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?

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