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January 11th, 2010
Looking Up
Good morning,
Saturday afternoon while working on someone's 2010 Overview that has a natal chart quite similar to my own, I realized that Jupiter is about to head into my "happiness" sector and then my "work" sector this year. Jupiter takes 12 years to make a full circle through someone's chart, so I wanted to look at where my love life was and where my career was 12 years ago. That got me to reminiscing.
The last time Jupiter passed through my "work" sector, I felt such a huge overwhelming
sense of destiny that I absolutely had to quit my real job and start this little
company of mine. I finally gave in and did just that in June of 1999. I looked
at it as a form of free falling with faith that I would be taken care of and would
not fall flat on my face. And I took that "leap of faith" and here I am still "flying"
and I haven't crash-
It took three tries before I got Tomorrow's Edge up and running. The third launch of the company was the lucky one and the one that is still going today. That "third times a charm" attempt occurred in April 2003 after two big failures and numerous "pick yourself up and dust yourself off" moments.
I could not have done it without my cheerleaders giving me sometimes daily pep talks not to doubt my ability to succeed, not to fear humiliating failure, not to throw the computer out the window, not to get so mad when things were unfair, not to just give up and quit.
Today's feature article was written back when I was still taking those baby steps and terrified of each and every one. "What if I fail?" It took getting to a point where I could acknowledge that I loved failing at this more than I loved succeeding at anything else, to get me to calm down and just go with it.
Let me once again say, "Thank you!" to everyone who helped me, cheered me, and/or dangled carrots under my nose to keep me going. I could not have done it without you.
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Skye Thomas
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Cheerleaders
This article assumes that you have chosen a goal, dream, or task for yourself. You
may or may not have started implementing your step-
Think about the people you know. Who believes in you? Who do you think would believe in your goal? Ask them to be your cheerleaders. Do not be discouraged if there is only one person whom you feel is truly safe and will give you unconditional support. Whether it is one person or one hundred does not matter. You decide how many cheerleaders you need for any given dream and which ones to choose.
Tell them your dream. Do not be squeamish or shy about it. Just say it aloud. Ask that they hold you to your highest potential and help you to not make excuses when you are afraid and want to quit. They will say yes and do it for you or you would not have chosen them to be your cheerleaders.
Jennifer and I had been friends for about three years when I had finally decided to start my own business as a motivational speaker and writer. I had been telling everyone for years that I would be doing this 'someday'. While staying the weekend with her, she asked me how my new career was going. I told her I could not do it because I had been overcome by fear and doubt. I recited for her all the logical fears and doubts that I had come across. I pointed out how outsiders were also bringing up these same concerns and therefore they must be real and valid. There were just too many logical reasons to quit.
She never responded. I felt as if I was talking to a wall. She just sat there blank.
This was my very best friend. We were known for talk-
Later that same evening, we were sitting at her kitchen table and I told her I was somewhat surprised that she did not utter a peep when I was telling her all the reasons I should not, could not, would not start the business after all. I assured her that I was not angry with her for not responding, but that I was just surprised. I had never known her to be speechless before.
She looked at me straight faced and said, "As long as I've known you, you were going to do this. I just figured you would still do it. Have you come up with a name for your business yet?" She then offered some ideas for business names. I pretty much hated all the ideas that she threw out at me. My daughter jumped in and suggested we call it 'The Motivation Station.' Jen and I were laughing as we quickly discarded that idea. We pulled out paper and pens and started brainstorming business names. We were also playing around with designing a logo, letterhead, and business cards. I completely forgot that I had given up on starting my own business.
I did not choose a name until the next day while driving the four hours to get back home. She had planted the seed of naming my company. She had set me back into forward motion. She had simply stated her undying faith in me, carried my dream for me, continued forward with my dream when I did not think I could, and then handed it back to me when I was not paying attention. She expected me to live up to my best. She never doubted that I would keep moving forward and succeed.
Not only had I picked my dream back up, I had named the thing! I could not wait to get home because my next three or four steps were laid out for me. I had to register my business name with the state, print up business cards, and start doing trademark research. I could not wait to get back to work! Jennifer was a great cheerleader.
Originally, I had not thought to include the idea of a life coach in with the concept of cheerleaders. Now that I have chewed on it for a while, I think of them as professional cheerleaders. You may or may not feel unconditional love from them like you would a personal friend or relative, but they are making their living at being really awesome cheerleaders. They are paid to give you rah rah speeches and to have clever ideas to help you when you hit those down times while on the road to living out your dreams. Life coaches can definitely be of help. Like anything else, you get what you pay for, so shop wisely.
Even if you only have one cheerleader in your corner, know that they are perhaps
your most valuable resource when battling against fear and self-
Thank your cheerleaders by returning the favor. You can cheer them on with their goals and dreams too. What greater way is there to say "Thank you" or "I love you,' then to be someone's cheerleader?
Adapted from a segment of Beyond the Inner-
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