One of the things on my Bucket List (henceforth known as the Dream List, as a Tony Robbins graduate told me) was to experience a workshop by Tony Robbins. A few years ago, I met Mina Shah, one of Tony’s top trainers and I came close to signing up, but I felt the time wasn’t right.
This year, the opportunity came up and everything fell in place for me to attend the Unleashing the Power Within workshop in Schaumburg.
I have to admit, I was a little apprehensive about doing the firewalk that Tony Robbins offers at the end of the first day. In the days leading up to the workshop, I wavered back and forth between thoughts like, “What if I burn my feet,” to “I’m scared,” to “Oh come on, millions of people have walked on fire.”
At one a.m., over 7,000 of us trudged out to the parking lot in complete darkness. Only the lights from the hotel rooms illuminated from above. Just before it was my turn to walk, the crew spread a fresh layer of glowing embers.
Oh crap.
The scared feeling escalated just a tad.
But heck, everyone before me was walking through the hot stuff and smiling on the other side. Surely I could, too.
And I did.
I was blown away at how easy it was once I had the courage to put the first foot forward. All that followed was one foot after another until the crew stopped me and sprayed my feet.
I was shocked to discover how easy it was. All the fears, all the wondering, all the limiting thoughts were for…nothing. Why did I waste all that time on things that turned out to be such a waste of time?
Of course, walking on fire is simply a metaphor for life. The exercise is meant to identify the fears you have–the limiting beliefs–and walk right through them.
Because if you can do that, you can do anything.
Whatever it is you’re facing in life–here’s what you do:
Walk through the fire.