Break past limitations

A good coach, boss, leader, trainer drill Sargent, etc is someone that pushes you to break past the limitations you believe exist. There is an alchemy that occurs when you are at the point of breaking but choose to go forward instead. You find a gear, a new expanse of existence. Like the example in a previous post, you start to see the circles.

And like the circles you don’t see them at first. Someone tells you to keep looking. You might not know they are there. Then they disappear. Then your mind starts to see them. Being objective focused is the circles. The squares are emotions, ego, politics, games, excuses, accepting and rationalizing not achieving the objective.

The narrative

Looking back on my posts I can see the narrative I am writing (living). How I choose to frame the situation, the observations I am making and how I interpret events.

Am I walking a path of a thousand miles or am I futilely going around in circles?

My pattern of behavior has been consistent for decades. I have been in lows before and and have hit many highs.

I am in a low right now.

And it feels like it will never end.

It is self pity but I wish my consistent pattern was a little more productive. Or stable. Or this low would end.

Purgatory

I am in purgatory. I left jobs that paid my bills because I didn’t want to accept discomfort. I decided I could make more doing something I enjoyed.

Now I deal with the discomfort working a job that doesn’t cover my expenses and no clear path to rectify the situation. In trying to have the best of both worlds I ended up with the worst.

Three years

I chose my specific objective: $200,000 in 2020

But the mechanism I am using is Hospice sales.

That is not going to do it. Even if I keep the job all year, bonus significantly and earn a promotion I will come up well short of my goal.

I have drive focus ability in my current money making endeavor but no path to achieve my specific objective in that time frame.

Should I change my objective to match my mechanism and opportunity or vice versa?

It is easier to change the objective. Those are just words, an idea.

I have not made my annual nut for three years. I have not hit my objective in three years. I need to hit my objective or come closer to keep my current living situation.