Shh! Don’t tell anyone!

Ok, maybe you can tell a few people.

After 37 years of age, I think I’ve finally found the key to life.

I’m sorry to say it’s not rocket science. It’s not real sexy or glamorous. It’s not that magic little pill you’ve been searching for that causes you to instantly drop 20 pounds overnight. (Wouldn’t that be sweet!)

It comes down to one question:

Are you choosing your Greatness or your fear?

There have been several times in my life when I’ve been at that crossroads, trying to decide what to do, feeling the weight of making a decision. Six years ago, I was contemplating leaving my career in the long term care industry to start my coaching practice. It was a big idea. It was downright scary.

Sometimes, even now, when I look back, I can’t believe I actually did it.

But the point is, I did. Even though it was scary, uncertain, unpredictable, and risky, I did it. I started my business, leaving the “security and comfort” of a regular paycheck. What I gained has been immeasurable.

It would have been so easy to do the "safe" thing--to stay at my burned out job, settling for what was known because the unknown was too big and unwieldy. That would have meant choosing my fear. Instead, I chose my Greatness, and I am so greatful that I did. It has made all the difference in the world.

People with high Abundance Intelligence practice what I call Courageous Abundance – they have the ability to choose their Greatness over their fear, especially when it is uncertain, scary, inconvenient, or difficult.

What’s the one thing you’ve been avoiding? Denying? Negating?

What’s the one thing you want to breathe life into this year?

How do you want to be seen?

It’s all about choosing how you show up in the world. Someone said once that 95% of life is just about showing up. The key to life isn’t in acquiring possessions or titles.

It’s about choosing in the moment.

How do we choose our Greatness in the moment? The next time you think of doing something you CAN do, pay attention to what pops up in your head. Is it doubt? Disbelief? The Illusion of Not Enough? These are all old patterns of fear – fear that’s been conditioned into from years and years of inherited beliefs and assumptions.

But this time it’s different, because you are choosing in the moment. You have given up choosing by default. You are aware. And you choose Greatness.

Once you’ve isolated the fear that grips you, ask yourself two questions:

What evidence do I have that this is true for me TODAY?

And

How does thinking this way serve me?

When you honestly ask yourself these questions, and answer them authentically, you will discover an amazing thing. You have no true evidence for your fear – fear is false expectations appearing real. Your fear is grounded in the past, which is no longer true for you because you can choose differently today.

Life is all in the choosing.

It’s that simple.

And it’s up to you.

Are you choosing your Greatness or your fear?

© 2009 Kimberly George and The Abundance Intelligence Institute®. Duplication permitted with attribution.