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In this
issue:
Heeding the call means paying attention to your insights and acting
on them without hesitation.
Quick Tip:
When you aren’t sure what to do about a particular situation,
try this method. On the top of a piece of paper write down the
heading: “What I do know about this situation,”
and then jot down what comes to you. See how what you do know
sheds light on the part which you’re trying to solve.
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Heed
the Call
What Then?
Have you ever wrestled with what to do about a certain situation
only to arrive at a solution that was clearly making itself known
to you, repeatedly over time?
Have you ever kept yourself in the place of not-sure-what-to-do-next
when indeed on some level you knew precisely what would benefit
you?
In the last issue, Can
You Hear It?, I posed the question: How do you step away
from the noise to hear your inner guidance? Today we pick
up from there with this question: Now that you’ve heard
it, what do you do with it?
Obey Your Insight
I know I need to do something about this. I’ve wanted
to do this for so long. That’s what we hear ourselves
say. Sometimes we get the message, even a strong one, but we hesitate
and procrastinate instead of taking action. We imagine that doing
something differently will only mean sacrifice or discomfort and
we forget the potential reward. Couldn’t the change we’re
considering be challenging and fun… or at least
not as hard as we thought?
Two clients immediately come to mind. Both have overcome significant
personal challenges to reach their goals and each commented that
anticipating what they imagined would be difficult took
more energy than actually going through it. They both
expressed feeling lighter and freer now that they had acted on
their insights.
Heeding the call means paying attention to your insights
and acting on them without hesitation. In the last few
weeks I’ve witnessed these examples of heeding the call:
- A man who decided it was time to make himself happy by pursuing
a new line of work that incorporates his interests;
- A woman who gave herself some extra space and time to heal
from a crisis;
- A man who decided to manage stress in a new way after experiencing
a blood pressure spike that scared him;
- A woman who tossed multiple bags of clutter from her office
— a symbol that she’s ready to let go of what’s
held her back in exchange for a new level of success and clarity;
- A woman who spoke up at work and was rewarded for sharing
her candid perspective.
Tip
the Scales
The first step toward obeying your insight and heeding the call
may not be earth-shattering or particularly exciting at first,
but oh how the scales tip in your favor when you put into motion
a realization that you have received.
This Week:
- Acknowledge Your Insight: What has occurred
to you recently about an area that warrants your attention?
Is it something to do with your job, your health, a relationship,
your finances, or an interest that you’ve delayed until
now?
- Take a Single Step. What course of action
will you now pursue? What is a single step in this direction
that you will take this week?
“Today I do affirm that I am Divinely
guided...
There is That within which knows what to do and how to do it,
and It compels me to act on what It knows.”
— Ernest Holmes
Here's to you,
Notes:
For more on today’s topic, see also: Act
On What You Know and What’s
In Your Way? |

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Virginia
Kravitz, Career
and Life Coach, has always
had a fierce desire to be
in the full current of life.
She founded In
the Current™ to
help accomplished professionals
use their restlessness as
the door to something bigger
and to start living with
a greater sense of joy and
abandon. Ginny is a recognized
Life Blueprint™ coach
and authorized facilitator
of the Now
What™ career and
life direction program, as
well as an authorized trainer
of the OASIS
in the Overwhelm strategies.
Visit at: www.InTheCurrent.com
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