I was listening to a course from an intuition coach and she interviewed a business owner who was experiencing ‘shiny object syndrome’.
You may have a friend who is killin’ it in real estate.
Or another friend who is in an enviable safe and secure job.
Or you may know another coach who charges $400 for one hour of ‘chatting’ with her (true story!) and you may feel a bit of FOMO and be tempted to… try these endeavours.
Hold on for a sec because there are 4 things we can take note of before diving head first into a new direction.
In the above vid, I shared 4 ways for you to overcome shiny object syndrome so you don’t end up distracted and losing focus and achieving nothing at the end of the day or month.
Here is what I talked about:
✔️ How to identify if something is a true gut feeling or just empty excitement
✔️ A little extreme way of handling this situation which may work for you
✔️ When to take action on an idea (all parts of you have to be on 100% on board)
You can watch the vid or listen to the podcast ep above.
Or read a gist of it below:
Method 1: Know your values like they are at the back of your hand
If your top value is ‘freedom’, you may want to think hard before starting a new endeavour or creating a new offer which needs you to be at a specific place at a specific time. Or an endeavour which needs you to stick to strict deadlines.
What to discover what your values are? You can download this coaching tool and use it on yourself. Or use it with your clients or park it in your blog as a lead magnet
Method 2: Live out that dream!
This is an extreme method but it works for some of us. If you have this exciting feeling about pursuing a side line as a real estate agent, for example, go all out.
Create an Instagram account for this imaginary sideline. Create a free website for it.
Research on the exams and papers you will have to take. Buy the books and read them. Literally live out that dream. If it’s not meant for you, you may lose interest in a few days.
Method 3: Know where that excitable feeling comes from
Does it come from your gut or do you feel this giddy excitement feel mostly in your head area?
If this excitement mostly centres around your head area, there is a high chance that this idea satisfies your ego and not your higher self. Which means, be careful with any idea that gives you empty, giddy excitement Wait it out and see if it fizzes out after a few days.
Method 4: Only jump into an endeavour if you are 100% on board with it
Even if a small part of you is unsure, sort it out until all parts of you are on board with this idea. If not, this small part of you will drag you down, slow down your progress, make you second guess yourself and give you emotional stress.
If you want to run a masterclass about setting aligned goals, you may like this done-for-you masterclass which is ready for you to launch.
I hope this blog post, video and podcast ep will be helpful for you.
See you in my next blog post ;)
Shikah