{"id":2056,"date":"2014-10-20T07:40:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T11:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2014-10-20T07:40:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T11:40:56","slug":"doing-whats-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/2014\/10\/20\/doing-whats-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing what’s right for you"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was spending time with a family member this weekend and found myself defending some of the choices I have made in my\"Gilbert<\/a> life. I don\u2019t know about you, but I have always found it an exhausting exercise in futility to explain one\u2019s life choices to people who simply \u201cdon\u2019t get it\u201d. If there\u2019s one thing that I\u2019ve learned in my journey to-date, it\u2019s that doing anything because we think it will make everyone else happy, even if it\u2019s something you don\u2019t want to do, is a recipe for disaster.<\/p>\n

Of course, the main topic of discussion was my self-employment. I don\u2019t come from a family of entrepreneurs (that I know of). My parents were\/are what I would call \u201crisk averse\u201d. The idea of quitting your job on faith and going on to start your own business isn\u2019t something that is easily understood. I have my MBA after all! Couldn\u2019t I make good money if I just went out there and found \u201ca better job\u201d?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing \u2013 I love what I do. Embrace Your Destiny, starting my own business, is one of my greatest accomplishments. It was my first leap outside my comfort zone, because I too, am risk averse. The idea of being solely responsible for the income I earn wasn\u2019t always something that excited me. I\u2019ve had jobs, done well, had the great annual performance reviews, but by the third year mark, if I event lasted that long, I was ready for a change.\u00a0 I was constantly bouncing from job to job trying to find the one that was going to give me that fulfillment I was looking for and never found it.<\/p>\n

I started Embrace Your Destiny 5 years ago this November. I did it because there was an inner calling that told me this was the answer I was looking for. You may have already heard my story about my unsuccessful job hunt in 2009 that resulted in the inspiration to become a life coach and start my own business. This was the first career decision that I didn\u2019t take lightly. I did my homework, interviewing coaches to find out what they did and then hiring my own coach to go through the process. I did the business plan and for the first time in a long time, I was really excited about where my life was headed.<\/p>\n

What I realize, 5 years later, is that there are always going to be people who don\u2019t understand what you\u2019re doing, even when you having success. They don\u2019t understand what\u2019s driving you to do the things you\u2019re doing because they aren\u2019t driven by the same things. That\u2019s what makes each of us unique. We can\u2019t expect that people are going to love or appreciate every decision or choice we make in our lives. Whether it\u2019s who you choose to marry, where you go to school, or what livelihood you want, there are always going to be people who question your decisions because it doesn\u2019t fit their way of thinking.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned is that you can\u2019t please everyone. Not only that, it isn\u2019t our job to! We have to do what\u2019s right for us, even when others don\u2019t think it\u2019s the right choice. You know your reasons for the decisions you\u2019ve made. If it doesn\u2019t work out, at least you tried. Living your life to please others is only going to lead to regret and resentment. If you have a calling, if there\u2019s something that you\u2019ve always wanted to do, what are you waiting for? Who knows better what\u2019s in your best interest than you? Don\u2019t let the fears and limiting beliefs of others stop you from living the life you want!\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was spending time with a family member this weekend and found myself defending some of the choices I have made in my life. I don\u2019t know about you, but I have always found it an exhausting exercise in futility to explain one\u2019s life choices to people who simply \u201cdon\u2019t get it\u201d. If there\u2019s one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[308,785,395,635,786,787,788],"class_list":["post-2056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughtoftheday","tag-fears","tag-follow-your-heart","tag-fulfillment","tag-limiting-beliefs","tag-living-life-for-others","tag-people-pleasing","tag-taking-control-of-your-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}