W.I.N. Wednesday: Your Inner Guide

Too often people are spending time looking for the secret, a shortcut or a hack to help them deal with the challenges of today’s world. There is no secret, and there are no shortcuts or hacks to achieving excellence and living a life of significance. You have to be willing to do the work. 

Now, more than ever you are challenged to thrive in a world where volatility, complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity are the norm. Navigating these challenges in your professional and personal lives is no easy feat and we are all seeking guidance in these complex and chaotic.

What if the “Guide” you were seeking was inside of you? What if you already possess an “Inner Guide” to help you on this journey? If that is true, the question then becomes, “How do we access the wisdom of that inner guide?” The answer starts with a question - Life’s Most Powerful Question - What’s Important Now? 

What I have shared over the last 16 years through the W.I.N. Newsletter and W.I.N. Wednesday blog are simply strategies that you can use to unlock and unleash your inner guide. The knowledge, the wisdom, the insights and the answers are already inside of you times if you are willing to trust it. W.I.N. simply shines a spotlight on it and brings it into your conscious awareness. 

If you don’t believe that you have an “inner guide” then just start paying attention to all the sage advice you give to other people. The challenge becomes believing in your inner guide to help guide your life and being willing to serve as a success coach for yourself. 

In addition to the question What’s Important Now?, you can utilize what Ethan Kross Ph.D. refers to as “distanced self-talk”. Distanced self-talk is using the second person “you” and / or your name when you talk to yourself. Using distanced self-talk is an effective way of giving a voice to your inner guide. You can even combine the two, “Ok Brian. What’s Important Now?” and then continue to use distanced self-talk as you answer the question. 

What’s Important Now? Combine W.I.N. with your inner guide to help you on your journey to living a life of significance.

Take care.

Brian Willis

www.lifesmostpowerfulquestion.com. 

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