Have you ever found yourself procrastinating on a project that is important to you, and then beat up on yourself for not doing it? With self-talk like “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I just start? I’m such a [loser/lost
case/procrastinator/fill in your own] and my [mother/father/teacher] was right about me!”
A client I worked with recently had huge and powerful insights around this exact pattern in her own life. Let’s call her Tamara.
She’d been working on a BIG project idea for about 10 years. Tamara couldn’t understand why she was so reluctant to start acting on the plan. It’s a project very close to her heart and cultural roots and she felt a strong calling to start it… yet,
all she experienced was procrastination. And blaming herself. Beating herself with an internal stick, day after day.
Then, we started looking at her Strengths (from the Gallup StrengthsFinder) and discovered the following: - She has many, many wonderful strategic thinking talents. It is SO easy for her to come up with new, innovative ideas. It’s so natural for her, in fact, that she didn’t think it was special or
unusual.
- She’s not necessarily the best person to act on these ideas, though. Or, perhaps, not the best person to be the sole person to execute this big project from start to finish. Her strengths are not in the execution, but in the innovation, strategy, visioning and planning phases.
- She had been planning to talk to groups of 25 people for 50 minutes at a time, 5 times a day, 5 days per week. In looking at her strengths, we found that those
actions would completely drain her energy and life force. She’d maybe be able to do that 1 day out of 5. And then need the other 4 days to recover.
- Influencing others, hours of verbal communication and winning others over to her point of view, depletes her energy. As does juggling many balls, and executing a structured plan step by step.
In her cultural setup, she would have had to convince the
men in the audience that her message (coming from a woman) was valid. Women are not yet respected in business, in her culture. She would have had to keep her eye on many balls at the same time during this huge project, plus manage a project plan to keep everything together. Every one of these would have caused her energy to wane, and she would have given up on the beautiful vision she had. Disillusioned and disappointed. Her Insights and Progress
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reading her story, what she decided, and some options for YOU, read the rest of the article. There is a special offer for the month of July for the first 3 people to apply.
Reminder: Monthly Tap Along -10 July If you need support for an emotional challenge or block preventing you from moving forwards (things like procrastination, perfectionism, worry about money, a painful relationship, or career stress), I'm hosting another EFT Tapping Circle (or Tap-Along) on Monday 10 July at 4 pm SA time (10 am EST). It's a VERY
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Support options for you to consider:
- My FB group "Savvy Self Growth for Introverts" offers a fr*e supportive community of other introverts who are most likely going through some of the challenges you experience. Apply by clicking the link and I'll approve you immediately!
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GROUP CLASS: Every second Monday of the month, I host a Tap-Along at a VERY affordable $25 for 60-90 minutes. How can a Tap-Along help YOU? Read the article and book here. The next Tap-Along is on Monday 10 July at 4 pm SA time (10 am ET). Only 4 people in every group for lots of individual attention.
- Have you heard of The Work of Byron Katie? I'm planning a 90 minute workshop at the end of July as a short introduction to her special way of letting go of stressful thoughts. Also, only $25 - the details will follow next week.
- NEW: MINI-CONFIDENCE IMMERSION for INTROVERTS: I usually work in 3-6 month programs. For the next 2
months, I will ALSO offer shorter, more affordable ways to work with me. If you have a current challenge, please reply here or email me, and we'll get together for a conversation to discover whether it's a fit for you. Here are situations I can help with in a short program:
- Fear of rejection, criticism or judgment
- Building
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- Procrastination
- Getting stopped by Perfectionism
- If you're in a crisis and can't decide what your next step should be
- Making a start towards your dream or goal
About Liesel
Liesel is a Connected Introvert who loves helping other introverts to thrive in their career and life, to overcome the fear of being visible and to connect in deep, meaningful ways. Liesel really can't bear thinking of introverts as shy nerds who don't make an awesome contribution in the world. So she created
a number of programs to help introverts do just that: recognize their talents, build confidence, be themselves, practice exquisite self-care, create work and life they adore while making a meaningful difference.
If you're interested to find out how to work with Liesel, please pop an email and she'll get right back to you.
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