Are You Going Full Throttle?
Posted by Cathy Mahady on Monday, January 19th, 2009
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I have a new mantra — metaphor for life.
I recently read Kim Kiyosaki’s “Rich Woman: Take Charge of Your Money, Take Charge of Your Life!”
She told a story of enrolling in a four day Grand Prix driving course, where her emotions ranged from extreme fear to utter exhilaration to absolute pride and accomplishment.
After experiencing some frustration and dissatisfaction with her outcomes, she questioned the results of some of her early races. She asked, “Why am I not succeeding in my objectives?” Her teacher asked her one simple question … “Tell me this, are you going full throttle?”
He knew she had learned the skills, had practiced the skills, and had even succeeded in beating her opponents while driving the “slower, more controlled” Corvettes. But it was her mindset that needed to be overcome when she stepped into the Formula 1 racing car.
Why were the others now passing her? Why wasn’t she going fast enough?
When he asked her to honestly evaluate if she was putting her all into the task, she had to submit to the thought that her fear was holding her back. She wanted to engage, she wanted to compete, she wanted to succeed, but she wasn’t putting the pedal to the floor to make it happen.
Sound familiar to something you have experienced in your life?
When you question your abilities, your outcomes in your home business, when you compare yourself to others, and even give thoughts to quitting, I ask you, “Are you full throttle?” It is not enough sometimes to just be in the race. Are you willing to push it further?
And this is incredible insight that is so applicable to running your home business. Kim stated, “What amazed me is that I found it was actually easier to drive and to take the turns when I was driving at full throttle than when I was holding back.”
I continually use a similar analogy with my business partners. I think a lack of consistency in one’s efforts is like riding a bike up and down the hills. If you stop, it is so hard to get it going again. But if you keep a constant pace and keep pedaling, the ride is so much easier – because you have momentum. The job actually is easier that way.
Her closing statement, “If you don’t go full throttle, then you miss what life is all about.”
Love this!
Are you ready to go for it — to go full throttle!
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