Dive Deep! Don't Do It Halfway.
1 day, 3 hours ago
The most important quote (in my semi-humble opinion) from the book No More Mr. Nice Guy by Dr. Robert Glover is:
“Breaking free from the Nice Guy Syndrome involves a radical change in perspective and behavior. Trying to do it halfway will only result in needless suffering.” (p. 34).
Where do you do things halfway, when you really need to dive deep and give it 100%?
Has doing things halfway not gotten you to where you want to go?
Has picking up a few tips and tricks, here and there, just left you more confused?
In my own personal development–or lack of it, I kept trying to do things halfway… sometimes for years. Yikes! I had excuses. I had school–plenty of studying to do. Work–long hours and insufficient pay. I didn’t feel my best–not enough energy to go around. And after all, wouldn’t it be wrong to prioritize my own needs? Isn’t that greedy and selfish? I kept myself stuck in limiting beliefs and environments.
But what if I had just stopped? What if I had just said, ‘What do I really want? What do I specifically need to do to make that happen? What if I committed 100% to that? What (or who) will I need for support?’
Instead, I wallowed in mediocrity for a while.
Life wasn’t too bad, but it wasn’t too good, either.
And all the while, there was an empty feeling, like I was letting life pass by. There was a sense that I had so much more I could do, give, and share with the world, but I wasn’t finding a way to take the brakes off my life and talent.
So, consider diving deep! Consider where are you doing things halfway and only causing needless suffering? Where do you need to commit 100%? Where do you need to set aside all the distractions and detractors that hold you back, so that you can get what you really want out of life?
