A new financial year is not only a good time to refresh on financial goals but also life and career goals.
The big question is – are you any closer at EOFY25 to where you want to be and the future you imagine, than you were in EOFY24?
And if not, then it’s time to TAKE ACTION as TIME PASSES ANYWAY.
An old proverb, which appeared in a work of Chaucer in 1395, states: Time and tide wait for no man.
The moral is that if you do nothing, the days become weeks and then months, and another year flies by.
As humans, we are masters at rationalising our behaviours and if you throw in procrastination, the excuses for lack of action seem to multiply and the status quo prevails.
You know you want to move forward – is some fear holding you back?
Don’t wait – there’s never going to be an absolute right time! And so we get stuck.
Our self-talk tells us we are ‘not quite ready’ or that we need to have it all figured out before we begin. Or we want everything to be just perfect! Winston Churchill denounced perfection as the enemy of progress and that the road to progress is paved with imperfection.
To progress you have to just start and generate some momentum. That first step is the hardest.
And little by little each step becomes even more powerful, building confidence, gaining know-how and a future focus.
This all resonates close to home for me as recently I took action on something on which I had been procrastinating for quite some time and it really was something I wanted to do. I even knew why I was stuck and what I needed to do, but I just kept avoiding – lots of overthinking and some discomfort with the task yet I knew I could do it and I don’t like to let things beat me.
Reflecting on ‘time passes anyway’ and a purposeful mindset – I set a due-by date, and started by taking a tiny step to fulfil the action which gave me the boost to complete the task. (And it really helped that my ‘advisor’ was going to CHECK on me and it was important to me to be able to report – job done!) It was a great boost for me and now I am keen to keep going.
How we use our time can help us fulfil or fade. So why not let time take you closer to the future you want?
By just starting, and taking that one small action – imagine where you could be in six months, or by this time next year.
You get to choose. Don’t wait. Take action – time passes anyway. You will be so proud you did!
Not sure how to start? Let’s talk it through and work it out together – contact me at powerup@careerforceaustralia.com.au or 0409 894 131 to learn more.
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