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Exciting News!
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We’re testing a new, 9-question version of the BoldMoves Readiness Index. We’d love you to try it and let us know about your experience. On your score page, you’ll see a link for leaving your comments.
Here you go: BoldMoves Readiness Index And thanks again, in advance.
I could give a hundred reasons why the BoldMoves Readiness Index is important right now, but I’ll keep it to these few:
- There’s a mood of optimism that’s come with the new year.
- The longer we wait, the more it begins to melt away.
- Lots of people are sick and tired of feeling stuck.
- It’s hard to know how to get going again.
- Some are tempted to just take a leap of faith.
- Leaping without looking isn’t a great idea.
- A truly bold move doesn’t ask for a jump off a cliff.
- It asks that we listen in a new way.
- You may be ready!
Check it out: BoldMoves Readiness Index
Frappuccino Lift
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I don’t like to admit it, but for the past several days, I’ve been fending off a mild attack by my Inner Critters, those pesky voices of negative self-talk that sometimes grab the microphone in my head. I say mild attack, because at times my Inner Critters really take me out with internal messages of fear and doubt.
There is an up-side to a full-blown Inner Critter take-out, because when the lights fade completely on my mood, I can’t help but notice. Then, I am presented with a clear choice. I can either wallow for a while in gloom or consciously choose to lighten my mood.
The nasty thing about a mild Critter attack, is that it can have me in a subtle funk for several days before I become aware that I feel weary and bored. I think this most recent attack came from the fact that I didn’t take enough of a three-day holiday. Instead, I pushed on with work and didn’t get the renewal I needed.
Oh well, one Frappuccino and one pumpkin muffin later, my mood is begining to lift. So I’m hearing my Whisperer voice again. That’s the tiny little voice of possibility which––when I give it my attention––can wrest the mic away from you-know-who.
Here’s how this conversation looks through the eyes of The GrooveTool®:
Critter Reality says: Shayla, you should never have that much sugar. You’ll get the sugar blues. My Whisperer Vision is: a little sugar in my veins puts me in the pink––at least for a while.
So, was my Starbucks extravagance a Bold Move? Or was it a Brash Move?
Oliver – A Bold Mover!
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When Oliver Twist asked for more gruel, he was making a quintessential Bold Move, but it wasn’t only the courage involved that made it so. It was the fact that his courageous action came from a very real, personal need he had that was aligned to the core value of receiving sufficient nourishment. It is true, that he and his companions had drawn straws to see who would be the one to ask, but if he had acted simply because he drew the long straw, his action would have been more on the order of a Brash Move, one made because of outside influences. Oliver’s request for more came right from his gut!
Oliver’s Bold Move ended up completely changing his life as Bold Moves always do. It led him through a series of events that ultimately brought into his life, the two things he wished for most, love and acceptance. Along the way, he accessed other values that were authentic to him like honesty, trust and family.
Where in your life are you wishing you could ask for more? What is your next Bold Move? Are you ready for it? Find out by clicking the blue button at the top of the right margin!
