Do you ever wake up from a dream only to go right back into it? If its a good dream I get fuzzy and happy, but the last time this happened I kept going back into the dream/nightmare of having to sing on stage. I love to sing, but I sing in my car. When no one’s around. I remember when my son was a baby and I sang him a lullaby and he cried. Despite years of being in choir, I am not a singer. Yet for some reason my subconscious last night had me singing solo with a guitarist on stage to a song I didn’t know. I don’t usually put much weight on the importance of dreams, but as I reflect on this dream, it seems to be sending me a couple of lessons that have been coming up a lot lately for me.
Preparation and fear. “If you fail to prepare, you are preparing to fail” is a quote I have used when gearing up my team for a busy holiday, and my dream-identity’s obvious failure to prepare for the stage is a vivid reminder of the fear that can rise up when you’ve not done the groundwork. As I am leading my new projects at work and continuing to grow my business, preparation is the left side of success- fear is the right. It can be so easy though to take it to the extreme and spend so much time on preparation that you never face the fear and take action. This brings to mind another quote, just as important, “Do it afraid”. You may never feel ready, but that’s ok. Your mindset must be I am always ready, because opportunity knocks once.
Do It Afraid!