Somebody recently asked me what it felt like to ride a wave. While I’ve thrown probably a dozen posts at you about the subject, today I received a really interesting description from somebody. I was back at Pepperdine talking to my old marketing professor about life and the fact that surfing has become such a big part of mine and when she told me about her first experience of riding a wave she said “The last time I remember feeling like that was when I was six years old.” Then it hit me. You reconnect with your inner child.
Why your inner child can kick the crap out of your outer adult
Your inner child has powers that far exceed your outer adult. Your inner child has no limits, no failures, no fear, and a vivid imagination that doesn’t even come close to your outer adult. When I was 6 years old I literally believed that one day I would magically receive the powers of superman and eventually be able to fly. Finding a way to connect with your inner child can really allow you reach the pinnacle of what you are truly capable of.
How you know you’ve connected with your inner child?
- Disbelief doesn’t exist: When you are 6 you think you can take over the world with the even the most ridiculous of ideas. If an adult tells you can’t do that, you might frown, but you don’t actually listen to that self limiting crap that we seem to buy into as adults.
- Doubt: Your inner child doesn’t doubt anything. You don’t question whether something is possible. You literally believe you can play with fire and instead of burning the house down you think you can’t see much distinction between an artistic and a pyromaniac. It’s all the same.
- No Fear: This is one of the greatest qualities of your inner child. Your inner child is truly free from the matrix, unplugged and believes he can walk on water, scale mountains, and fly off the highest peaks.
Our inner child, long forgotten, but still inside is somebody we should all reconnect with. He or she is the greatest part of you.
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Hey Srinivas.
Great call here. Our inner guy is a big winner, and we can’t forget about him, or try to subdue him, if we want to do big things. That lack of useless fear is one of the great features of that guy inside us.
You take one situation, and put a person in it who ignores their inner young achiever, and put another person who still support their inner child, and the difference in energy and momentum will be large. Most famous people that we know are still young in attitude, taking risks that they do almost as fun, and not as worried constructions.
I don’t forget about that little guy, because he is the one who creates the best things for us. With doubt, disbelief, and fear put aside, we can do things that look great for others, and make them see we still have that motivation that many have let subside.
Cool stuff.