FMQ 540 A Question That Stopped Me In My Tracks

A Question That Stopped Me In My Tracks

Have you ever heard a question that made you stop dead?

Not because you didn't understand it.

Quite the opposite.

Because you understood it too well.

That's what happened to me.

I was listening to Chris Williamson on the Modern Wisdom podcast when he asked a question that stopped me in my tracks. And almost immediately I started searching for an answer.

Not because I didn't know the answer.

I did.

And that was the bloody interesting bit.

I realised that knowledge wasn't my problem. Action was.

I knew what I wanted. I knew some of the things I needed to do. I've been doing this personal development stuff for long enough to have a pretty good toolbox.

So why wasn't I acting?

That question took me somewhere much more interesting than I expected.

It got me thinking about my own search for meaning, direction, purpose and my North Star. It made me wonder about the dreams, goals and desires we have — and what might actually be stopping us from moving towards them.

Because perhaps sometimes the problem isn't that we don't know what to do.

Perhaps there's something underneath that knowledge quietly saying:

"Not yet."

And that's where things like limiting beliefs, emotional blockages, self-doubt and our internal voice can start to show themselves.

What happens when you see opportunity differently?

In this FMQ, I start exploring what might happen if we could make our dreams and goals:

• Bigger
• Brighter
• Richer
• Quicker
• And, perhaps most importantly, more enjoyable to pursue

Because achieving something isn't the whole story, is it?

How we experience the journey matters too.