You’re in the Room: Real Affirmations for Your Morning

lot one on the block this morning day unreserved name is on the book you're here to bid time we talked about grounding this work in your real wins the proof you can trust from episode two zero six today is about the work that builds those wins it's about the bidding itself not just the final price so let's be clear about the first affirmation most important one are in the room most people think the hardest part of an auction is the final frantic moments the big numbers the gavel falling they're wrong hardest part is walking through the doors in the first place it's registering for a paddle when you're not sure you belong it's taking a seat when you feel like an impostor you did it you're here you got out of bed you're breathing are present in your own life is the opening bid and it's a strong one everything else that happens today every success every setback every tiny step forward it all builds on that first move you showed up i'm i'm bid

somebody in this room always is today somebody is you for the second piece of business the work itself is where people get discouraged they look at the lot the giant project the difficult conversation overwhelming goal and they see the estimate the big terrifying number they think they have to hit in one jump that's not how it works nobody in my ring goes from the opening bid to the hammer price in one go you run it up increment by increment i hear one more small step bids in that's you answering one more email do i hear another yep that's you writing one more sentence do i hear one more quiet attempt that's you lacing up your

shoes or making the call or just sitting with the quiet for five minutes these are not small things these are bids each one is a declaration of value each one says i am still in is still worth it want this your job today is not to win the whole thing at once your job is to make the next be it that you do one more course you can that brings us to the final lot the outcome sometimes you don't get it you bid your heart out you stay in way past your comfort zone you fight for it the hammer comes down for someone else that hurts it feels like a failure it feels like all

that effort was for nothing listen to me a price is just the last person who wanted it more it's a number it is not a verdict on your worth or on the value of your effort the real value was proven in the ring it was proven by every time you raised your paddle when it was easier to put it down it was proven by your courage to want something in public the wanting the trying the process that is the asset that is the thing of value you walk away with no matter who takes the lot home your effort today is not a waste if you don't get the exact result you wanted your effort is the point it is building a muscle it is teaching you how to bid and that skill will use that for the rest of your life hammers down

let me tell you what that actually was that wasn't just a pep talk that was the truth of the work it's not about feeling ready it's not about knowing you'll win it's about honoring the process it's about deciding that you and your effort are worth the bid the paddle is yours the floor is open go on