You've probably heard of the concept of flow, right? Right now Florida and Cuba are experiencing the concept of how waters flow when influenced by a hurricane, just like many other parts of the world have experienced in the past (and will in the future). It's a lot easier to swim with the current than against it, right? And what about rolling something? If you need to roll something it's a lot easier to roll it down the hill than up, right? Another example is that it's easier to walk to a destination in a crowd if you and the crowd are all going in the same direction. Also, you know what happens when the paper goes the wrong way in the printer or doesn't manage to follow the path it's supposed to go and gets stuck. I think you get the idea on what it means to be in flow, right?
When we set a victory goal in mind and plan it out to the best of our ability there's a really good chance that we're going to have to learn something new or try something different or face a challenge or two that we're not really proficient in during that victory journey. That's to be expected. I know that we would prefer if it was all smooth sailing, but would it really be a victory if there wasn't at least a little work involved in getting from where you are to where you want to be?
But there's a difference between working on something that's strictly a challenge and working on a victory. The difference has to do with flow. Most of us aren't going to plan a victory journey on a topic we know nothing about or don't have an interest in. For example I'm not going to set a goal of becoming an equestrian or professional surfer, neither of those would be victory journeys I want to plan out or spend time on and I don't have any skills in either of those areas to support me through the journey. There won't be anything other than basic knowledge that just about everyone who has been through basic schooling has to support me in planning or accomplishing those goals. I would have to work 10 times as hard on those goals than on a goal of becoming a dog groomer or baker or author for example. So why would I want to work on a victory in which every single step is a struggle and like walking up hill both ways in snow to school every day like we tease our kids with and heard our parents say as kids?
When we lead and work from the strengths, interests, experiences, passions and skills we have we're more likely to make more progress on our victory journeys, find it easier to make progress on our victory journeys, enjoy our victory journeys more, find it easier to navigate the challenging parts, and we're more likely to be successful in our victory journeys and accomplish our goals. Are you trying to accomplish victories that are in line with who you are and your skills, or setting yourself up for what might be an insurmountable challenge?
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