Tag: achievements

I’m not cut out to be……

Posted on by philipdodson

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All too often we’re told, or we tell ourselves, based on some ‘truth’ that we or others have cooked up, based normally on nothing than others irrelevant views of us, that we are not cut out to be ….. whatever. A singer, a writer, a sales person, run, run our own business, climb mountains and so on.

For sure we can not be good at everything and certain things may not match our skills, experience and so on.

No matter what others will tell us or what we tell ourselves, we all have a thing that we love, that ignites us, that makes us super happy when we do it, that we are good at.

However, it does not matter what that is, what others think of us doing that or how long it takes in life to discover that one thing. Enjoy the journey of finding out what it is and no worries if you don’t, it does not matter.

As one of my favourite person says ‘no matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am brave and worthy of love and belonging’ – Brene Brown.

We are cut out to be us and it’s not about what we achieve, we are all, good enough, already.

Lists

Posted on by philipdodson

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So having just looked at the list of the top 100 most influential entrepreneurs (aka as business people), I thought, who cares? Well, the people on the list probably do.

It’s a bit like any list of ‘top’ whatever’s, the only people who really care are the people on the list and perhaps those who crave to be on the list.

Sadly, society has created this myth that worthiness as a person is defined by others views and what we achieve. It is all part of the homogenised, normalised and mass that has become the world that we live in.

It is easier to make money, control and perpetuate something if it is all the same, including most importantly, how we think.

Real success is what happens inside our own heads, where we recognise our own success according to what success looks like to us and not to society or list makers.

Many of the list fillers, and more likely those who crave to be one, have become conditioned to see these shallow trinkets of achievements as way to feel worthy.

Life’s real successes are personal and it does not matter who knows about them or not, well apart from the really close people in life, who it is great to share success with.

We are not more or less worthy based on what we achieve, or what others think or by the position or even inclusion on a list.

Define your own success, share with those who matter to you and be top of your own list permanently.