Disclaimer: Even if you’re not a runner or have zero interest in running EVER, this email is still very much for you!
This week, I was working with a client who was hesitant about her goal, her first 5K.
I could tell she had “expectations” for how her experience “should” look.
Did she think…
- training had to look a certain way, or it wasn’t “good enough?”
- she had to get a specific time for her first race, or it wasn’t worth telling anyone about?
- that by signing up, it meant she had to RUN the entire thing?
Completing my first half marathon weighing over 220 pounds, I had a lot to share with her, and it might be helpful for you too!
As you read, consider your next goal, business project/idea, or motherhood challenge you want to go after.
Do you have it in mind? If not, think about it!
Do you think it has to look a certain way to “count?”
When I went to pick up my race packet and received my
t-shirt, I was made aware that I was the only size XL shirt on the roster, and that was for both the men’s and women’s races. I certainly didn’t look (or weigh) the way most 1/2 marathon runners look, but does that negate my success?
Do you think, if it’s not done by a specific time it’s any less of an accomplishment?
I had one main goal for my first race.
Finish the Race
When we think a goal, project, or challenge has to be completed/solved/obtained by a particular time, that “made-up time frame” often stops us from even starting.
Ditch the time frame and dedicate yourself to moving forward a little bit more each day.
Do you think you have to have it all figured out or have the best idea, perfect certification, a big network, or fancy equipment to be successful?
I didn’t look like your typical 1/2 marathon runner, but I also didn’t have a water supply around my waist, no fancy fuel packs, no watch to time my pace, I ran alone, and I wore hand-me-down running shoes.
All those “strikes” against me, and I still
completed the goal.
Remember that goal, business idea, or motherhood challenge that you thought of at the beginning of this email?
What if you dropped the expectations of what it is supposed to look like and just started?
Drop the excuses keeping you from going after your next big thing!
It didn’t matter what I weighed or didn’t have because I was running my OWN race, I set my expectations, and my timeline, and I reached my goals by taking baby steps MY WAY!!
Those principles are exactly how I grew my six-figure business in less than 18 months while teaching full-time school and parenting my three daughters!
Run your own dang race in life, business, and motherhood!
Run it on your terms, with your OWN goals, fostering your strengths, without excuses, and in a way that makes you proud.