Did you ever consider that what we perceive to be true might not be reality?

Think about it. Take the comment “I hate the dentist.” Some of us shrug it off as if it’s nothing while others get peeved by it. What’s really going on here? Is the patient really being rude? Are they making a joke? Maybe they’re grasping for some compassion? What is the reality?

The way we perceive a comment like this does create our reality. It’s normal. It happens because we all see the world through different filters.

Our filters determine how we see everything in our lives.

Take my career change, for example. When I realized I could no longer tolerate one more day looking at teeth, I knew I needed to do something. I needed to escape, but I had no other options. I was stuck with no solution in sight.

My situation felt hopeless, and I felt helpless.

Every day I was all talk (or rather complaining,) and no action. I felt so tied to my identity as a dentist, that I couldn’t even make a decision that might threaten who I was.

I came up with ideas, but none of them were good enough. Every option had serious flaws. When considering new possibilities, nothing would make me enough money, or I’d end up bored. I knew I would find new things to hate in any job and end up in the same place.

I was sure of it.

You name it, and it became an excuse for why I had no options out there.

At times I would even rationalize that my current career was actually okay. When the economy started to tank, I rationalized that at least I had a paying job. When things at work were quiet, I rationalized that things weren’t that bad.

All of this left me stuck. I couldn’t make a move.

One day my husband came to me with a completely crazy idea: I should make a video to enter a contest to become a travel show host. Now, come on, this was so not a reality for me.

So I said no.

Then after thinking it over a bit, I realized how stagnant I was. I knew that I had to do something, anything to change the energy around me.

So I entered the contest.

The day I decided to take that step forward, everything changed.

Over time I started to see that I could play and have fun with the zaniest of career options. I stopped taking myself and the process so seriously. If it didn’t work out, that was okay, and at least I was shifting something. As I started letting go and playing with ideas, more and more opportunities and possibilities came my way.

Getting to this place was such a long, arduous journey. It took years, and at times I wished I had a way to learn this more quickly.

Now I have a way to navigate through these processes much more efficiently and quickly.

I now know that we all see the world through different colored lenses. We view everything in our lives through these different filters that are created by our life experiences.

Last year I added something to my life called the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Assessment. It turns out, this assessment helped me understand how and why the career change process I described above worked for me.

The ELI gives us a very accurate, personalized, and tangible picture of what our lenses are and how we use the lenses to create our realities.

Finally it all makes sense.

For a long time I viewed my career change as hopeless and helpless because I was reacting to the stress of my career and my beliefs about the way the world should work. The “helpless, hopeless lens” tinted my view to make me believe being stuck was my only option.

When I ultimately switched to a different colored lens, I realized I had more options. I started trying new things, and I started seeing new possibilities.

It was all about the way I perceived my reality.

I realized that opportunities had been there all along– I just couldn’t see them until I changed lenses.

Part of me wishes I had this same tool back then. I could have used it to accelerate my career change, or maybe even change my reality enough to stay in my career.

The great news is I have it now. Sure, it’s nice to understand why dentistry was so hard on me and why I always felt the way I did. But even better, I get the chance to use it now. Every day I have the chance to create real changes for myself. I can make sure that I don’t just change my surroundings, but that I also change from within.

This new knowledge has helped me see how I can decrease my stress and frustration, and increase my sense of peace and happiness on a daily basis.

That is powerful.

And it’s even better that I get to use this same tool to help other dentists navigate through their own dental careers.

If you’re wondering how this tool could help you in your career, wonder no longer.

I’m participating in a challenge this month with my coaching community. As part of this challenge, I am able to offer this Assessment to you for more than 50% off of my normal fee.

It’s a win-win opportunity for us!

I’ll get to share with you the single tool that has continued to change my life (yes, I’m pretty passionate about that!) And you’ll get to experience and understand exactly what’s going on for you in your life and create some developmental plans to go after what you want!

This challenge ends on July 31, so hurry, hurry!

Thanks to my new lens, I now know the possibilities are endless.

Contact me here if you’d like to experience what this assessment can help you accomplish in your life.