My 2019 Resolution: To Get Out Of My Own Head (More)

Sometimes we just need to get out of our own way.

As we kick-off a new year, maybe we should make a pledge to not be too hard on ourselves...

I can't speak for you but I am one to over-think decisions. To pause. Analyze. Procrastinate as long as possible on any decision or task that has a potentially weighty outcome or result. And then to get angry with myself if I think I've made "the wrong decision".

Sometimes, procrastinating can be good as I know it has saved me from many a sticky situation in the past. Just letting the dust blow over and then as things unfold, I see what could have happened if I'd been too hasty. But I am sure that there are many situations that could have flipped in my favour, if I had just run with it. Taken the leap of faith.

Following our "thinking mind" or allowing our intellect to run the show can be good but I suspect that our deeper unconscious (all-knowing) mind knows better. I just find it difficult to let go of the dominant chatter and ingrained thinking that drives my actions and approach to life.

In 2019, I am determined to "look through" the thinking mind and to find the gaps where the deeper mind operates and to allow it through (more!).

There is a school of thought that believes that we are born with universal wisdom deep within ourselves. Sorry to get a bit 'meta' here, but it is an interesting thought experiment: to suspend our belief that we need to "think our way through life" and instead to relax into our deeper wisdom or "gut-instinct" or feeling and to let this run the show.

How many times have you had a deep feeling that something should or shouldn't be done? Often, the dominant "thinking" mind will take over and make the final call but this is exactly the case that I would like to tackle this year (and going forward).

You might ask "why" seek to adopt this approach?

For me personally, I would like to get out of my own head more. To be more present in every situation. To experience life more in the moment - both in personal and business life. To be more curious and spontaneous and importantly, to stop searching outwards for answers (an insatiable quest for more information) when I might already know what to do or what to say - if I could just let go.

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