I Can Taste it, Feel it Touch it, 2024 is about Exponential Growth
Every year before the new year, I like to sit, reflect on the past year, and set my mantra for the new year.
Justin Breen, Founder of BrEpic Network and BrEpic Communications, calls it “name your years.” I had no idea that it was a thing! But now I am glad to know I am cool and part of the “In” crowd.
The year 2020 was simply the year of survival. No explanations are needed.
The year 2021 I named the year “Pivot” because the realization set in that the world is changed forever now, and we must adapt and pivot to continue living and growing in this ever-changing world. Businesses needed to pivot strategically, and meetings and communication changed forever. The realization set in. It was time for action.
The Year 2022 was all about “Empowerment.” I needed to muster a lot of courage to go after what I wanted and empower myself to do what I do, believing in myself that I Get it, Want it, have the capacity to do the work I love and juggle all parts of my life. For many days, it felt like I was fraying at the seams. At those trying moments, I had to check in with myself and confirm that my activity aligned with my personal mission and core values.
In that same vein, I spent much time focusing on and empowering everyone around me to find courage and empowerment in themselves to go after what they want.
Empowering leaders to have their ideal business, empowering female entrepreneurs to rise and take their share of equity in the world of entrepreneurship.
Dan Sullivan, founder of Strategic Coach, says that growth is a cycle of Commitment With Courage, Capability, and Confidence. You commit to change, to decide that what you are doing now is no longer an option; you find the courage to change and take that first leap, which increases your capability and builds your confidence to do it bigger and better next time.
The year 2023 was about "letting go". Letting go of stories in my head that were holding me back. Head trash, the bashing committee that met in my head unrelentingly and dictated what I felt deserving of, what I could do, and what I couldn't. I got rid of that judge! (more accurately, I minimized it because we can never get rid of it) I invested in myself in my emotional intelligence. I did intense PQ - Positive Intelligence coaching https://www.positiveintelligence.com/ to minimize that Judge. I got to know my greatest saboteurs. What holds me back when I am about to have a breakthrough? I had to battle the stickler, the overachiever, the hypervigilant parts of me. It was not pretty. It was ugly. Some days, I wanted to stay under my blanket because I did not like what I discovered about myself.
I let go of NEEDS and opened myself to WANTS.
When I decided 2023 would be the year of letting go, I had no idea what I was signing up for. But as the year rolled on, things just appeared on my doorstep. The 10 Disciplines https://the10disciplines.com/ by Gino Wickman and Rob Dube showed up. Rob was so kind and coached me through the desperation of needing to let go and embrace myself, and then magically, one day, out of nowhere, the things I desperately wanted to let go of were gone like a balloon in the wind.
Thank you, Rob, for sharing Safira Rose’s Poem with me.
I dove into letting go and investing in coaching, learning, and growing.
In the past year, I have done countless iterations of myself. Sometimes, I look at myself in the mirror and smirk, “Is that me?” because you have no idea you let go, only after you let go.
I can feel it in my bones.
2024 will be the year of Exponential Growth. Because after rapid transformation comes growth. It's like a seed turning into a flower, a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.
2024 will be about saying NO to many things so I can say YES to a handful of things. And saying no is hard; I might be under my covers again because I hate saying no. And I will say no to the part that wants to crawl back into my cocoon.
It will be the year I share my life’s work with the world. My mission and passion is to bridge gaps and restore relationships.
It will be about getting rid of the 80% that are the same old same old to focus on the 20% that will create exponential growth.
Ben Hardy calls it 10x is easier than 2x, I don't know if it is easier, but I do know it takes more courage, and courage lives in my bones. I don't know how not to be audacious and courageous.
I am calling exponential growth into the world.
The third time is a charm, and if the last three years proved anything to me, it is that when I set a mantra for the year, write it down, and then even forget it, the universe calls it into existence.
I encourage you to try it!
Learn more about me and the work I do here https://www.eosworldwide.com/rachel-lebowitz
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