03 TAN UPDATE 08.18.2022 - Superpower of choice

—  Rachel Richter  —

Let's talk about an alignment mindset superpower that you already hold. As you've heard us say, thriving is impossible when there's misalignment. Alignment is a practice of being intentional with your actions — both actions and intentions are choices. Therefore, one of the core principles of alignment is the superpower of choice. It’s important to name that — name choice. In a life without fundamental choice, how could you possibly choose to thrive? Recognizing how much choice you actually have is a key to thriving in any area of your life. You don’t just get to choose your actions, priorities, or intentions, you also get to choose your beliefs and how you relate to yourself and the world around you.

If this is a lot, no worries. We’ll be talking much more about the superpower of choice. For now, imagine a rocket that launches out of the atmosphere.

The rocket boosters help that rocket leave the atmoshphere — without them it wouldn't happen. But once the rocket clears the atmosphere, those same boosters are no longer needed, and now they actually weigh the rocket down. To release the boosters, is to let go of what is no longer serving the rocket.Similarly, what has severed you in one season of your life may no longer be serving you now and may even be holding you back.What might be holding you back? Our primary defenses come online before the age of 8 to help us achieve our shared goal as children: become adults.   And unless we choose to examine those grandfathered in mindsets and beliefs from that time, they remain. You wouldn't trust a seven year old to drive a Ferrari. Why would you trust them to drive your mindset? They'd most likely crash it.Since your mindset and beliefs drive everything, letting go of what's no longer serving you is vital to creating greater alignment with yourself. That is why the recognition of how much choice you actually hold is a superpower. You can choose to let go of anything that is no longer serving you.Will what got you here help you get to where you are choosing to go? If it doesn't, you can let it go and replace it with something that does. I'll let you in on a secret. I have a new belief that I swapped in: Anything that minimizes me or what I am doing is untrue.This belief has helped me audit every other grandfathered in thought, mindset, or belief that I ever picked up — and if it minimizes me now, I let it go and replace it with something that nourishes me.Alignment helps us recognize how much choice we actually have so we can choose to intentionally thrive, personally and professionally. 🚀

I’m so glad we’ve connected. If there is someone in your circle who you think can benefit from reading what you've just read, share it intentionally with them! It is how ideas that create impact can spread the most.Best,RachelP.S. I’d love to know your thoughts, aha moments, & takeaways!Reply to this email and let me know.