A coach shares how leaning into self-disgust instead of avoiding it changed his mindset. He realized he couldn't instantly reach his goals, but he could control his next move. That shift from fighting his feelings to owning them gave him the agency to build his business.
I think the best thing that I ever did was fully felt into how disgusted I was with myself. I was smart enough in that moment to not think that anything else was responsible for that. No, somehow you created this and you're the only one who can uncreate this. It started with that feeling of disgust. It started with not trying to make that feeling go away or dull it or pretend it wasn't there. Feeling the heck out of it. Taking full ownership for it. You can't change destination immediately, but you can change direction. Direction. And direction is very important. In that moment, I was I was like, cool, I don't have what I want. My destination isn't different yet, but my direction is like, my compass is pointed in the right direction. That gave me a lot of peace just in that moment. 'Cause that's like, what else do you have control over? You can only control what you're doing right now.
