words matter
I caught my Self slipping up on video.
Earlier this week, I shared the first video on YouTube in the “Musings with Morgan” series. If you don’t know, Morgan is my amazingly talented videographer and photographer I met during the Keep Pursuing Series, and I was so blown away by her photos and videos that I asked her to start recording with me monthly so I could have more great videos to share.
The January session was a lot of fun, and we focused on three questions:
Why did I change my professional title from financial advisor to life planner?
What are three ways people can begin to align their spirit, mind, and body?
How am I maintaining my own alignment?
I posted the full video and made some shorter clips to share on social media; when I rewatched my answer to the first question, I caught my Self using words that don’t align with where I am heading.
“I want to be one of the best people in the world…”
That may not seem like a bad thing to say, BUT “want” should not have been how I phrased that statement. I should have said, “I AM GOING TO be one of the best in the world…”. Not only does that align with how I feel internally, it aligns with where I’m going.
“Want” leaves the future up to chance and might even highlight a little internal self-doubt that I didn’t know was there. When I think back to when I originally answered Morgan’s question, I wanted to say, “I am one of the best”, but the truth is I am not there yet and while I am internally embodying that version of my Self, I haven’t mastered the skills to become that version of my Self.
I know I have the best inside of me, and I will become him. But when Morgan asked, I reverted to “want” as a way to downplay my confidence in my Self.
Your words matter more than you might realize. Not only can they keep you from energetically putting out the frequency to attract what you want, but they can also help you identify a lack of total confidence you may not realize you were hiding.
I’m not sure how much of my use of “want” was attributed to downplaying confidence and how much was imposter syndrome or doubt, but I do know it is worth some internal reflection to figure it out because whatever caused me to say “want” might be standing in my way from becoming one of the best life planners in the world.
Focusing on one word might seem silly and a bit of a stretch, but I know I will not be able to fully achieve my future Self as long as I “want” to be him.
It’s ok to “want” something that you don’t have a strong conviction about or that doesn’t really matter to you, but if that thing is that important, you have to have total belief in the outcome to match the work you are putting in to bring it to reality which includes the words you choose.
Don’t overlook the importance of how you share your vision with the world–your words matter.
Here's the first Musings with Morgan:
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
