Would you like to be great?

Are you living the life of a chicken or an eagle?

You’ve all herd this story before no doubt….

A man found an eagle's egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was a barnyard chicken. He scratched the earth for worms and insects. He clucked and cackled. And he would thrash his wings and fly a few feet into the air.

Years passed, and the eagle grew very old. One day he saw a magnificent bird above him in the cloudless sky. It glided in graceful majesty among the powerful wind currents, with scarcely a beat on his strong golden wings. The old eagle looked up in awe. "Who's that?" he asked. "That's the eagle, the king of the birds," said his neighbour. "He belongs to the sky. We belong to the earth - we're chickens." So the eagle lived and died a chicken, for that's what he thought he was.

Is it merely an interesting parable – or is it a story that applies to you? Like really applies to you! I suspect it does.

I don’t say that as a judgement against you in particular, but rather in the knowledge that are all underestimating our full potential and settling for far less than the world would be willing to grant. 

If you knew you could not fail, what would you do with your life? If you knew that soon you would be dead, what would you do with your life? 

If the answer to either of the above, is you would be doing something different to what you are doing now, then you seriously need to ask yourself, why now is not the right time to do something about that.

If upon reflection it is time, and you are not sure what to do next then let me offer the following initial thoughts as guidance:

Step 1: Vision of Perfection: Be clear on what perfection looks like for you. Take the time to write it down. What key relationships do you have in place? What Great Work are you undertaking that others desperately want? What is your financial situation, what passive income do you have supporting you whether you work or not? Are you fit, healthy and youthful? Are you in touch with your inner wisdom and allowing it to guide you joyfully, peacefully and effortlessly through life? Although life may not be without its challenges do you still find it incredibly fulfilling and enjoyable to the point that you feel very fortunate to be alive?    

Step 2: Current Gap Analysis: Next compare this Vision of Perfection to your current reality. What needs to change? For example, do you need to change jobs, or increase your asset base, or make more time to spend with friends etc.

Step 3: Actions to Close the Gap: Finally next to each gap write down the actions you need to take to make these gaps a thing of the past.   

We all have two possible futures, not one. The first future is the life of the chicken. What you might call an ordinary life. The type of life experienced by the vast majority of people. A little love, a little success, a little wealth, and a rather fleeting sense of achievement and happiness. In many ways a decent life, but somehow, one only half-lived. A life weighed down by doubt and a sense of missed opportunity, of unfilled potential, and a sense that – somehow – I was not quite good enough and did not have quite enough to be truly happy. 

The second future is the life of the eagle. A life marked by a profusion of wealth, great health, remarkable achievements, abundant love and most important of all, significant and enduring happiness – what you would call a remarkable life. 

So don’t settle for the ordinary life of the chicken while you could still sore like an eagle and live a remarkable one.

Regards

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