Sunday, February 04, 2007
Walls Or Bridges
Marie* is a bright, innovative, creative woman who recently started her own consulting business after working for many years in the corporate world. She is proud of herself for taking the leap from employee to self-employed and has high hopes for her new business.
One day while having lunch with a friend Marie shares some concerns around attracting clients. For years she has had a steady income and now she is terrified that she will not be able to make ends meet or sustain herself. She knows that bringing clients into her business is crucial and begins to doubt her abilities.
In response her friend offers her some ideas for gaining clients. While her friend is sharing Marie starts to feel frustrated and heavy, like someone plopped a 50 ton weight down on her chest. Marie thanks her friend and offers a multitude of reasons as to why each suggestion won’t work for her. Each reason becomes a brick in a huge wall that she is building between herself, her business, and potential opportunities.
While it’s true that walls can provide great support, they are also easy to hide behind.
Walls = resistance to others or opportunities
Bridges = being open-minded/open-hearted to potentials, moving forward
Here’s the charge, the next time you feel resistance around something that you want, something that is really important ask yourself, “Am I building walls where I could be building bridges?”
If it is a wall you are building, try taking each brick and find a way to turn it in to a bridge plank. Remember, you have more to gain than you have to lose.
Until next time, build those bridges and be well…
Pam
*No real individuals or situations were used in the creation of this post.
Posted by Pam at 4:30:50 PM in Creating Change (89) | Permalink | Comments (2)
Comments
I loved the post, Pam. As a person who excels in building walls I can relate! I am getting better at replacing those bricks, but it is a daily challenge. Thanks for the encouraging words!Posted by Lorna on 05/02/2007
Lorna, thank you!! Well done on replacing those bricks! Hang in there and keep up the awesome work of building those bridges! :) YOU can do it!!Be well...
Pam
Posted by Pam on 05/02/2007
