The Feel Like Shit Case Study You Will Never Forget

The only reason that I can write this article today is because I feel like shit!

But I know from experience that on the other side of these feelings lies the true treasure.

For the last 20 years I have been running my own company as an entrepreneur. And every time I feel like I do today (and it is a mix of uncomfortable feelings that that have been lingering for the last few weeks, and that I would definitely rather not feel) I know that I am on the edge of the next level of success.

There is something old in my system that no longer serves and that I need to give up.I hold a strong belief that we are multiple layer beings and that if true change is to happen it needs to happen on every level – spiritual, mental, physical and emotional.

Our spiritual aspect changes as we ever deepen our connection to our purpose.Our mental aspect changes as we develop a new belief or change a habit, or simply find a new way of looking at what is.

Our physiology then changes when we embody this new understanding. Maybe we are more in stature. Maybe our breathing is just a little deeper.

But then there is the emotional side, the feeling part of ourselves. The only part of our being that come time will differentiate us from AI.

With all the books I have read by amazing thought leaders, and all the videos I have watched of the wonderful gurus and teachers, there always seems to be a piece missing.

That is what to do with those feelings – for me changing a thought does not represent real change. But when I find the courage to give myself the space and time to sit in a corner and cry, weep, maybe sob, and perhaps even scream, and really let go of the old pattern from my cells, that is when true change happens. And then, as I embrace the new, my relationships, my business and my life go to the next level.Breakdown = Breakthrough.

There is no coincidence that tears are salty just like the sea. And in the same way that sea water heals physical wounds, tears wash away the old.

Over the years I have had the privilege to run programs in leading business schools around the globe – I remember that one of my favourite professors, Professor Gilbert Probst said that leadership cannot be learnt from a case study, but that it must be discovered.

So if I write this ‘case study’ today it’s to encourage and invite us all (me included) to have the courage to discover every part of ourselves. Particularly when we are feeling like shit.