The Great Life You'll Get If You Do What I Say
Open it. Read it. Do it. Thank me later. :)
There is an automatic email that goes out when someone subscribes to my newsletter. It basically poses the question:
How do we stay vital and continually create the meaningful lives we want for ourselves and for our world?
What Happened in My Inbox
Last week a new subscriber replied to my automated email:
This hits too hard for the middle of a work day in the high season and on the hottest day of the year!! LOL
I wrote back to this person (who was a stranger to me):
You can’t put off thinking about it forever!! LOL. What temperature of day are you waiting for?
Curious what wants to peak its head out in your mind. Tell me if you want. And go find some good AC.
She responded:
Oh what DOESN’T want to peak out? I need heavy psychoanalysis! Haha.
Let’s see, to start I think it’s how do I be the parent I want to be and work full time? I’m sure it’s a tale as old as time for other parents too…
But never have I ever experienced as much dissonance as going back to work after becoming a parent.
So I asked:
Oh, I know how to deal with that!! LOL. Joking/not joking.
Want me to tell you?
To which, she replied:
Please!!! Tell me all the secrets.
So I told her…
The Secrets
Well, you seem to have discovered secret number one (see below).
If you want Colin to reply to your email, be funny.You don't have to believe this, you just have to act and think as though it is true: What is possible is what you say is possible.Speak into possibility a life that sounds amazing that does not include dissonance between working and parenting.For example, it could include: work that is so amazing that you don't mind leaving kid(s), being so rich that you don't need to leave the kid(s), having amazing work that includes the kids, etc…Figure out who you have to be and how you have to behave--no matter how out of character or uncomfortable it seems--in order to create that life.Be that person.
⏸️ Take a Moment To Reflect Here:
What would you choose speak into possibility as a version of your life that excites you?
Let’s keep this post alive. Join the conversation, by answering in the comments
Generally, it's not that we can't create the life we want. It is that we choose not to be the person who can create it.
So be the person you need to be to create the life you want to create.
Remember: You don't need to have any faith at all in the directions above. You just do them whether you believe in them or not.
And you're welcome for the great life you're about to get if you just do what I say. You should probably become a paid subscriber now.
LOL
Colin
Everything I said above? I believe it.
And I say it over and over to myself and to all my clients.
Acting and thinking as though what you want is possible (even if you don’t believe it yet) is the basis for transforming lives.
Leadership. Relationships. Parenting. All of it.
Try it, and tell me how it impacted your life.
And you should probably become a paid subscriber, too.
Because you’re welcome for the great life you're about to get if you just do what I say.
:)
⏸️ Take a Moment To Reflect Here:
So, how do you stay vital and continually create the meaningful life you want—for yourself, and for the world you’re part of?
It’s the question I ask every new subscriber. Now I’d love to hear your answer.
🟡 One Last Thing…
As a way of creating revenue from this newsletter everyone says that I should make some of my posts be for paid subscribers only.
But I don’t choose to (at least not for now).
Instead I just want to ask you to be a paid subscriber.
For less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee a month (seriously), you will:
Help support full access to all posts for everyone
Make me happy
Encourage me to continue creating whatever value you get here
Buy me one Starbucks coffee (or actually a better brand) a month
And you’ll also help me keep this space alive and thriving. I’d love for you to support it. It’s worth it, but if you can’t afford it, don’t worry! That’s why I am asking everyone else to become a paid subscriber.
Love,
Colin
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