Patience is Confidence

“Patience is confidence!” shouted my running coach this morning in the middle of a tempo run. The goal of a temp run is to remain at a steady, consistent pace over a certain duration.

Sounds simple. Easy even.

The challenge is to NOT slip into the mode of go-go-go. Faster! Faster! Faster!

—Especially in the beginning when you when you just want to get the run DONE with already.

“Patience is confidence”…I thought about it over and over again as I steadied my pace and breathing.

What am I confident in?

I reminded myself, “I will finish the run. I have enough mental and physical stamina to finish. I’ve done this before. I was victorious previously; I will finish again. While THIS is a brand-new run on a new day, I’ve been in this situation before…starting and finishing something new, yet familiar.”

“Patience is confidence.” “

How does this apply outside of my movement & fitness?” I asked.

Patience Defined: the ability to remain calm when dealing with delay, or a difficult or annoying situation, task, or person.

This is so timely in my business right now. I’m preparing a new group-based program (that many of you have asked for!) and my business coach has been encouraging me to remain steadfast and consistent—despite the challenges of doing something new—and with the desire to want to do it all. Right now.

I’m having to practice patience, along with trust with the process, and really rely on my self-confidence and to remember that I will eventually finish and accomplish my goal.

For reassurance, I’m taking stock of all the new things I’ve started and saw to completion. This reminder is bolstering my confidence.

There’s more though.

Because I’m feeling patient with myself and the process, I’m feeling S P A C I O U S.

What this means is that I’m not working from a place of fear, worry, and anxiety—the ugly, three-headed horseman that inevitably tries to derail any change & progress—especially when something is new and the stakes are high.

This reminder, this confidence in myself, means I’m notrushing to get it done, and burning myself out in the process.

“Patience is Confidence.”

This looks like steadiness in my work, while having the confidence to pause and go for a run, knowing that the work project will get done—and done very well.

This looks like taking time to go to my son’s art show without thinking & worrying about the litany of tasks awaiting me.

This looks like taking a real lunch break and eating outside in the sunshine and not mindlessly inhaling carbs while banging out content on my computer.

In working with so many high-performing women—I see them forgettingthis confidence in themselves.

Forgetting…

How dependable they are.

How consistent they are.

How much fortitude they have.

How much excellence they put into anything they touch.

How many times they’ve finished and succeeded.

And in this forgetting, they give up pieces of themselvesin order to effort and will their way to finishing and succeeding.

In doing so, they compromise their bodies, their mental health, their relationships, and ultimately how they feel about themselves in the end.

As my coach inspired me, I encourage you to ruminate on the qualities that you, a high-performing woman, embody—and have confidence in yourself and trust you will finish whatever it is you’re working on, and inject a heavy dose of patience with yourself. Now go create some spaciousness for YOU.

Hit reply and let me know, what spaciousness are you going to create today? Tomorrow?

Still feeling stuck?

Schedule a complementary breakthrough call and we’ll discuss some ways you can increase your patience, confidence, and S P A C I O U S N E S S.

Live well,

Gigi Gibbs