Success - The Law of Attraction Backward Step

As an instructor at Outward Bound, I belayed people backwardsover c5B4liff edges so they could abseil down a rock face. The usualresponse of participants is fear, ranging from mild excitement toshaking terror.

The hardest part of the experience is right on the edge when youhave to hang your rear end way out and straighten your legs when allyou want to do is hug the rock and cry 'mama'. It's the most unstablepart too, where to step back up is risky and awkward, and going downfeels so wrong and terrifying.

Coaching people through this point is always about taking little babysteps, and letting the fear run through them, breathing it out, notholding it in. A significant amount of trust and faith in the support -the belayer and the gear - is required to quell the 'what if' scenariosthat spark the fear response. They are taking a literal leap of faith.

With each little step, they soon discover that it's not as hard as theyimagined. I tell them to 'relax' their supporting hand, usually clenchedtight on the rope. They discover that they are safe enough to wave.

This is usually a good time to remind them to pause and look around.The view from a cliff top is pretty awesome. That's when I get asmile. That's the golden moment for me - when someone realizes theyare more marvelous than they imagined, that they are braver than theythought, and they have freed themselves from the biggest thingholding them back - their fear.

Once the euphoria of achievement fades however, they can loseconfide59Bnce and belief that they can do it again.

Success is more than just taking a leap of faith; success ischanging your beliefs so that you know in your bones that you cando anything.

And this is what happens all the time with my clients: they are goingbackwards over the cliff of the unknown, to a new business, a newjob, a new relationship, or a new way of thinking and feeling. Itfeels awkward and unnatural. Sometimes they get stuck right on theedge - scared to continue, and weighing up the risks of going backto where they were.

Then they learn to let the fear pass through them and discover thewild darkness of faith, trust, and support. And in that instant of givingup being able to know what will happen, they flood their reality withconfidence and discovery of a new perspective. They awaken to justhow amazing they really are.

Then we anchor this euphoria with a belief changing process thatgives them confidence permanently.

Once you change your beliefs, there is no going back. The body andsoul know the truth: you are an incredible miracle of potential, just asyou are, right now. Feeling the fear fully and changing beliefs let'syou shift from myopic tunnel vision of worry, to knowing you are safeand seeing a wonderful horizon.

Anything is possible then. You just need to take the little baby steps,breathe, and enjoy the view.

Yes, you are marvelous too.

Zoe

Law of Attraction Block Buster Coach Zoe Routh helps busy professionals and business owners turbo-charge their personal effectiveness. Zoe has paddled 30 weeks by canoe, run 6 marathons, hiked hundreds of kilometres in Australia's outback, bellydanced at festivals, written a book, survived cancer, married a fair dinkum Aussie bloke, and wrestled a 6 meter crocodile. It's all true, except for the crocodile part. Get your free Law of Attraction Checklist at http://www.innercompass.com.au

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