Vision 2030: Self-fulfilling Prophesies

Welcome to 2021!  I see this year as a time for change and improvement.  One item I’m looking to heal is my belief the “self-fulfilling prophesy.”  The more I’ve analyzed this, the more I realize it’s true.  Let me give you a couple of examples from my own life in the past year…

Back in the beginning of December, I had a max lift day scheduled with my trainer.  She had me down for one number, I had myself down for a higher number.  After a quick discussion about form and technique and her presiding over my well-being and safety, we agreed to my number.  Needless to say, I hit my number and she liked my technique in doing so.  Regardless of what you are doing, you have to believe in yourself.

Back in January of 2020, I set some business goals.  one of which had to do with saving money and creating capital for the business in preparation for some other goals we have for 2021 and 2022.  More often than in the past I read and prayed over my goals.  It honestly, got annoying.  At one point, I got sick of reading and re-reading my goals and set them aside for a time.  I felt like the “Little Train That Could”, repeating “I think I can, I think I can” until it turned into, “I know I can, I know I can.”  But I kept reading and re-reading, telling myself we could do this and we gained our head of steam in the second half of 2020  We achieved three year highs in new patients and hit our savings goals.

Lastly, I had been highly resistant to a personal and business coach.  I have always been an, “I can do it on my own” type.  That’s how I got to where I was.  I self-fulfilled that thought. Soon, I realized it was out of pure stubbornness and had lead to a stalling, both personally and professionally.  That changed last year as I realized that I needed help and enlisted the aid of a coach.  As soon as I changed, I self-fulfilled.  That’s the deal, I changed then life changed.  I couldn’t have done last year without the help of my coach.  He helped me keep focused and whenever I diverted my eyes, which is still often, he helps bring me back into focus.

Everything we do and are in life is self-fulfilling.  It may be a realization in the immediate, or something we work towards in the future.  But it all begins with telling our self the what.