From Paycheck to Purpose by Ken Coleman

Author:Ken Coleman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: self-actualization, psychology, motivation, success
Publisher: Ramsey Press
Published: 2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Doubt

Our second villain is Doubt, and his attacks circle around time, our destiny, and our ability. While Fear is busy distracting us with threats of what can hurt us, Doubt whispers, “Look at you and how weak/ill-prepared/undeserving you are.”

He works all the inside angles, messing with our emotions and expertly building on the negative to demoralize and defeat us. At the hint of any slight failure or criticism, Doubt adds to the pile: “See? This is too hard for you. You’re never going to make it.” Statements like these may have no basis in reality, but as soon as they become a fact for you, you’ll be tempted to give up and let your plans die.

The biggest doubts that people have when they’re getting started are about time, ability, and destiny. Have you ever said these things?

“It’s too late for me. I missed the boat.”

“I guess this isn’t meant to happen for me.”

Some people think they waited too long or started too late—or they’re just plain too old and time has run out. That was totally me early on. At any age, though, if you’ve had a few false starts or been rejected enough times, it’s easy to think that the universe is sending you a message to pack up and go home.

“I’m not sure I can pull this off.”

“Maybe I’m deceiving everybody, including myself, and I really can’t do the job!”

Yikes! I have been paralyzed by those voices before!

A couple of years ago, I was on a business trip in Orlando when someone from the Ramsey team called and said, “Sirius XM wants to do a Dave Ramsey channel, and there’s talk of you doing a show that will lead into Dave’s.”

I’d been at Ramsey for three years at this point. I was working toward a national show, but this call was totally unexpected and way ahead of the schedule I had in my mind. Still, I was stoked ! I’d dreamed of having a national show for years.

Somewhere, though, between that phone call and the signing of the deal, it hit me: Uh-oh! What am I thinking? I’ve never done a show that is 100 percent caller driven before. What if I’m awful at it?

Wouldn’t you know it? The deal went fast. Really fast. The performer in me was jumping up and down with excitement. At the same time, I was daunted, painfully aware that if I failed on Sirius, there probably wouldn’t be a restart. I might even ruin my chances of ever getting another show.

This was Doubt, trying his best to discourage me.

I’m going to keep it real with you—the start of the show was rough. In a matter of weeks, we had to come up with the format. The music. Write the opener. Develop the material. It was a lot in a short amount of time. I wouldn’t want anyone to hear the first few months of the show now . . . but I started. And as I went along, I learned more and got better.

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