-change-career","tag-courage","tag-entrepreneur","tag-fear","tag-launch-business","tag-next-step","tag-personal-growth","tag-promotion","tag-start-business","tag-uncertainty"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-ucs.com\/tina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}