Stop Wanting And Do This Instead
Written by: Sarah Gibbons, Executive Contributor
Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.
I’ve been a little frustrated. There’s a ton of talk in the self-help world as it relates to wanting and manifesting desires, because it’s simply not enough to want. I think back to when I was desiring a career that invigorated me, while making a positive impact on humanity and still paid me good money. The years were passing by. I felt stagnant and underwhelmed. It simply wasn’t enough for me to “want to do something different.” I had desired but I wasn’t doing anything about it. Even with the most colorful and inspiring vision board in my office, nothing and I mean nothing was happening.
It wasn’t until an executive coach I was working with at the time suggested I consider checking out a grad school program for Spiritual Psychology that I started making a change. I started choosing.
I consciously chose to go to the open house.
And that act of choosing changed my life forever.
After attending the open house, I chose to have a conversation with my husband about applying for the two-year program.
From there, I chose to apply and got accepted.
If someone had told me ten years later, I’d be running a massive 6-figure coaching business, spending time with people who inspire me, I’m not sure I would have believed them.
I didn’t have a detailed business plan, but I did have the inner knowledge to keep choosing what I wanted.
The act of choosing over wanting can change everything.
Something to consider for the week ahead:
What is something you’ve been wanting in your life, that you could choose to take action toward today?
Hear more about choosing vs. wanting at Sarah’s annual workshop TIDAL on September 17th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT. This year’s theme is “Learn How To Harness your Leadership Power”. Guests will walk away with a refined relationship to the term leadership and clear next steps (Hint: it’s not as corporate and boring as you might think, it’s about your POWER in every moment). Save your virtual seat HERE.
Sarah Gibbons, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Sarah Gibbons is a renowned executive Success Coach based in LA who’s worked with incredible leaders like the LA Clippers, the Weitz Foundation, the teams at award-winning Creative Agency Hey Wonderful, The Talent LA, Executives at Google, Chiat, and more and she’s become known as the “LA Creative Whisperer” for her tough, but the real, effective and graceful approach to leadership coaching. In addition to running The Mother Board, she runs The Board, The Father Board and coaches corporations, organizations, and individual leaders. She’s also a wife, mother of three young boys, a philanthropist, published author, and inspirational speaker.
