Work goal – part 2

I made a start. This is huge. More on that to come, but first my reflections on your question.

When I think I don’t know what I’m doing, it’s a problem because it means I’m not good enough. My brain’s telling me I should be good at everything – perfect. The fact I’ve been asked to do this and don’t know how means I’m the wrong person for the job.

This morning I set an intention to spend half an hour working on this – I wanted to keep it light and easy. I dug out a plan for another area of the business to see what I could copy across, and that got me started. It’s not exactly aligned to my purpose but it got words on the page and I know I can edit afterwards. I was on a roll but I stopped when my time was up so that I could start next time with a clear first step (pick up copying and pasting where I left off). Now that I have something down I have some clarity on my direction. I can see which bits need tweaking, which parts I need to question or follow up on. I know a couple of people I could ask to get the answers or to bounce ideas around with.

The model I’m noticing now is…

C: emergency plan. Deadline end of September.
T: I have some ideas about how to do this
F: Excited
S: heart beats a bit faster, sense of forward momentum
A: look forward to my next session of working on this, picture the plan coming together, research other examples to take ideas from, ask for help and input from others, create a messy first draft, don’t worry about it being perfect
R: I explore my ideas and get things going

I’m celebrating myself tonight! I also see ‘I don’t know what I’m doing’ can get in the way in other areas of my work life. I’m open to whatever coaching you have but as I work on this goal I’d particularly love to focus on what I’m learning that will prepare me for other similar situations.

 

 

Answer:

 

We are celebrating you too! Look at you making moves! And isn’t it so rude of our brains to tell us we’re not good enough because we’re first timers!? It’s SO rude. In what ways is what your brain telling you not 100% true? What else is (or might be) just as true?

I’ll take the cue from you…what have you already learned that will prepare you in the future for other situations where you find yourself paralyzed by the thought, “I don’t know what I’m doing”?