Last Week I Wanted to Write a Worksheet
I started out thinking to write a worksheet on “life” for giving me too much to do. I’ve been frustrated recently because I’ve been juggling too much.
Then I thought, actually I should write a worksheet on my business. Since most of my extra work is coming from my business. I know I could write a good worksheet on that.
But I Found an Even Cooler Angle
I wrote the worksheet during a session of the Two-Hour Taste of The Work when Susan Vielguth was facilitating. As she led us through filling out a worksheet, she invited us to find a person who was stressing us.
I was all set to write about my business, but decided to follow her direction and look for a person.
Sure enough I found one. As I looked at all the pressure I was feeling, I realized that I was secretly blaming a friend that I plan my business with.
Once I Saw it, the Worksheet Pretty Much Wrote Itself
My line one became, “I am afraid of him because he expects me to accomplish three big goals this year.”
And as I questioned what I wrote, I found that it wasn’t true. Sure, we do plan three things to accomplish every year. And it is quite helpful. But my mind was exaggerating the bigness of the goals. I turned three goals into three big goals. Huge, enormous, life-changing goals.
No wonder I was feeling pressured and stressed.
It Helped to Focus on a Person
Because it helped me get to the real reason why I was feeling frustrated. I was more focused on impressing my friend than on being true to me.
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Have a great weekend,
Todd
“A business meeting intended to solve a problem becomes instead an opportunity to impress a visiting executive. Why? Because approval seeking has moved to center stage.” — Byron Katie, I Need Your Love, Is That True?
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