You Belong!
Sometimes this is exactly what we need to believe, in order to achieve the success we want.
My oldest son just tried out and made an All Net basketball team.
For those of you who don’t know, All Net is a highly competitive select basketball league.
First off, my son was hesitant to try out and fortunately my wife pushed him to just give it a shot.
As parents, we often see more potential in our children than they do.
When my son found out that he had made the team, he was extremely excited.
But then came his first practice.
As I was watching his first practice, I noticed how nervous he was and rightfully so.
He just joined a team of straight ballers.
The majority of the players have been on this team for a few years now, so not only could they play but they were a tight knit group that my son was trying to be a part of.
On our car ride home from his first practice, I asked him how he felt.
And like most 12-years-old, he answers, “Fine”.
So I dug deeper and asked again how he really felt.
This is when he admitted to me his nervousness.
I immediately validated his feelings and told him that being nervous in that situation is 100% normal and in fact it would be weird if you weren’t nervous.
As the conversation went on, I told him “Look… you have already made the team, you belong here, so you need to start believing that.”
His practices since this conversation have been awesome because he bought into what I was telling him.
He is out there competing at 100%.
Now, he has a long way to go before reaching his full potential, but his mind is right now.
See, there is no way we can reach our maximum potential if we don’t feel like we are worthy of what our max potential can bring us.
You can’t go through and practice at 75% because you are afraid of failure and questioning why you are there.
I think of this with my own experiences in life. Even with my business now.
I went through many phases of fear and questioning whether I belonged here.
We all question our value and sense of belonging at certain points in our life.
Often times, it is when we are trying something new….
New Job
New Business
Scaling Your Business
New Sports Team
New Relationship
It doesn’t matter what we are doing. Believing that you belong is the first thing we need to get right so we can achieve the success that we deserve.
Often times, when working with clients and prospective clients fear comes up when they are about to reach that breakthrough.
I see people on my enrollment calls scared to take the risk and make a decision to commit to their business.
People play it safe and compete at 75% because it is easier to compete at 75%, than it is to go all in.
If you are questioning whether you belong in any area in your life right now, I encourage you to buy all the way into your dreams.
Life is short and as Wayne Gretzky said “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
Don’t look back at your life with any regrets.
Go balls to the wall after your dreams because….
YOU BELONG!!!
