Here’s the thing, almost everybody that I come across, settles. Settles for having less, settle for being less, settles for taking less responsibility, settles for an average, and sometimes even mediocre life. So, check in with yourself – where are you settling? Where are you saying that an 80% relationship, or 75% fitness, or 65% relationship with your children or family, is okay?
Let me tell you about 80%. We have been conditioned to think that 80% is the distinction, and that in fact is a great achievement. I am here to disabuse you of that notion. 80% means that there is a 20% gap. 20% missing. Would you like to get to the end of your life and have “Here lies Yvonne, she lived an 80% life”? The trouble with that is that 80% becomes the new benchmark, and 60% becomes the new distinction, and slowly but surely you dumb down your life, expecting less and less of yourself, and getting less and less.
The truth of life is this: the universe responds to you to the degree that you show up. Getting to 95% plus is hard work. Suddenly, at 100%, life is pure flow, everything works, everything you desire comes to you, and you operate in “the zone”. It’s about commitment – to self, to what you are doing, and to the people around you. Check in on your commitment level. When things aren’t working – ask…How committed am I? What do I have to do, or let go of to get this to 100% Nothing else will suffice if you want to have a great life.
So how much do you want to suck the juice out of life?
Choose to make the decision, and show up to that degree. You will be rewarded.
Coaching questions:
Where in my life have I normalized “good enough,” and what fear or belief is quietly keeping me from fully showing up there?
If I were to live at 100% commitment in one key area of my life for the next 90 days, what would I need to stop tolerating, excusing, or postponing?
What would change in me if I stopped measuring my life by effort and started measuring it by presence and responsibility?