What was your greatest comeback ever?
Have you had it? Or is it still in the wings waiting for you to have the courage to go for it?
In my work at the Rhys Thomas Institute of Energy Medicine we have helped thousands of people have the best comebacks of their lives!
Not a sports comeback, but a life comeback.
Why a comeback? Because deep inside of you, you have an unbendable purpose just like Tom Brady that is win, and not waiver in you quest. Your life is your Super Bowl. And you may have been sacked and attacked a lot in your life for trying to live your purpose from the time you were little to today. So much so you may feel down, or have given up some of your dreams, settled for less, or have been trying to be someone you are not just because it is easier. But who you really are, the hero within you, never goes away and is always waiting for you to take up your sword again and live. It is allways calling you to comeback!
So how do you start your comeback?
Let use Tom Brady’s football career as an example.
- You have to get clarity of what you really have the body, mind, emotions and heart for in life. Brady was actually better at baseball and basketball than football in high school, where as a junior he was second string quarterback on a team that did not win a game, then in college he did not get a chance to start till well into his junior year, and in the NFL draft he was the 199th pick and was seen as at best as a backup quarterback by the scouts. Had he picked baseball or basketball, or listened to the scouts we would not even know his name. He didn’t listen, he just got to work. So how have you made your decisions in life? Did other people’s opinions have more to do with your life choices? Get clear on who you really are, and let yourself be called from your heart and do not let the negative opinions of others sway you.
- You must have the energy and courage to go after your dreams every day. No one practices harder than Tom Brady, he has made his weaknesses into his strengths. He was slow and skinny and did not have a hard or accurate throwing arm when he came into the NFL. He learned how to use his awareness not speed on the field to avoid getting sacked, and built his body up till he can withstand crushing blows from 300 pound men and get up and not miss a beat on the next play, and he can throw the ball like a bullet with laser precision now 10’s of thousands of practice throws later. When you were faced with what you were not good at but needed if you were going to attain your dream what did you do? Do whatever you need to do to keep your body mind and emotions at their highest level. Hone your gifts and work on your weaknesses. Attain a level of energy that lets you have the courage to face your greatest fear and not back down, every day.
- Life is full of pain and setbacks, don’t act like anything in your life isn’t or wasn’t supposed to wake you up to be better in the future. Throughout the game Brady was getting punished and sacked (i.e. ground into the dirt) and pushed back by the Falcons defense for most of the game. How many times do you have to be rejected at work, or in your relationships, or have had health issues, or problems with your children? All of which knock the wind out of you, disorient you and put you back starting over in your life. Rather than feeling defeated, or wishing that had not happened, do what Tom does, get mad, get focused, figure out how to use that to learn, do not back down, and get the job done anyway. Everything happening to you that is hard is giving you the choice to commit more to your real purpose and get smarter about it, or to feel life a victim and give up or blame others. Know deep inside that there is a part of you that is unbendable and non-negotiable and cannot be knocked down, abused or hurt, that is the part you must listen to when the chips are down.
- When faced with adversity and thing looking bad, go deep don’t’ settle for less. In the Super Bowl Brady and the patriots were down by 25 points early in the second half and down by 19 with 8 minutes to go in the game. With help from the defense who turned over the ball, Brady scored 19 points in 8 minutes, Does it feel like you are too far along in your life to really make a huge change and it may be time to just throw in the towel and accept your fate? Never give up on your dream, just make sure you are open to opportunities that arise and take them. They do not always come at the beginning, sometimes you must earn your greatness at the very end.
- Work as a team, you cannot do it alone. Brady will always say that it was his team that won the game not him. It is true, he just throws the ball, he and the coaching staff have surrounded him with people who support his mission in every possible way. How many people do you have in your life that either have no idea what your mission is, or know but are not interested in helping you actually achieve it? Build a team of friends, playmates, and co-workers that in some way are part of your mission and you a part of theirs. Let go of anyone who does not have your enthusiasm for life.
Summary: This is the wisdom of Tom Brady, or Oprah, or Nelson Mandela or MLK, or anyone who is fearlessly living their purpose. Every one of these people and most people who are making a real difference in the world, made a huge comeback from tough life situations and rise above them to be models for the rest of us.
Your comeback step:
- Get clear on who you are and your real purpose that your body mind and spirit were born to express, and feel it!
- The courage you have to live your purpose every day is directly proportional to your energy. Build up your energy!
- The world will constantly test you by rejecting and knocking you down. Feel the part of you that cannot be knocked down, your highest purpose and soul, and make that be your guide not your fear or pain.
- Even if you are in the 3 quarter of life, your mission is your mission, what you may have failed to do over 40, 50 or 60 years you may create in a year if you get 1-3 figure out.
- Build a team of enthusiastic friends and co-workers, let go of the neigh Sayers and make everything you do in life fun.
If this is the year you are ready for your big comeback and want to meet hundreds of people who are doing just that come to our Awaken event, May 20-21 and get a jump start on living your purpose and making it fun!