“I like gardening – it’s a 
place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.“ Alice Sebold
Last month I shared Harvey Mackey’s version of gardening. Today get ready for Wendy Watkins version of gardening….
I invite you to see your goals and intentions as a garden.
Your visions of success are the seeds of your garden. First things first – plant those seeds!
When putting in a garden, if you want tomatoes, you buy tomato plants.
If you want a certain kind of tomatoes, lord knows there are hundreds of varieties, you choose the specific kind you desire.
Choose your specific seed of success and plant it by putting it into the metaphorical ground. Write it down, create a visual of it, share it with a friend or your coach—that is the first step.
Some may say you have to prepare the soil – I agree.
In this example, you must embrace the mindset that you can, and will, have the life you desire.
With a fertile mindset and your “seeds” in the ground, it’s time to water.
Water your seeds of intention with positivity – positive thoughts and supportive people.
Each day, sprinkle your intentions with the knowing that as you move forward each day with inspired action, you are getting closer to your goal.
When you fertilize your seeds, you are giving them a boost, a little something extra to help them to grow to their fullest.
How do you fertilize your seeds of intention?
A few ways to fertilize are to:
– Spend time being grateful for where you are and what you have, while clearly holding the vision of what you desire.
– Script your vision each day in your journal. Scripting is writing about your goal as if it has already happened.
-Perform one inspired action each day that moves you closer to you goal – make a phone call, send an email, ask for help. This keeps the forward momentum going.
Weeding is another important part of the process. In the garden, it means removing unwanted plants that incessantly pop up.
When creating something new in your life, these weeds are limiting beliefs, negative thoughts, self-doubt, etc. Just like in a garden, the better you prepare the soil (your mindset), fewer weeds will pop up.
And, no matter how proactive you are, the weeds still show up. Every person that has achieved their vision of success, deals with weeds. Every one of them!
This is when active weeding begins – this is as simple as noticing your negative thought, remembering it is just a thought and a normal part of stretching and growing. Once you realize it is just a thought, and you are not your thoughts, you can “remove” that weed and move forward.
Some weeds have really deep roots. In that case, there are people and tools to help you get to the root of the weed and remove it.
The most important part here is to be gentle on yourself when the weeds show up, because they will, and have a plan of attack to help eradicate them from your beautiful garden of success.
We often get busy and forget to water our gardens. This is a daily activity for someone who is intentional about creating change in their life and achieving their goal. A little bit of positivity every day, will keep you on track.
Having your corral of positive people that you can call to remind you of your vision, your desire and your ability to achieve it is imperative. Make it a point to stay in contact with these people and reduce contact with those that tell you it can’t be done—another form of weed!
Then, patience and trust come in. There is so much happening under the soil that you do not realize. Often people give up just before the seedling breaks through the soil.
Stay diligent my friends. You can create the life you love.
Prepare, plant, water, fertilize, weed, water and hold the vision…it won’t be long.
The worse thing I can think that happens is that you don’t plant the seed and nurture it, then you will never get to taste the sweetness of your harvest.
Bragging rights-
These are a few of the harvests that my clients are enjoying from the seeds of success that they planted last year.
S.M. has launched her successful coaching business.
R.C. has transitioned from a successful long time career to a new fulfilling job.
R.K. is in the process of weeding out non-perfect clients and attracting perfect ones.
A.M. has launched his international company here in Atlanta.
D.L. has increased clarity and confidence and is enjoying those benefits
What would you like it to say behind your initials? Plant those seeds and if you want a “gardener” to support you, contact me to set up a Flourishing Strategy Session. This free 45 minute phone conversation will help you determine what seeds to plant and how to best nurture them. Click here to schedule a session today.
FEATURED ON
