How Do I Know I'm making progress?

Jun 14, 2024

𝑯𝑶𝑾 𝑫𝑶 𝑰 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝑰’𝑴 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑮𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺?

I can feel it. Every day. I’m making progress understanding and transforming myself.

𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓: 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. The progress is a result of years (should I say a lifetime?) of listening to others, listening to myself, learning, practice and repetition.

The saying goes that you can’t fix something with the same thinking that got you there in the first place. If you could see the sometimes chaotic thoughts that rumble through my mind… well, I’m guessing a lot of you know what I’m talking about.

I needed, and still need, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 to help me onto the path and stay there. We are not meant to do this thing called life alone.

𝑺𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰’𝒎 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔? Here’s a little story.

A coaching colleague had questions about preparing for an upcoming event and asked them in our group. I had suggestions and shared them. I didn’t address them all, because I lacked specific knowledge.

Another coach filled in the gaps, and then some. My first reaction? Why didn’t I think of that? Ugh. The old ‘not enough, not good enough’ belief popped up.

And then disappeared just as quickly. Why? How?

I was able to quickly pull up a better thought: I shared what I felt knowledgeable to share. It was enough and it was helpful.

𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒅𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑵𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖. My perspective, experience and knowledge is often just what someone needs to hear. At least it’s part of it.

The ability to do a mindset reset, more quickly and easily over time, is evidence of progress.

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓. Sometimes it’s a state of mind, a feeling (or the absence of a specific feeling).

It can be a sensation felt or not felt in your body. It can be the reaction of the person in front of you.

Be gentle with yourself. You're making more progress than you realize.

𝑻𝑰𝑷 - 𝑲𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇:

  1. AHA moments and mindset resets

  2. new and better reactions to others and their reactions to you

  3. how quickly you shift your thinking

  4. reminders you give yourself (practice makes progress)

You are capable of making progress. So are your children. What you do now matters.

What will you do today?

𝑷.𝑺. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖, and can support you in getting and staying on the path of progress. Request your complimentary consultation at https://bit.ly/3J9wxzz

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