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I always thought of patience as a postponement, waiting patiently for an opportunity to knock on my door, or waiting for my turn while others waded into the light first. As a child, patience felt like an odd forum of punishment. An intentional tactic designed by adults to either put off the thing that I wanted or to delay and deflate my enthusiasm.

As I got older patience, became a form of “good manners.” After all, it’s just polite; not being overly aggressive and willing to let others go ahead of me, my wants, and desires. (It could be a Canadian thing) For most of my adult life, I have been overly patient; I have to tell you, it was starting to wear a little thin. It didn’t feel like good manners it felt like I was a doormat.

Patience ~ I don’t think so; sooner is better than later and while we’re at it more is better than less!

“Patience is a virtue” ~ yeah right.

That is how I felt. So I decided that I was going to take my share whenever and wherever. It’s my turn, so step back, get out of my way and let me at it. To say that this attitude burned bridges and alienated me and my goals is an understatement. 

Then I experienced my patience epiphany. I needed to personally redefine patience, understand what it meant and how I was going to incorporate it into my life. Believe me when I say there is a divine order to our lives. I now know that in patience there is peace, a peace that had eluded me in the past and maybe, in that peace is where virtue lies.

Check your patience against these five steps:

1) Define your path, 

Real patience comes when we have an absolute and unshakable knowing that the road we are on is the right one

2) Be intentional, 

Be always working on the next step know where you are going. Understand why and how it all fits into the big picture. Concentrate on the twelve inches of floor space in front of you. When you move ahead one foot at a time, you’re heading in the right direction.

3) Concentrate on the small pieces, 

Steadily building one small step after the next; bite size bits are so much easier to handle. Collectively they will create magic and make dreams come true.

4) Don’t loose sight of where you are going, 

DO NOT get down about not being across the goal line as yet. Patience knows that life will unfold in the right time and the correct order as long as we continue to show up, do the work and don’t loose faith.

5) See, accept, and be open and receptive,

To all opportunities as they present themselves. Be ever vigilant and jump in without reservation when you hear that knocking on your door.

Never stop or lose heart. Always do the work, have faith and embrace patience; I hear it is a virtue.

So, let me ask. Do you need to redefine patience in your life? If so personal coaching may offer you the help, you need. 

I am offering a limited number of one-hour, introductory-coaching calls for free. If interested e-mail me at brent@ThinkWorldClass.com. 

Have a World Class day my friend.

Living life, without conflict or doubt, requires awareness, planning, preparation, and effort. A Huge amount of effort!

Be Forewarned,

Even with all of the awareness, planning, preparation, and effort you can muster, it will never be enough to eliminate conflict and doubt in your life. 

The best we can ever hope for is reducing the risk and maybe skirting SOME of the conflicts and doubt that life dishes out in such great abundance. That’s right, even with all the conspiring in the world, conflict, and doubt is going to show up. It’s an inevitable part of life. When you least expect it ~ there it is.

So why not just wing it, and forget the planning and preparing thing?

Aiming For The Key Hole

Life is like taking a rifle and aiming for a key hole from 1,000 meters away. Even the best marksmen in the world can only hope to get close, and for the rest of us, we would be pleased if our shot landed in the same area code.

Instead of narrowly defining your dreams expand them. Paint life in your minds-eye with a broad brush. Steel yourself against conflict and doubt, be limber and develop resiliency.

World Class performers, prepare for conflict and doubt. 

How can you prepare for conflict and doubt when you’re not sure what it’s going to look like or when it will show up? After all, it usually materializes with less than a moments notice.

Start by incorporating a strategy that is personality driven rather than motivated by a particular event. Develop a response that you can lean on whenever your bellybutton tells you conflict and doubt are in the hood. When you choose to react in a way that is congruent with your belief and personality, you’re way ahead of the game.

Knee jerk reactions can often find us acting out of misguided reasoning, centered around pleasing others.  Or even worse, in pursuit of societies definition of success. Set your rules for the game of life, define your success, pursue your heart’s desire. Your rules are as individual and unique as your fingerprint. 

Developing a personality driven response to conflict and doubt

Here are five common denominators. As in all good things, it goes nowhere without sustained effort and reasoning. Time for you to do the work.

1) Know what you want most, 

What do you believe you are here to accomplish. Remember; it is not crazy if it matters to you.

2) See conflict and doubt as an opportunity, 

Look for the diamond in the moment. It’s always there if you choose to see it. But you are only going to see it if you look critically and not emotionally.

3) Act quickly and congruently, 

Be sincere, trustworthy, dependable and thorough. These traits define us and are the essence of a personality driven response.

4) Do the work, 

Be prepared to understand YOU from the inside out. Take a chance and ask yourself, how do I make a difference? Then lean into it with all your might.

5) Reactions change, 

When you deal with conflict and doubt from a personality driven perspective, change happens. Instead of feelings of anger and attack, things start to feel right. Dividends begin to accrue in all areas of your life, socially, intellectually, spiritually, physically and financially.

It’s time to awaken that sleeping giant within you and be all that you are meant to be. Being prepared is more than half way there.

So, let me ask. Are conflicts and doubts getting in your way? Are you interested in developing a personality driven response to conflict and doubt? If so personal coaching may offer you the help, you need. 

I am offering a limited number of one-hour, introductory-coaching calls for free. If interested e-mail me at brent@ThinkWorldClass.com. 

Have a World Class day my friend.

Muscle memory is within all of us. 

Our bodies are amazing, have you ever watched someone who took up a sport like golf or tennis at a very young age. Even after years of not playing they can step up and deliver a swing that makes a casual player, who took up the game later in life, green with envy.

Ask Yourself.

When it comes to the game of life is your muscle memory geared to failure or is it geared to the attainment of your vision.

The reality is, muscle memory can support failure as quickly as it can support success. It’s how we are conditioned, that makes the difference. What are the terms of reference that we lean into when faced with a fork in the road? Do we have a predisposition to failure and walking away; or are we predisposed to finding a solution that dovetails with our vision?

Physically and Intellectually

We tend to think of muscle memory physically. World Class performers know that the most important muscle to work on is that gray matter between our ears. The mind is the greatest muscle we have. 

When you have the body working congruently with a World Class mindset and focus, you become worthy of the attention of others.

World Class performers are like the person who took up their sport as a very young person. They have years of repetition to fall back on.

Four Steps To Get Your Glutes in Gear

1) Clarity, 

Create a repetitive memory in your mind of what you want to accomplish. The one most clear is likely the person to get a buy-in from others and inevitably lead the charge.

2) Feel The Feelings, 

Find and more importantly feel that mental state where you are in the zone and are on top of your game. Make it a sensory experience, incorporate all of your senses into reliving an empowering mental state.

3) Repetition, 

Mentally prepare yourself over and over again. See yourself in full on, fearless pursuit of your destiny. Aim for 10,000 hours of reliving those moments where you were in the flow, achieving your personal best. See it over and over again. Then…… do it one more time for good measure.

4) Insulate yourself, 

With clarity, feeling the feelings and by incorporating repetition, you inevitably protect yourself from the skeptics and those who are standing at the ready to tell you why this won’t work. Too many projects have gone by the wayside because of naysayers and the negative attitudes of others. 

The World Class are unshakable in their pursuit of their visions and goals.

Let me ask you; Are you having trouble getting your gluteus maximus in gear? 

I am offering a free one-hour coaching session to a limited few. Interested? No obligation just e-mail me at brent@ThinkWorldClass.com. 

Have a World Class day my friend.