Im in a Fail Forward Space
I’ve been pondering on my word for the year is going to be and three months later here it is…#failingforward !
Some things in life are inevitable and one of those things is 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲!
There will be times when we’ll have undesired outcomes. We feel like our hard work goes unnoticed, we are delayed, etc. So, although we may not have control of the outcome we do 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 to show up in the world!
We get to make the decision to 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 to continue 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 up!
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸!
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:
𝟏. 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: failing forward is not giving up No need to push past your feelings, not feel or label emotions bad! 🙅🏽♀️ What it means is… take the time to explore how you felt prior to the result and how you feel after. What do those feelings mean for you? How can you take care of yourself in the process?
𝟐. 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀: Acknowledge the feeling of shame that you may feel, acknowledge the discouragement or whatever else you need to make way for AND don’t harp on it! DO NOT let it mean anything about you as a person! If there are things that are within your control to do more of, make a plan to do that or Trust me it’ll lead to self blame and essentially self sabotage.
𝟑. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘂𝗽: Feel the feels, but babyyy don’t stay there! Again it’s easy to stay there when we make things mean something about ourselves as a whole. 😮💨 Let go, think about what’s within your control (how can I show up differently? What worked? What didn’t work? What else can I do? Etc) and draft up solutions. Sometimes solutions can be brainstormed, yet we don’t get that far because we are too concerned with the outcome of taking said risk.
If you feel like you find yourself in a space that doesn’t allow room for this, reach out and let’s see if working together is a good fit! Now offering 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 strategy sessions! Ask me how?! 🤗
#solutionfocused #selfsabotage #strategysession #risks #motion
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