MKE Week 12 – Rebel Without A Reason – The Push-Pull Dynamic

Earlier this year I had been reading Mark Januszewski’s book Standing Tall.

I was reciting those Verities on a daily basis. I was actually growing.

The reason I started reading it is that something compelled me to do so. I was PULLED towards it.

After several weeks, I could see a change in the way people were interacting with me: Neighbors, baristas, perfect strangers on the street.

They were smiling at me…interacting with me…and afterwards I felt full — grateful. I told my mentor that it was because I was living in a really great neighborhood. He replied, “No, Khush. It’s not your environment. It’s you.”

Then I began MKE.

All these assignments…!

All this homework…!

And I shut down.

I’ve been coasting through this program.

And then Mark came up with the brilliant 300-Card Exercise, where we write down one thing we’re proud of on each card. Something I could be inspired to do!

And even though it took me a week thereafter to get going with the exercise, I remembered something about myself…

I prefer being PULLED towards achieving something than to be PUSHED to get it done.

This exercise reminds me of why I continue to invest in myself and my growth: I’m excited to meet the future me.

And I’m looking forward to looking back at all the things I’ve accomplished and achieved in my life that I don’t give myself enough credit for.

Let’s roll!