Tough (Question) Tuesday: What do you have to offer?
Getting Out Of My Own Way by artsyville
There’s probably something in the back of your mind that is calling you, but, for whatever reason, you’re letting the phone ring & ring & ring. There’s a reason that you’re not answering, & it might just be because you’re convinced that you’re not The Best. “Why answer the call if I can’t be perfect? Be right? Be the expert? Be guaranteed to be a success?”
I have a little itty bitty feelin, though, that you may just be kinda sorta almost selling yourself short just by a little itty bitty teensy weensy bit. Even if you’re not the expert on what’s waiting at the end of the line, even if this is all new to you, even if you’re scared to put yourself out there, you should still ask yourself:
What do you have to offer?
Meet you in the comments section! Boy, this is a scary one…
Tags: Tough (Question) Tuesday
August 11th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Wow, this is a scary one! Why is saying good things about yourself so scary, even if you know them to be true? Another post for another day…
What's calling me right now is entrepreneurship. Man, is that a scary call! I know I can't pick up the phone yet, but as the process of actually closing on an apartment gets closer & closer (hopefully by Oct/Nov!), I can get that much closer to seeing what's on the other end of the line. And while I KNOW why I'll rock the full-time coaching, my Vampire is hissing in my ear, "You don't know what you're doing. You're going to fall flat on your face. You're kidding yourself."
Here's what I have to offer, Vampire: A kick-ass attitude/an attitude meant for kicking ass. Love. Passion. Dedication. Fun. Positivity. Laughter. Clarity. Being the help for others that I needed for myself back in 2005/2006. The ability to work with creative, artistic people every day – & see them flourish. To surround myself with a support group of my choosing. To bring a spin to coaching that is uniquely me, & that I know is being appreciated & received with open arms. To love what I do & do what I love. To be in complete control of my actions. To care for my family. To create the life I want to live.
Hmmmm….that ended up being a mix of what I have to offer coaching full-time, & what it has to offer me. The more I put both of those things together, the more I can see why I need to slay that vampire & get myself ready to roll…
August 11th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Yikes — this is a tough one. What is calling me right now? I think the opportunity after four years of really hard work to be proud of myself and to celebrate that in one week my book will be out. I know the day is coming, but it's not registering in my brain! I think it's complete fear that my name is on that book and will forever be — am I an author, a writer? I have no idea. These roles are so new for me. Yet, they are labels being used for the first time to describe me – and I don't want to fit into one box. I like my many boxes! I also think I'm scared of losing control over the book. In a week I don't have control over it anymore – it's out there. And that is one very very scary thought.
So Here's what I have to offer, Vampire! I am going to celebrate the fact that in less than 7 days, a book with my name on it is going to be published. And I worked sooo hard on it and deserve to be proud of it and celebrate the incredible words within it. And if every single person in the world hates it, I'll still love it
. So it will always be loved! I'm going to be confident and not hide the fact that one of the biggest days in my life is about to occur. I won't just let it pass by.
Woooohhh…. Michelle, that is one tough question tuesday!
August 11th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I love that you are taking CELEBRATION & LOVE as what you have to offer this great, big, huge, unbelievably awesome milestone. Doesn't it sound almost easy when you put it like that? You're giving your book, & the day it launches, celebration & love. Hate to relate it to a baby, but I know you'll go there with me (& that you probably think of your book as your first born!). Isn't it pretty easy to celebrate & love the birth of a baby? And your book doesn't even cry!
Can I ask you to take it one step further, Carolyn, and commit to what the celebration (of love?) will be? Otherwise it might just sneak up on you…
August 11th, 2009 at 11:10 am
What do I have to offer?
I know that I can make a difference by helping the Art and tech communities engage and work together. I also know that I want to make that leap – but I'm afraid that I'm being too cautious and not disciplined enough.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:13 am
I know you can too, Cory! Would you be up to making a list of the ways you can make a difference? Kind of like What Cory Can Offer To Make A Difference. The too cautious/not disciplined are whole different Vampires, but The List might give you the jump you need to leave Cautious Land…
August 11th, 2009 at 11:28 am
You are too awesome Melissa. I'm working on that very list as part of TheAbundantArtist.com – it should be forthcoming soon-ish.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:32 am
You gotta ack-cent-you-ate the positive, Cory. I feel like that should be every life coach's theme song (& if it ain't, they're doing something wrong!). So excited to know that it'll be up on The Abundant Artist. Make sure you send me the link when it's been posted! Best, Michelle
August 12th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I know that I have things to offer to my students, and I know I have some talent for teaching whether I like it or not (usually I do like it). But right now the thing that I have to offer that is begging to be taken is my heart. It's here. It's healed fairly nicely from some past things that took a long time to get past. So after much fear and false starts, I am ready to offer it.
NOW who's hippy-dippy?
August 13th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Andi, that is BEAUTIFUL. Thanks so much for coming here with your heart open. You're such an amazing, kick-ass (literally!) woman who is full of energy, optimism (!) & life that I know your heart will only go to someone that deserves it.