“The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of your relationships.” Anthony Robbins
I loved reading about Charlotte Caslick who had to switch codes in preparation for the Australian Rugby Sevens game in which they won gold yesterday. Being from touch footy, she had previously never tackled, and consequently had to spend hours tackling teammates in a sandpit in order to learn the contact side of the sport.
If you were to switch codes, what would you have to learn, relearn and unlearn?
We all have different roles in life we play, and some we play much better than others. Each role requires different approaches, skills and mindsets, and we need to have enough self awareness to know what we need to bring to each one to make them all a success.
– Which roles in your life do you do well? And which ones do you excel at?
– Which ones are you happy to devote more time and effort in to improve, and which ones do you tend to just let happen?
The ideal would be that you feel you’re bringing your best to every role, so you and everyone in your life around you is benefitting from the best version of you.
What can you learn from the roles you excel in and what can you transfer over to other roles that have perhaps been neglected in terms of the time and effort you’ve put in?
The more flexible you can be with your behaviour, the more you can be the best version of yourself in each moment.
Do you need to learn or relearn how to be present, romantic, organised or fun at home for example?
Do you need to unlearn a leadership style that’s not working for others, a self belief you have about a skill, a behaviour at home that’s recycling arguments, a habit that’s doing you more harm than good?
It’s not easy switching codes, but with belief in the benefit of doing so and with determination to make a change that is needed, it can be done and the results will undoubtedly reward the effort you make.