These words have been spiraling around and through my thoughts a lot lately. I've been in the fitness business for about 6 years now and have been making steady upward progress the whole time. Not only professionally, but personally and intellectually and dare I say spiritually.What happens when we start to think outside the box? When we try different things that may be scary or intimidating? These are questions that I've never before tried to answer honestly.
How can I progress and grow if I'm not ready or willing to step outside my comfort zone? How will I seize any opportunities if I'm too afraid to fail? How will I make changes if I don't try? I won't, that's a fact. I won't.
In my recent efforts to learn how to lift heavy, I've experienced a few things that have caught me off guard a bit, and have put some of my thoughts on mindset and making changes into perspective. I know that I'm strong and capable when it comes to my workouts, but learning new skills and techniques for heavy lifting and power lifting has lead me to put my trust in another person as well as myself on a level that I've not before experienced. I went into this knowing what I was doing and I set my mind to accepting a new challenge. However, with each workout so far, I've had to re-set my Mindset. I've had to do this because each workout has brought on not only a new physical challenge, but more interestingly to me, a new mindset or emotional challenge that I've had to face, recognize, accept and learn from. I've found that what I don't know is a lot, and that in order for me to learn, I have to give it the time it deserves. This is going to take a lot more time than I anticipated. And, I believe that giving things time is way more worth it than trying to rush to the end.
I never thought that I'd like this kind of weight lifting, but it's been fun and rewarding. I've never felt such fatigue or stress from a workout. I've never allowed someone else to coach me. I've never felt comfortable enough to allow someone else to coach and guide me.
So, what's different now that I'm doing just that? Nothing except that I made a decision to try something new. Something that I knew I'd not be able to do without guidance. I've taken steps in my career slowly and with intention (mostly without guidance or help). As I learn more about myself, and what I can do, I'm also learning everyday how my actions and decisions can shape my future. The more I wander outside of my comfort zone, the less scary it becomes. The more I experience new things, the more I recognize that I can handle it, and more importantly that I can rely on and use others to help out from time to time. My point to this is that we sometimes need to seek guidance to grow ourselves. Sometimes someone else's perspectives can help us to think on our own actions and decisions differently. And different is good. Broadening awareness in ourselves is good. It's not easy, but it's good. It's an ongoing process and for me, a welcome one. As I begin to choose to change my mindset more and more, I begin to notice changes in my outlook and perspective. I believe that this is the beginning of a growth both personally and professionally. I believe that my opportunities are endless my progress can be whatever I choose to make it. Right now, personally, I'm going to keep working on learning the new lifting skills. I expect that this new knowledge and skill set will and does correlate to other areas of knowledge and awareness!
Train Today to Move Tomorrow!
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