The Next Right Move
What is the next right move?
Next year? Next month? Next week? Today?
As nobody wants to get this wrong,
The question has the power to:
Raise doubt
Increase resistance and
Push back
Because
When we consider this question
While rushing through life and
Striving on autopilot,
A gap is created between
Where we are
And
Where we think we should be.
And to our detriment,
Overreaching for "Should"
Does not reveal
A great next right move.
Adding more weight and drag to
Our efforts to reduce this gap...
The noise-makers
Run their playbook to
Strategically induce
Anything
Into this gap
That expands discomfort, fear, and uncertainty…
Which leaves us with
Less vision
More grip and
Pushing even harder.
The result?
Something between
An obstructed view
And the disappearance of
The Wave
That exists around us.
Before giving in
To the pressure of
Getting the next thing right,
What if we pause and
See the Wave
That is already here.
Even if this Wave appears to be nothingness,
Its Free Energy
Is
Overlooked
Underutilized and
Incapable of
Guilting us
Into doing more
Or
Not doing enough.
This pause is an opportunity to
Explore
Experiment and
Enjoy
The Wave that is here now
Which naturally sets up
The Next Right Move
With gratitude, Joe
Joe Jacobi
Olympic Gold Medalist, Performance Coach & Author
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