Hey,
Some days I can feel like a big fat
wuss.
You?
You know those days of camping out too long on the couch...putting off a list of things you want to do but just can't find the energy.
Sometimes our mojo (self-worth and self-confidence) just takes a major dive and leaves us
feeling weak and insignificant.
Most men can remember a time in their life when they felt pretty cocksure about themselves. Maybe it was in school, sports, games, technology...whatever. There's usually a time in our life we can remember
when we thought we were doing okay and actually had a little badassery going on.
Then the time comes in your life when you feel like you've totally lost it.
In my experience, part of a man's mojo is boosted through committed, deliberate, focused accomplishment. I'm talking about really focusing on something that fascinates you and spending the time, brainpower and effort to achieve some level of mastery.
I'm not saying that mastering the guitar or chainsaw carving will solve all your problems. After all, true confidence in your value and well-being comes from a deeper spiritual place. (this is a key emphasis in my coaching)
BUT...if your mind and your body have been stuck in neutral, you will feel stuck.
If you haven't learned anything new lately, you will feel ignorant.
If you haven't dedicated yourself to mastering something you REALLY want to master...you will feel like a lazy slob.
Maybe I'm just projecting my own experience here, but I suspect you know what I'm talking
about.
Years ago I was a manager of a community with 50 miles of dirt roads. I decided to learn how to properly run a road grader, backhoe and bulldozer. Those things intimidated the hell out of me, but I asked for some guidance and then
just practiced...screwed up...practiced some more and so on.
And you know what?
I do feel just a little cocky that I can jump into one of those beasts and make them dance for me.
I'm STILL trying to learn to play a guitar. And this December
I'm going to Tulum to live with a 70-year-old Mexican couple and attend a Spanish immersion school. I will become fluent in Spanish before I die. That's a promise I've made myself.
What about you?
What have you been wanting to achieve or learn that you've been avoiding?
What story are you telling yourself about it being
"too late" to learn new tricks?
I made this really quick video to explain this point a little deeper.