I have been taken the quest with Prof. Srikumar Rao, as I was looking for different ways to deal with my beliefs. I had this feeling of always banging my head against a glass ceiling when it came to fully living my passions and purpose. I felt trapped.
I am in the business of leadership consulting, and my passion is to inspire leaders to find their passion, unleashing their full potential, to motivate and engage their teams with all their head and heart.
However, I was only partly living my passions and potential.
For years I told myself the story of not being able to live my passions fully, as my family life took too much attention and energy and I could not focus enough on my business. As a Solo-preneur and single mother, I am taking care of two teenage girls, one being a mentally challenged foster child. Although I was doing ok, I often felt tired, exhausted and spread too thin with all the tasks, that needed to be done.
At the same time, others gave me the feedback, that I was really good at what I am doing, playing it way too small. One client said: You are being one of the best-hidden secrets in the market. So the quest came at the right time! I was ready to grow out of my self-made cocoon.
I loved the quest from the beginning, eager to wake up every morning. Listening to Prof. Srikumar Rao's videos was the most delicious start to my day.
While his stories are wonderful to listen to, the process of self-discovery and transformation is so profound.
My personal transformation came with the exercises “Good thing-bad thing – who knows" and getting "the label" of the stories, that I was telling myself. For the first time, I was able to see clearly what was behind my curtain of beliefs. I was telling myself the story of “I can't win", I was in the "worrying business" most the time and “never good enough – in all areas". And with the exercises, I was able to gain new perspectives, deeper insights into my thinking and saw my challenges more clearly. Taking on my “engineer's hat” (another wonderful exercise) gave me the pathway to start working on changes with a rational and focused approach. I understood, that I needed to learn how to systemize my business, how to involve more people, to delegate and to get more out of there. In my private life, I understood, that my foster daughter needed much more and different professional support than I was able to give. I was handling too many roles and our relationship was suffering. So for me it became clear, it was not that I was not good enough, it was just that I was not truly being myself and had set some unrealistic goals that could not be reached from where I was. I learned that I needed to become my best self and not become good at what others expected from me, or even better, what I thought others expected of me. What a huge shift that was and what a relief.
So fast forward to today:
I have engaged people working for me and support me grow my business. I became open to learning whatever it takes to get out there, spreading my passion and expertise and support many more leaders than before.
My foster daughter is getting more professional attention and support and I found more freedom of mind to focus on what I am really good at.
I have made free with my past, leaving the big baggage behind, just taking the learnings with me.
I live a much happier life, with less stress and more energy. I have the feeling of getting closer to being myself each day, using this approach whenever I get stuck.
Thank you, Dr. Rao!