Is 90% faithful… faithful ENOUGH?
Here’s the thing about being faithful… it’s either 100% or it’s 0%.
If Chris should ever have reason to question whether I’ve been FAITHFUL to him… my answer should include NO pause, NO consideration of various circumstances. It’s either I HAVE been faithful… or I have not. Yes or no. 100% or 0%.
The same is true regarding YOUR commitment to yourself, to the vision you see inside of yourself, to the work, to the message, to the EXAMPLE you mean to provide for others. You’re EITHER faithful to these things, or you’re not.
Here are “small” ways we CHEAT on our deepest, most core purpose:
We DIAL DOWN the fullness of who we ARE and what we bring to the table. Maybe JUST a bit. You know, the things that are uniquely US but may not conform to the “rules” of the industry we’re in. But bit by bit… less of YOU is visible, obvious.
We conform to “standards” that were set by God knows who. Step by carefully-orchestrated step, becoming a good little stepfordpreneur.
We speak with a MEASURED boldness, which — like faithfulness– is EITHER bold or not bold.
We SAY we’re going “all in” but we still hold on to that plan B, whether it’s a JOB or a partner or an income stream that is no longer aligned. We SAY “hell yes” with our mouths, but our actions are all sorts of “maybe….”
We don’t back ourselves with daily action… relegating our goals to being “fit in” behind everything else.
We smile when we feel like crying.
We accept treatment that is UNACCEPTABLE from paying parties, trading respect for revenue.
We keep going down a path, with a message, with an approach that is 100% NOT US… when we KNOW that it’s off course for us.
There’s more. But if you’re NOT being 100% true to yourself in business, you will start to BLEND in… your YOU-NESS all but disappearing in the muck and mayhem you’re generating. This makes business harder, income less impressive, and also… more importantly perhaps… generates more than a little “disgust” with your own self, your own beingness.
I can think of a precious FEW things more frustrating in business… to follow the rules SO HARD that you lose your self and THEN realize that it ALSO didn’t build the business.
That’s why I’ve created NAKED: A Business Devotional.
I’ve always LOVED devotionals, because they are meant to be DAILY short bursts of DEVOTION to truth.
In NAKED, I’ll show up DAILY for a dose of TRUTH,
and we’ll LINE UP our actions
and our BEING-NESS
with the truth of who we are CALLED to be,
and how that will PENETRATE our chosen markets.
Because even 98% ME,
is still someone
something
else.
Only 100% will do.
We start May 1st.
You in?
https://www.bmichellepippin.com/naked-business-devotional/
