Your Next Big Thing: Ten Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy by Ben Michaelis

Author:Ben Michaelis [Michaelis, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

THE DECISION TO WAIT ON YOUR NEXT BIG THING »

Deciding to wait on your next big thing does not mean you are giving up. You have learned a lot about yourself from reading this book and have made a considered decision to put Next on the shelf for a little while.

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If you have decided to wait, you are not getting out of your commitment to yourself so easily. In fact, you are not getting out at all. You are putting off, not putting away.

Circle a date on your calendar for three or six months out when you will reconsider your decision in light of the circumstances at that time, so you don’t end up throwing in the towel altogether. You can decide then whether or not you are ready to make the commitment to yourself to take action on your next big thing. If that is not the right time, pick another date six months out and reconsider your circumstances then. Don’t make the decision now that you will start in six months, because six months quickly becomes nine and suddenly three years have passed. By putting off the date but keeping the question alive, you keep the pressure on yourself not to give up, while simultaneously being respectful of your needs and circumstances.

One note of caution about the choice to put taking action on the shelf: Choosing to wait on what’s next until you have more bandwidth is a wise decision, but avoiding it purely out of fear can backfire. Remember, just as there is a part of you—your inner critic—that is afraid of the unknown, there is another part of you—your inner hero, whom we will meet in Chapter 9—that wants to grab hold of the excitement and the uncertainty. Once you begin imagining a new horizon, your inner hero begins to stir and might start mixing it up.

This is what happened with Chuck. In my office he discovered that he was meant to be an entrepreneur but he was afraid that taking action on it would mean giving up all he’d accomplished. This recognition that he was meant to work for himself increased the tension between his inner critic and inner hero and then his boss until eventually . . . Boom! He let loose and could’ve easily been fired. It was this event and the recognition that he could no longer stay where he was that ultimately provided the impetus for him to begin taking action on what was next for him.

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