Hey Team,
So, this series of Go Team posts operates on the assumption that we are all on the same team here – we all want each other to succeed on our own terms, we’re cheering each other on, and we offer moral support on a regular basis.
But I’m curious about who ELSE you have selected to be on your team as you expand, enhance, and explore the life you are creating for yourself.
I’m not suggesting that you actually gather a group of people together and assign them roles on your team. While you will probably make some literal requests for support from people on your team that you actually know, many of your team members can be people who inspire you, people whose books, posts, or ideas resonate with you, or people who you think would cheer you on.
You can select anyone you want for this sort-of-imagined, sort-of-real team.*
Your team members can be people you know, people you admire, characters from TV shows or books, people you have made up entirely, the only criterion is that they, like us, want you to succeed on your own terms.
So, my invitation for you today is to consider who you want on your team, why you think they would make a good team member, and how their presence will support your plans and your efforts.
You can write about this process, you can make a list (mentally or physically), you can create a collage or a Pinterest board, you can save a folder of photos on your phone to remind yourself of your team, or you can do whatever makes sense for you.
The key here is to create a feeling of support for yourself and your plans, something you can think of or look at when you are feeling a bit frustrated, when you need some inspiration, or when you need a reminder that your efforts matter.
And speaking of your efforts, here are a bunch of gold stars for your hard work today, whether that work was imagining a team, creating a plan, working on a goal-related task, or putting one foot in front of the other (literally or metaphorically) to make your way through the day.
Go Team Us!
*And, of course, you can banish people from your imagined team, too. If you have someone in your life that cannot bring themselves to offer you a kind word, someone who undermines your confidence, or someone who is just generally unhelpful, you can exclude them from your team. You don’t have to tell them they are excluded but you can be free to decide how much attention to pay to their comments, approach, and attitude.
