March 29, 2017, SPECIAL TGIW: Radicality & Event Invitation
By Darrell Gurney | Blog
“The days blur into one, and the backs of my eyes hum with the things I’ve never done.” –Radical Face
The term “radical” can raise our antennae and suspicions.
It carries the energy of dramatic shift, and implies extremes.
Yet, the idea of extremities is only the word’s secondary definition.
The primary definition is about going to the root of something, a fundamental shift.
Radical Forgiveness, Radical Happiness, Radical Restarts…all imply a going deeper than the surface norm by getting to the core of the thing itself.
To impact the drift of life often requires a radical wake-up, because it’s just too easy to stick to the norm.
You hear of folks who took on whole new ways of living after sudden health scares, near-death experiences, etc.
The question is: do we need to wait for such an external wake-up?
I like the idea of fomenting a crisis proactively, meaning self-inflicting the urgency for shift before the shift hits the fan.
What if you knew (or could make yourself believe) that your body was about to give out next week for lack of care?
How would your diet, fitness and sleep program look this week?
What if you knew (or could make yourself believe) that this job you’ve been hating will definitely end in a month?
How would your career change efforts look then?
What if you knew (or could make yourself believe) that your croaking was imminent, definitely within the year?
What bucket list items or purpose fulfillment would you take on right now?
Consider this an invitation to foment your own crisis…and then get radical!
Got radicality?
“If you want to make any radical change in your life, then either give it a clear date and time or do it today. There is no someday.” –Unknown