You Already Know What to Do—So Why Aren’t You Doing It?

What are you pretending not to know? Now, now, I've, I've said this many, many times on this show, sometimes the content that I create for this show is actually for me.

It's not even for, for you all.

But I got to imagine that if I'm going through some of these challenges and I'm doing a little bit of soul-searching and, and trying to figure out some self-awareness in my life, it, it kinda triggers me to say m-maybe I'm not the only one.

And so maybe th- some of what I'm gonna talk about today, I can save you from some g- some grief that I've encountered over the years.

You know, I, I came across a version of that question, which was, "What are you pretending not to know?" I came across the version of this a few months back, and I haven't been able to shake this off because I, I think there's moments in all of our lives when we're looking for answers that we actually already have.

W- we're seeking something, but deep down, we already know, and this is when we start asking people for advice.

We start doing the research.

Uh, we're scheduling another meeting.

We're taking time to pray about it.

We're making, uh, a- another one of those pros and cons list.

Anybody else do a pros and cons list on a whiteboard? I love a good whiteboard session with a reason to move forward, reason not to.

You been there? You know, we're just waiting for another sign.

And, and listen, I'm not saying any of these things are bad.

Seeking wisdom is absolutely critical.

Gathering information, very important.

Being patient, having the right timing, all these things are important, but sometimes those things become camouflage for something else, and you know what that something else is sometimes? It's avoidance.

It's avoidance.

We're not actually searching for the answer.

We're searching for an ans- answer that probably feels easier than the one that we already know, and man, there's a big difference here.

You probably already know more than you think you do.

Isn't it true? Th- think about leadership for a moment.

Man, I, I've worked with leaders and organizations for years now.

I've coached executives.

I've trained mid-level leaders.

I've sat across from business owners that are dealing with all kinda crazy, complicated people issues, and I've noticed something along this journey.