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What's the Sound of Possibility?
May 28, 2019
That’s impossible. It will never work. You’ll lose everything. You can’t do that. Don’t try.
We’ve all heard this voice in our head. Where does it come from? If you were with me last week you know. It’s the voice of your Protector. She’s just doing her thing.
You might be tempted to think it’s the voice of logic and reason. You’d be wrong. Here’s how you can tell. Your voice of logic and reason doesn’t speak in absolutes. Your voice of logic and reason is all about nuance. She’s all about hedging her bets. When she thinks something is a bad idea, she says things like…”the odds of success are pretty low and the risk might not be worth the reward here.” Your voice of logic and reason leaves it up to you to make the final decision.
The Protector doesn’t use wishy-washy language. She uses absolutes and imperatives. She has no other choice. We’re talking life and death here. The Protector only knows one thing. Protection. She sees threats everywhere.
But there’s something ironic about your Protector.
She never weighs in when something is truly impossible. She never spoke up when I wanted to marry Angelina Jolie. She never tries to crush my dreams of becoming the next World’s Strongest Man. Why not? Because neither Angelina Jolie or Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson have anything to worry about with me and my Protector knows it. I know it too. In fact, I know it so well these ideas never really appear in my mind for true consideration.
When something is truly impossible, you don’t hear voices. You hear silence.
When there’s potential, you hear whispers. Whispers from the future.
The Protector shouts down the whispers of possibility.
When you hear the Protector's shouts you know there's potential.
Prosperous Journey
-zog
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A couple of weeks back I appeared as a guest on the Man of Mastery podcast. Last week we released Part II of that conversation. I had a blast talking with Mike Bulloch about a range of topics, including the use of coaching to help get the most out of crucible life events. You can check out the podcast here.
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