A Close Encounter with Greatness

I had a close encounter with greatness this weekend, during “The Greatness Choice” workshop by the Growth Edge Group (http://www.growthedgegroup.com/).

I was there because I’m tired of dancing around on tiptoe around my own potential, and I was hoping that the group nature of a workshop would kick my ass and get me into some serious action around my life’s goals.

The room was full of people who were excited, anxious, curious, nauseous, confident, wondering and more! It’s amazing to be in a room with people who, just in the simple act of signing up for the workshop, have indicated that they do believe that they are great. For every person who had decided they deserved to be great, there are many more that passed on the opportunity to claim it for themselves.

So I went there, hoping to be struck by some kind of epiphany about my greater purpose in life, my calling, so to speak. That didn’t come. However, what did become clear to me were the following:

I don’t know exactly how my journey will end. At the beginning of this year, I made a big commitment to growing my business. And even though it’s growing in fits and starts, and I have more questions than answers about my own marketing, what is happening is that I’m getting out in the world, I’m learning, and I’m evolving. So while I don’t know exactly where my journey will end, I do know how I want it to be right now. I want it to be one of perseverance, creativity and bold steps.

I do know that I trust my greatness. I work with my clients a lot on identifying and articulating their unique selling proposition, the unique value that they might bring to an organization. At the same time, there is a piece of it that I truly believe cannot be defined by words. It’s a feeling, an essence, an energy that comes into play when a person is truly able to express what’s on their mind in a way that is authentic – that is truly human.

During the workshop, I was the happiest workshop dork ever, blurting, splurting, crossing out words vehemently and trying out things without knowing if they were “correct.” It made me laugh. It made me sing and dance and squeal, and I FELT ALIVE. As far as I’m concerned, I had tapped into my greatness in a great big way. In fact, it’s clear that if I’m to be fulfilled in my life, it will be through play, laughter, creativity, expression and adventure.

So okay, I get it and I accept it!

I’m not always going to have a sense of all the little stuff I need to do to create a life I love. However, I do trust that as long as I’m in alignment with the big stuff – my values, my essence, my energy – the small stuff will follow, effortlessly, easily and successfully.

So my question for today is: What kind of big stuff is guiding you? And what kind of small stuff can you stop obsessing on?