One thing I’ve learned: Life reflects back to us the conversation we have within ourselves. We enter a different room, a new quantum field, a brand-new world . . . when we make different decisions about who we are.

Your life wobbles—because you wobble.

All my life I thought that if just set up the outside of my life to look a certain way, then I could bask in a sense of success, happiness, or being special. But I had the equation wrong.

I fell for the backward twisted promise we’ve all been sold: the right life will give you the right feeling. I am seeing now that the right feeling about myself awakens the right life. No matter what.

I have gotten this far in life even through self-doubt. Self- diminishment. Self-comparison.

But what if I banked on my own design—without hesitation or perpetual evaluation?

What if I celebrated my instincts—instead of muffling them? What if I trusted just one voice within?

What if it was the voice of my Inspired Self . . . an unwavering vote of strength and love?

How would it be to live with a walloping yes resounding through the hallways of my being?

This much I know: I am the only person I will spend my entire lifetime with, every single breath, maybe even for eternity.

It’s time to stop fighting with myself and weakening my enthusiasm. It’s time to start fighting for myself and the truth I know. It’s my time to bow down to my inner guardian and rise up, with all that I am—singing a hymn of wholeness.

I will become my own sacred ally, my own brilliant guru—the champion of my lifetime, a rainmaker. I wish this for you too.

Because, really, being exceptional is just being unwilling to hobble your own life.

WELCOME TO YOUR EXCEPTIONAL LIFE

I am so grateful you are here. I’m holding the vision of you in your ideal life—as I sip orange ginger mint tea and write these words. I have a sense that you and I have met at just the right time. This book is a coaching session, a training ground, or a flight lesson if you like. You have extraordinary powers. You know that. I know that. This work can help you unlock them.

The Choice: You can get in your own way—or discover your own way.

I had to write this book. In New York City subway stations, you might see signs that say, “If you see something, say something.” Well, I’ve seen something, and I keep seeing it.

It started with my own reality-altering career and life transformation (more on that later). I have observed a critical dynamic through decades of leading others to tap into their astonishing inner powers and create the life and work they love. Through my books, retreats, online programs, and coaching practice, I’ve taught and coached thousands worldwide. Here’s what I continue to see.

People who don’t succeed get in their own way.

People who do succeed discover their own way.

There is one crucial factor that moves the dial. Every time. It’s self-trust.

The people who discovered their own way didn’t waste time doubting themselves, making themselves wrong, or thinking every- one else had better answers or better lives. These mavericks learned how to listen to themselves, coax themselves into greatness, find stamina, self-forgiveness, and take inspired actions. They became their own allies and partnered with an inner power that altered every- thing. They touched magic. They trusted—in their own brand of magic. Huzzah!

SELF-TRUST IS A PATH

This book will help you walk this path so that you can move past the most common blocks—or ways you get in your own way. With each self-trusting instruction, you will open to a more intentional way to live. Get ready to feel more instinctively alive . . . and more on track in your life.

YOUR BLOCK IS YOUR PORTAL

Why look at the blocks instead of the steps to trusting yourself? Here’s why. I bet you know that if you want to lose weight you should eat more kale than lasagna. So how come millions of motivated individuals don’t do it? Because real change doesn’t happen when we are told what to do.

Real change happens when our blocks are removed.

When we change our beliefs about ourselves and our lives, we can do anything.

That’s why I started looking at what blocked people from creating the lives they desired. Most of my clients and students thought their block was an external circumstance like health, money, time, or bad habits. But it was never about that. It was always about what they believed, what they told themselves about themselves, that made all the difference.

Yes. The right relationship to yourself changes everything. That’s why we’re going to look at the most common and unconscious ways you stop yourself from trusting your inner genius and spirit. We’re going to undo those limits. Remember, wherever you’re getting in your own way, there’s secret energy. Your “block” is your portal.

YES, EVEN YOUR LIFE IS FLAWLESS

Your life might not look like anything you think you desire. That doesn’t mean for a minute that higher genius isn’t streaming through your every circumstance. You may get stuck on “the picture” of your life, but your soul is on a bigger adventure.

You can use any circumstance to open to your one wild, true path.

Because here’s the thing. You can’t know the way to an inspired life, or to an exceptional outcome. You can, however, know a relationship with your own spectacular internal guidance. This is the only step you really need.

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