Are you being the type of person you want to be? Or are you stuck in the energy of grasping to attain your goals?
There’s a subtle energy shift between being and grasping that can make the journey to achieving your goals either painful or pleasant. Mastering your state of mind and coming from a place of “being” is one of the key mindset tricks of top performers.
So, let’s examine each of these.
What is grasping?
Grasping is the energy of lack, struggle, and forever wishing. It’s seeing your end goal as always being slightly out of reach.
As such, you’re constantly “fighting your way to the top,” “grinding it out,” and complaining about how hard it is to get to where you want to be.
When you’re caught up in the energy of grasping, obstacles seem more difficult and resources seem scarcer. You may take action in some areas to build momentum, but you won’t establish the long-term habits required to actually maintain success.
What is being?
Being is the energy of flow and growth. It’s clearly identifying the person you want to grow into, the profession you want to be in, the type of family you want to build, and acting as if you already have these things today.
You are “being,” so you live each day in harmony with want you want to achieve. You aren’t afraid to do the work, because the work is who you are. If you want to be an author, you get up every day and work on your book.
If you want to build a business, you work on building the skills, resources, and finances you need to be successful.
It isn’t that the path is any easier; it’s just that you’re committed to becoming better each and every day. Why? Because the person you grow into along the way is worth as much as achieving the final goal.
The contrast between grasping and being
Grasping causes you to take massive action when you first start a project or goal, but to quit when things get tough. Being causes you to chart a course where taking action every day is the thread of who you are.
Grasping causes you to focus on challenges and how the odds are stacked against you. Being causes you to celebrate growth and learn from adversity.
Grasping causes you to make a statement like, “I want to be an actor,” “I want to start a business,” “I want to…” Being causes you to commit with strong statements. For example, “I am an award-winning actor,” “I am a successful entrepreneur,” “I am…”
Grasping causes you to focus on the trappings of achieving your goal. Being causes you to focus on mastering your craft.
Grasping makes excuses. Being makes sacrifices.
In the pursuit of your goals and dreams, shifting into being is one of the most powerful things you can do. Once you are committed to it, you’ll be unstoppable.
