Ice Chip #20
It is a journey…
Working on the prospect of eradicating (k)notty words from your written and spoken word is a journey. Where are you on that journey?
This is the valley we live in here in Eagle River, Alaska. Just about 15 miles northeast of Anchorage, it is a beautiful and breathtaking view. I love to come here to renew my vision of what I want to accomplish with: Remember the Ice.
In the photograph below, the goal is to travel from the point the photo was taken,
and get to the top of the furthest mountain in the distance.
It is several miles and there are many valleys and peaks between the points mentioned.
It would be nice to just soar over to it, with the ease of our friend, Jonathan Livingston…..
Getting to the point of sharing this message on a global scale has been an arduous task. At first there were naysayers who doubted that it would make an impact.
“How are you going to get a message like that to connect with others?”
“What makes you think they will ‘get it’?”
It is a powerful message that is shared by a simple and compelling story. We have gone over it several times. That is important, because as we shared in last week’s Ice Chip: Repetition is the mother of skill. When I learned that mantra several years ago from Tony Robbins, I knew it would be relevant for the rest of my life.
Last week, you were asked to choose one of the following (k)notty words: don’t, can’t or won’t and refrain from using it. How did you do?
Was it as easy as just soaring over to the goal? I would imagine it was a bit more challenging than that.
You were catching yourself rephrasing and reframing the words and focusing on what you wanted to attract, or wanted to have happen. You were focusing on stating your case with clarity.
Excellent work.
As a result of doing so, it felt like you were at a special place…..
…..at the end of a…..
What a great place to be.
Using empowering word choice and eradicating the knotty words is like finding that pot of gold in the art of articulation.
Keep working at it. It is a task that is as important as breathing.
Remember to follow through and be fully engaged.
Have a phenomenal week,
Bob
P.S. I will be adding pictures from time to time if they help to tell the story. Thank you for indulging me and the requests of several regular readers.
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