7: CHOOSING NOT to Belong

NOT belonging can be POWERFUL.

This one concept was the most helpful concept that helped me retire from Medicine.

Here's what happened...

I was walking on campus and it struck me that I've never felt like I belonged in Medicine.

Oh sure, I could coach myself and create a sense of belonging but it never felt natural or easy to me.

It always required A LOT of work to get there.

Before coaching, I made this Not-belonging feeling mean that something was wrong with me:

I must not be working hard enough.

This thinking was so painful.

And sometimes I thought that maybe something was wrong with the job, the work culture, the people.

This thinking was so painful too.

More recently when I revisited this feeling of Not-belonging in Medicine, I didn't have any blame or shame about it.

Nothing was wrong with me; nothing was wrong with the job.

I just didn't belong in Medicine.

I know I could do the work to feel that sense of belonging in Medicine.

I just didn't want to do the work anymore.

I'd rather put all the time and energy into being a full time life coach where I am overflowing with belonging AND it takes ZERO effort.

Coming to this realization made retiring from Medicine effortless.

Where in your life do you NOT belong?

What if it isn't a problem at all?

What if it's simply a road sign pointing you to areas where you do belong.

AND you don't have to take drastic steps like retiring from your job-- this episode walks you through how tiny baby steps can have a massive impact AND go back to listen to episode 6 to learn how to create belonging 24/7 on demand.

Click the button below to CHOOSE NOT to belong.

 

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