Every goal has a price. The question is are you willing to pay that price?
A system is the price of a goal. Every time I engage with a practice, I am paying the price for my goal.
If you focus on paying the price, your goal will be automatically completed. Your practice is where your focus should be.
You can either be in the energy of paying the price for your goal or the energy of waiting for the outcome. If you focus on the system vs. a goal, you avoid all the drama. Your focus is on engaging with your practice every single day. That way you know that if you commit to your practice, your goal will be achieved.
In comparison, if you focus on the goal and not the system, there is too much uncertainty. You have no idea how you will achieve it, or when the outcome will magically manifest itself. You simply don’t know. It is outside your control. With uncertainty comes anxiety, frustration, confusion. With uncertainty comes drama.
Let’s say your goal is losing 30 pounds. In comparison, a system can be working out 3 times a day and cooking most of your meals from scratch.
If you focus on losing 30 pounds, you are losing every single day until you hit 30 pounds. Because in your mind, you are not there yet. And you are in a hurry.
However, if you focus on the system, you win every single day when you cook your meals from scratch and do any form of working out.
Focusing on the outcomes brings drama. Focusing on the system brings confidence and calm.
RAW. PROFOUND. SEARING. HONEST.
Thank you doesn’t seem enough to let you know that FINALLY something I’ve read resonates so strongly. Your wise words have opened up a sliver of light & hope, a way to crawl out of my severe procrastination and emotional molasses.
Again…thank you 💜