It’s Time To Get Off the Emotional Treadmill of Your Company

“When ____ happens, I’ll feel _____,” Does this MadLibs-style sentence feel at all familiar?

Fill in blank 1 with any of the following: I…

• hit X in revenue
• get X more customers
• start a consistent meditation practice
• work out again
• sign up for therapy
• get X more followers on Instagram
• have a great relationship/get married/have kids
• am in the dream house/dream car/dream vacation home

Fill in blank two with an adjective. Perhaps:

• happy
• fulfilled
• satisfied
• stable

For example: “when i hit $20,000/month in profit, I’ll feel at peace.”

Think back to the last time you thought one of these thoughts and hit that goal. How did you feel? How long did that feeling last? Then what happened?

I’m no psychic, but I’ll venture to guess that:

• you felt good
• that feeling was fleeting
• then you were on to the next thing
• and set a new, higher, goal