09 Sep 2010, Posted by Cris Buckley in Featured,Strategy, 3 Comments. Tagged business, change, personal growth
Creating Space for More
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When you’re growing…when you’re changing…sometimes you just have to shed your old skin because it’s too confining—you have to create space for more!
I’m there right now. I’m moving into a new phase of my big-picture business vision. I’ve got new giants (of fear) to fight…new structures and systems to create…new doors of opportunity to walk through…new skills and knowledge to master…new growth-directed relationships to form.
It’s both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. But that’s always the way it is when you walk out of your comfort zone into the unknown!
(The alternative is worse! If you don’t move forward—your comfort zone turns into the DEAD ZONE!!)
Anyway—the plan is to create space for the new—for more. So, I am dedicating more of my time in the immediate future to the Eliminate and Reduce quadrants of the Right-Brain Time Scheduling Strategy.
And that’s a little scary…..letting go of things that were part of my growth and support in the last phase of my business vision.
For instance, I’m quitting Toastmasters which was HUGE in my personal growth in so many ways over the past 3 years:
- It helped me get over a mortifying fear of people.
- It was an outlet to express my ideas and to motivate and inspire people. I had feedback weekly.
- I was VP of Education for my club for a year, which allowed me to act as a catalyst, creating systems to help new members feel confident, and all members to reach their personal goals.
But now…Toastmasters is part of my comfort zone and I’m having to let it go to make space for growth outside of my comfort zone.
I’m also overhauling my office—eliminating papers…files…computer stuff…books (gulp!)…emails…subscriptions, etc. that don’t serve this phase of my business development. AND reducing what I DO need to structures and systems that are simple and easy to use.
Let me tell you—this stuff does not come naturally to me. I tend to keep and become emotionally tied to just about everything. BUT—it’s what I really need to do to move forward.
I have to create space if I want more. And I do.
Anybody at this place besides me? Inspiring words to share? Is this a challenge for you like it is for me? What are you being called toward that makes it worth creating space for?
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September 9, 2010 12:18 pm
Ali Davies @ali_davies
Cris, you mention breaking through the fear – I would also add the need to take risk being a big factor in creating change and success. Thinking about risk reminded me of this poem which is a personal favourite – hope you like it:
RISK
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To hope is to risk despair
To try is to risk failure
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live
Chained by their certitude’s, they are a slave, they have forfeited their freedom
Only a person who risks is free.
September 09 2010 15:14 pm
Cris Buckley
Ali, what an inspirational poem! Thanks for bringing in risk as a factor in creating change. I love the last line..."Only a person who risks is free." That's such an encouragement to all of us who are taking the risks we need to to "take our mountain"!
November 8, 2010 9:10 am
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