For a long time I had a mantra with a headline that goes \u201cCant stop me\u201d. That was in the job, in sports, in learning, in anything I did. And listening to David Goggins these days it goes \u201cCant hurt me\u201d which ultimately means that you never give up and nothing can actually stop or hurt you.
During my recent years I came up with an updated version which says the same thing but in a different \u2013 more positive \u2013 way: Move forward.
When you move forward you are active, you are focused, you are powerful and you are relaxed as you know where to go. Sure, being \u201cunbreakable\u201d and never stop sounds much more martial and warrior-like. It fits much better into the actual social media world where you have to proof every day that you are not stopping and that you are not hurt by anything and anybody.
But isn\u2019t the entire life moving forward? Life happens right now and it invites you to join. Every day, every breath, every blink. And life never turns around and goes back \u2013 winding back the time. And life never talks about stopping (well, at some point naturally\u2026) \u2013 it even continues once we are gone.
And there is another side to it \u2013 you can determine the speed you are moving forward. There are times you can go super fast and make miles and miles and life is just a circular of joy. And then there are times you have to move super slow as things are not falling into place and you have to be patient.
And you dont need to worry that you fail. \u201cCant stop me\u201d implies that it is either moving or stopping. And if you stop you fail.
In reality the opposite is true \u2013 when you go slow and just go with the flow you will see that some surprising things are happening just by itself. They come together, they find each other BECAUSE you are slow \u2013 if you would not go slow they could not find you.
So, dont put yourself under pressure \u2013 just move forward and adjust your speed. I am not saying you shouldn\u2019t be ambitious \u2013 I am saying you should be conscious and awake that you move. Try it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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