Are You Doing Anything Scary?

You are probably thinking, “What do you mean, ‘Are you doing anything scary?’ This is June not October – that’s the month we do scary things.” Nope. I’m not thinking about October; I am thinking about Wednesday, June 29; Today. Right now.

On July 1 we will be 183 days into this year and only 183 days from 2017. So let’s do something scary in the coming days. Let’s establish a goal or a standard of excellence that will involve a commitment that will scare the daylights out of us (Thanks to Brad Lomenick for giving me this idea in H3 Leadership). From all that I have read and all that I am learning it seems to me that the danger that lies before us comes from thinking and dreaming too small as opposed to thinking and dreaming too BIG.

What if you had a goal or a dream that woke you up BEFORE your alarm? What if you had a project or plan that caused your pulse to quicken or caused a friend to say “You Are CRAZY!” Would that really be a problem? Most of the conveniences we enjoy today were once thought to be crazy or audacious by others.

• So WHAT will you do that’s scary?
• Connect with someone you haven’t spoken to in year?
• Begin a project that has been on the “back burner” for too long?
• Move toward your calling instead of just doing what’s comfortable?
• Take some steps toward a new path in life?
• Stop a habit that is hindering you from being all that you can be?
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How would you fill in the blank? The quality of the coming days and the fulfillment you enjoy will be impacted by the “SCARY” tasks you will decide to take action on beginning today. Remember if it is a big project or task you won’t complete it in a day but you can start moving toward the accomplishment of it – one step at a time.

Take that first step. It will be scary, but it will be worth it.

I’d love to hear what big dream or plans you are going to set out to accomplish. Send me an e-mail (Mike@SpeakingToChangeLives.com); that can be the first step you take toward the fulfillment of what some may call an unbelievable dream. But if the dream is in your heart, it is very likely there because it is meant for YOU to accomplish it.

Let’s get “scary” in the next 183 days.

Come back Friday and I will share with you some of my scary plans and goals,

Mike