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“Courage can’t be faked. It emerges when you do the thing you’re scared to do.”
– Anonymous
If I had to suggest one thing that could transform your life, your impact and your fortunes faster than anything else, it’s this:
Take action before you feel ready to. Here’s an example…
>> I love this clip. The principles behind clarity are getting national coverage!
https://www.facebook.com/JamieSmartCom/posts/10155736872736528
When you watch this clip, you’ll hear Glasgow Warriors player Adam Ashe talking about the inside out paradigm on the BBC. (Way to go, Adam!)
It warms my heart when I see this understanding getting a wider audience and reaching ‘the mainstream.
Adam’s interview is brilliant: he’s articulate, down to earth, credible.
AND I happen to know how he got that way. You see, it just so happens that Clarity Head of Communications, Emma McDevitt interviewed Adam that afternoon, pretty much straight after Adam had done the BBC interview. Adam was talking about his experience of being a member of Project Glasswing, and he said to Emma:
“I honestly think that being an athlete kind of helped me a little bit in this because the amount of times I’ve been in extremely uncomfortable situations with coaches calling you out in front of a group of thirty men sitting there. And times before games when you’re just so anxious and you’re just ugh like you know these times have I guess helped me to see that you’ll probably be okay as much as you might mess up it’s probably going to be okay so I guess I’ve kind of been lucky like that. I just went and done it and things are sort of growing and stuff. ”
… you’ll probably be okay… as much as you might mess up… it’s probably going to be okay…
I love this, because it highlights something very important. If you want to do something that lights you up, something on purpose, you’ve got to be willing to do stuff even when you feel uncomfortable about it. You’ve got to be willing to make mistakes and learn as you go along.
So here’s my question for you:
What’s one of YOUR examples of when you’ve felt anxious, done it anyway, and it either a) worked out better than you expected or b) allowed you to learn something that made a big difference to you going forward?
NB I’ll be sharing clips from Emma’s interview with Adam in the near future
Big love
Jamie
Jamie Smart
Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Speaker and Executive Coach
PLUS: Whenever you’re ready… here are 4 ways I can help you get the clarity and results that matter to you:
1. Hire me to speak at your event
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2. Apply for the 2017 intake of the Certified Clarity Coach Training Programme
If you want to be part of the class of 2017, this year’s intake of the Certified Clarity Coach Training Programme starts in September. You can find all the details and get your application in here: https://www.jamiesmart.com/clarity-coach-training-sh/
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4. Join the next intake of Project Glasswing
We’re putting together a new practice-building case study group at Coaching Package Power. Stay tuned for details… If you’d like to work with me and my team on growing your practice… email Nikki at info@jamiesmart.com and type “Project Glasswing” in the subject line.
PLUS: check these out :
Get your free Profitable Coaches Scorecard book www.JamieSmart.com/scorecard
Listen to the Results Mindset Podcast www.JamieSmart.com/resultspodcast
Listen to The Profitable Coaches Podcast www.JamieSmart.com/pcp
Read the first 2 chapters of my Sunday Times Bestseller RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More www.JamieSmart.com/instantresults