Breakthroughs in the Jungles Of Costa Rica

In 2016 I found myself sitting on the front steps of a villa in Costa Rica. It was the only place I could find some quiet and space to think as I was there for a mastermind experience that was very busy and somewhat overwhelming. 

I had a giant pad of paper and colored markers and I was trying to write out the grand concept of "WHAT WAS MY MESSAGE TO THE WORLD."  The purpose of my life. 

No pressure or anything!

As I sat there, I suddenly realized how bonkers life really was. 

I was literally in the jungle. 

Watching wild macaw parrots perch nearby, curiously watching me watching them.

As I tried to focus my attention on my marketing message, it all seemed so ridiculous suddenly as I realized that even in this incredible experience, even in this wondrous moment of sitting in the Costa Rican paradise… 

I was still trying to “get it right.” 

I was trying to find the “right” way to tell people my purpose. 

I was trying to pick the right purpose. 

I was so busy trying to discover the RIGHT way to do my life, to build my business, to share my message. 

That I wasn't for a moment considering the TRUE way. 

Despite everything I knew, I was still trying to play by the rules of some arbitrary game that I was hell bent on winning. 

Because if I did that, then I could prove I was good enough. Worthy. 

I never did end up finding the right messaging for marketing my business on that trip. 

But I did write something on my giant piece of paper that changed my life forever. A message that I felt swell up from somewhere deep inside me.

The rules aren't real. 

There used to be this TV show called “whose line is it anyway.” that featured actors doing improv, and the host would randomly assign points and pick winners. 

My favorite line of the show was the introduction where the host said “Welcome to the show where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.”

I love it because it's such a great reflection of life. 

There are so many spoken and unspoken rules (outside of legal rules of course) that form part of our cultures or our social frameworks that we treat as deeply important. 

But when we really stop to look at them, it’s often those same “rules” that we’re using to shame ourselves with. 

The same rules we use to keep ourselves small and unfulfilled. 

Stuck and afraid. 

But, what if the rules ARE made up and the points don’t matter? 

What if we don’t need permission to be and do exactly what we are called to in this life? 

What if our work here is to learn how to be the biggest, most inspired and successful version of ourselves possible. 

What if, starting today, you went beyond the made up rules, and instead step into;

Your own wisdom. 

Your own inner guidance. 

Your own intuition.

Imagine what you could do with your life then.