What does the number one song from last years Triple J Hottest 100 have to do with self development? A little, a lot or maybe nothing depending on how you want to look at it. Remember it is all about the meaning that you CHOOSE to assign to it. Today’s entry is going to be short but don’t be fooled by it’s size. My hope is that it will have a major impact on your unconscious mind and help you to spread your wings and change the way you view your own personal flight to where you want to be.
So what’s the link? I was driving in the car today and I heard the song. Not unusual since I have heard it hundreds of times before. For those who are not familiar with the song its about two people (lovers) who take a ride or a journey together. There’s not a lot of words to the song so it is an easy one to create whatever meaning that you want. It got me thinking about the journey of self discovery that many of you are going through. Believe it or not there are two people on your journey. The first is the person that you are now - the you that is likely feeling restricted and trying to live up to the expectations of others and the second is real you, the you that you were born to be and that you are gradually beginning to see...
There is no denying that journey that you are on will have it’s ups and downs - I am not one of those coaches who will promise you that it will be a smooth trip where the seat belt sign will remain off and everything will change in an instant. No, there will be times where you will want to give up and think to yourself what is the point of this? Or I have worked so hard and I am still not where I want to be. When this happens I ask that you take a deep breath and remember my post from a couple of weeks ago where we talked about the idea that it is more about the journey then the end outcome. If you enjoy yourself along the way and the things that you can learn from those ups and downs you will find it far more rewarding than if you just focus on the end objective. Often what happens is people work so hard at achieving something that when they get there it is not how they expected it to be - if they didn’t enjoy the journey and the process if getting there they run the risk of feeling disappointed, disheartened or cheated - so enjoy the trip itself. When things happen and they seem like the end of the world ask yourself is it really a big deal? Is this still something that will bother me in a week, a month, a year, 5 years, 10 years, 20 years? Or will it be something that I have forgotten or look back and laugh at how silly I was to place so much emphasis on at the time?
The idea of today’s title and discussing the song was to link it to the following fact that I read a while ago about planes and the trips that many of you take on them all the time. Did you know that when you fly from one point to another that 90% of the time you are actually off course? How do you still get to you end destination then? It is because the pilot doesn’t freak out when the ups and downs occur or things blow the plane off target. He remains calm, understands that he can not control the conditions - he can only control his reactions to the conditions. He looks at what has occurred and what needs to happen next. He looks for what he can learn from what just happened and makes minor adjustments to his approach so that he can achieve his objective. And you know what? Almost every time he gets to where he wants to be...
Something to think about.
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Enjoy the clip below and until we meet again.
Dan
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