The other day I got an email from a client who had made a decision to make a change in an area of her life that was distracting her from her business. She’d made a plan, and then learned something that made her plan seem harder.
She said, “I think Universe is trying to trick me into wanting to postpone.” 🙂
Now the next line was, “I’m not going to.” Phew.
So while the Universe isn’t tricking you, I get how it can seem that way at times.
It’s actually your subconscious mind that’s tricking you! Just as bad, right? 🙂
Your subconscious mind is programmed to keep you safe, and until now safe looked like, well, whatever your life looks like. But safe and business don’t mix. The business of your dreams that is calling to you most likely lies outside of your current default programming (aka comfort zone). So how does it work?
The Cycle of Proving Begins
The Cycle of Proving describes what happens in your business, and gives you two options for how to respond.
P – Peek your big vision. This is what happened to all of us that got us into this business in the first place! You see something possible. Maybe it’s a new structure for your team, or new model for how you work with clients. You get a glimpse or a “peek” as what could be.
R – Remove resistance. Generally your world is not completely set for your big vision – if it were, you’d be doing it, right? So in the second step you clear the decks, either in your life or in your mindset, to make the new thing feel possible.
O – Open your mouth. Here you start to tell people. Or maybe you just practice telling yourself. This stage could also look like taking an action in alignment with your goal, like making a deposit on a business-building activity, or showing up in a new environment.
V – Validate your fear. THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. At this point, something will happen to validate your fear. There is no doubt. It will happen. Period. It could be a sideways look from an acquaintance, or a ‘no’ that disrupts your plans, but it WILL HAPPEN.
This is the subconscious mind reflecting back to you its current level of awareness. Whatever you are concerned about or afraid about, your default energy state will show up right after you move toward your goal. Period. When you know this, you will be ready, and move forward anyway.
From here, you’ve got two options on how to proceed. Yup, two. I’ll cover that in next week’s article. (The I-N-G is waiting!)
For now, if you look, you’ll be able to see the form in which your fear shows itself to you. You’ll see your own theme (Making people happy over yourself? Not risking looking stupid? Money fear?). Watch what happens this week and isolate your pattern. It’s the key to keeping the Universe from tricking you!
The Universe loves you and wants what’s best for you more than you want it for yoursel!
Until next week!