It’s Cool to Be You! Book Project
on Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Have you ever noticed the one BIG thing that gets in the way of your (BHAG*) big hairy audacious goal achievement…is YOU? As we walk out (or run toward) the fulfillment of the vision we’ve imagined, one of the biggest stumbling blocks is our own crisis of confidence. This crisis is created and sustained by messages that hit us at the core of our being. It’s those sneaky little phrases we call gremlins, alter ego, or old “tapes” that derail us.
Our dreams are no longer being a ballerina, Miss America, or the President (or maybe they are) but we have to admit they still contain an essence of becoming our highest and best self…and the potential of achieving those things kind of scares us!
Marianne Williamson’s quote expresses it well: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
I am doing research for my new book “It’s Cool to Be YOU! A Grown Up Kid’s Guide to Unleash Your Inner Rock Star” and would appreciate your input.  Please take 1-2 minutes and share the phrases your inner gremlin uses to trip you up. All responses are anonymous unless you’d like to chat about my project. Take survey here.
P.S. If you haven’t gathered by now, I am compelled to do what I do in business strategy because I am convinced it’s totally cool to be you! One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is unleashing gifts, optimizing potential, tuning economic engines to attract $$$ and partnering with folks like you to create an outrageous life by bringing your genius to the world.  (Makes me grin just to think about it!)
*Jim Collins, Good to Great
------------------To your success!
Kathie Nelson
http://www.KathieNelson.com