If you live in an old house with rusty dirty pipes, you will get dirty water out of your taps even if you install new ones.

 

Similarly, if you don't do the inner work your well laid plans, your clear goals and action steps won't help. You will continue to struggle. Goal setting falls prey to the workings of the inner person if there is no alignment between the external you and the inner one.

 

Say you are looking to set up a business, and you do everything the gurus say. You have you strategy laid out; you know who your ideal client is. You know where to find the client, and how to get them to choose you. You have worked out your pricing and estimated your income for the next 3 years.

 

 But you have trouble asking for money. Every time you need to talk about money you freeze because you hear a voice telling you money is bad. So if clients want to talk about money, maybe negotiate or understand your costing model, you balk. And so you lose clients. Ad you don't realize our revenue targets. And you begin thinking there is a problem with the business model. So you change your model, or your business, or even give up ' I don't have a head for business', you say. 'It's not my talent' you add. And off you go to find another gift.

 

But that's not it. The problem is inside.

 

You will attend workshops, read books, take professional exams and produce strategies. This is like changing taps while retaining the old rusty pipes. The inner you can make a mockery of all these efforts if it is not handled appropriately. That is why many people find themselves in situations which prompt this attitude' I have tried everything. Nothing works'. Have you really tried everything?

 

If you don't clean out those inner pipes, the energy will not flow.

 

So if you feel stuck and are struggling, despite having tried 'everything' to achieve the life you really want, look inside.