11th Jan 2008
I hereby give you permission to. . .
Many business people are good at putting pressure on themselves to succeed and beating themselves up when it doesn’t all go quite to plan. I know I am pretty good at doing that to myself 
In spite of the fact I absolutely love what I do.
Then, whilst browsing the Internet I saw. . .
“One day as I was venting to a friend about a job I despised, she interrupted and grandly proclaimed, ‘I hereby give you permission to quit your job and do what you truly want!’I had to laugh. Her words made me realize that the only thing keeping me stuck was that I hadn’t given myself permission to do otherwise.”
. . .that was the start of the blog post that caught my attention; enough to share with you.
You see, as well as sometimes being a little too hard on ourselves, I wondered how often do we do the opposite and shy away from success. Or avoid doing something because we feel silly about it; are scared of the consequences or nervous about what other people may think?
This post expanded on the idea of giving yourself permission to do or be something different; to - maybe - get outside your comfort zone and experiment.
And I thought… how about applying it to our business and career aspirations?
After all - if you own a business - why shouldn’t you give yourself permission to fail and learn by your mistakes; to relax and enjoy what you are creating and, ultimately, be outrageously successful?
You can read the original post here:http://mentalmosaic.com/blog
~ Carol Bentley
P.S. And how about giving yourself permission to relax and enjoy your family and friend’s company this weekend?
Hi Carol,
Thanks so much for featuring my article, “Write Yourself a Permission Slip” on your blog. I like your perspective on it, too.
Giving yourself permission to succeed (as well as fail) is so liberating. It’s definitely a lesson I learn and re-learn.
Tui
p.s. Lots of great info on your site. I will be back!
How about giving yourself permission to only work part-time, to turn away certain clients/jobs/projects and to say “enough is enough”? Sometimes I struggle with being able to say “no” or “not yet.” We live in such a high-pressure, do-it-all society; I want permission to define success my own way…
Thanks for the thought-provoking post.
(another) Carol
Thanks for you thoughts Carol, I think it is certainly something that a lot of business people aspire to although I suspect that many do not achieve it. It ties in rather strongly with Tim Ferriss’ 4-hour work week (checkout http://fourhourworkweek.com/)
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thank you, Carol.
Permission to enjoy and grow…is there any better success?
Peace and wonder,
CG
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