re: THE POWER OF POSSIBILITY

POSSIBILITY.  When is the last time you thought of possibility as a tool in your toolbox that can actively improve your life? As something you have influence over? As something you can create or find more of? (truly- if this is your normal way of thinking, I'd love to hear about it.)

Instinctively, we know what possibility is and what it feels like, but here are a few more ideas to consider.

Possibility is largely created by mindset, includes potential outcomes, and is the vision and belief in something more. And, yes, this could even be something that's never been true for you before!

Allowing possibility to exist in your life creates expansion, abundance, and options that pull you forward. Possibility widens our perspective and impacts how we make decisions. It changes how we see our circumstances, offering us hope, permission, and excitement to grow. 

Possibility brings the energy of momentum, and awareness of a future that's open to us with more than one path.

So why do we either 1) hold ourselves back from it or 2) allow ourselves to jump from path to path, never venturing far enough to see real change?

Often, It's because of what goes along with possibility- namely uncertainty, vulnerability and the accompanying feelings of discomfort that can override the hope and positive energy we need to move forward.

Jumping quickly from one option to the next can create the feeling of movement without requiring deeper growth. Both are understandable patterns that let us feel productive, in control, and protected, but rarely will they result in the future we envision.

The good news is that you can bring more possibilities into your own life. You can learn to find them, and not hold yourself back out of fear from past experiences. Some of the most successful people in leadership and business had high expectations of themselves and refused to believe in generally accepted limitations. Instead, they create, find, and explore those possibilities- and you can, too.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 

• What is now and What could be?

  
  

TAKE ACTION PLAN:

THREE WAYS TO CREATE THE POWER OF POSSIBILITY

1. ADOPT A GROWTH ORIENTED MINDSET

What this means:

A growth mindset isn't blind optimism. It's resilience and the belief that your skills, capacity, and outcomes aren't limited. It's knowing that your efforts can and do make a difference. It's looking for positivity, possibility, and the lessons from growth.

How to practice it:

• Stay curious when you feel stuck or if your results don't match your expectations. Ask yourself:

  • “How can I?” “What else might change?”  “What if it works?” “What if it was possible?”

• Separate who you are from how things are going. Your outcomes are not your identity. Remind yourself which of your traits make you successful.

  • “Right now things are hard but I'm a person who figures it out and keeps going.”

2. DO SOMETHING NEW 

What this means: When you do something different from what you usually do, or from what you believe is the best way, your mind is given an example that you're capable of doing something you didn't believe you could get better at or do at all. 

As an example, I started writing my morning affirmations with my left hand and while the results aren't IG worthy,  it's much easier for me to do now and it reads easier than I could have expected! I previously believed “I can't write with my left hand.” Now I ask myself, “What else can I do?”

How to practice it:

• Choose something you've always wanted to try or learn and make a plan to start doing it.

• Small steps or small goals are okay as long as you practice with consistency or complete it according to your plan.

• Acknowledge your wins! Keep a list of the possibilities you choose to explore.

  
  

3. FIND SOME GOOD THINGS THAT COULD COME FROM YOUR CURRENT TOUGHEST PROBLEM.

What this means:

I know this might sound impossible, depending on the challenges you're currently facing, but it's very important to expand your mindset and look for other options, lessons, and perspectives especially during the hard times. (I don't want to either, but it's important and it primes our minds to look for more.) Acknowledging the struggle is also important but if we stay focused on the negative, we can't move forward. 

How to practice it:

• Are there skills or traits that overcoming this challenge will lead you to build?

• How is this clarifying what's most important to you?

• Ask what this is preparing you for, instead of what it's taking from or costing you.

• Acknowledge where you've already made progress, even if the situation isn't resolved yet.

  
  

Final thoughts… There's a quote I heard many years ago and I've remembered it ever since. I hope it offers you some encouragement and a little nudge if you need one. José Ortega y Gasset was a renowned Spanish philosopher and he once wrote that “All we are given is possibilities, to make ourselves one thing or another.”

Wishing you a week full of vision and expanded possibilities, and if today's topic was interesting to you or made a difference, I'd love to hear from you! 

We're in this together,