Ten days ago, after returning from my first overseas vacation in years, I started to muse (in this post) on what I would look to let go of my work and networks to create space for new things to emerge. Within days someone I have known and worked with years ago reached out, and yesterday we met, from which I will be starting to work with their business next week, something I am energised by as something new to be involved with.
Funny, how things like that can happen when we bring focus to what we want, as well as to what we may no longer want. It is all too easy to simply get up every day, to start every week, to go from month to month or year to year doing the same things, being involved with the same networks, relationships etc.
However, when we bring our focus (and focus is the key word here) to what we actually want out of life, out of our work, out of our business, then it does create space for the new. One way I frame it is “say no to create space to say yes“.
Be clear on what you are looking for next, then also take time to work out what you are currently doing that doesn’t fit with that and have the discipline to let go of those things.
I promise you, that will create space for new things to say “yes” to.