Thank you for reading this week’s Operation Melt update.

Operation Melt started as a blog to share my personal transformation and weight loss story. After achieving success with that goal, Operation Melt has evolved into a platform to help inspire, motivate and equip people to achieve their own personal and professional goals so they can live their best lives.

I am trying to build a world where no goal ever dies of loneliness.

Throughout my journey, I have learned that many life lessons can be learned by getting fit. This week I am sharing another installment of Fitness Lessons are Life Lessons.

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Oprah Moment

I have a confession, sometimes I am a fan of Oprah. I semi-frequently listen to her Super Soul Conversations podcast and, occasionally, watch Super Soul Sunday with my wife. Every so often, there is something on Oprah that really speaks to me. That’s the case with the story of the whispers of the universe. Here is the concept in Oprah’s own words.

I say the universe speaks to us, always, first in whispers. And a whisper in your life usually feels like ‘hmm, that’s odd.’ Or, ‘hmm, that doesn’t make any sense.’ Or, ‘hmm, is that right?’ It’s that subtle. And if you don’t pay attention to the whisper, it gets louder and louder and louder. I say it’s like getting thumped upside the head. If you don’t pay attention to that, it’s like getting a brick upside your head. You don’t pay attention to that—the brick wall falls down. That is the pattern that I see in my life and so many other people’s lives. And so, I ask people, ‘What are the whispers? What’s whispering to you now?

Oprah

Oprah’s Whispers of the Universe concept really resonates with me and is often the secret to many things in my life, including how I come up with ideas for my weekly blog. I just have to listen to the whispers.

How do you think of this stuff?

A friend of mine was recently talking to me about my Operation Melt blog and said to me “I don’t know how you come up with new stuff every week, I couldn’t ever do that.” There was a moment when I was creating last week’s post, ss, that I became aware of how I come up with my topics. And it starts with a whisper.

My posts usually start with some inspiring moment from my life. Then it often grows from there. This happened most recently with last week’s post: Can a C Be Better Than an A?

I originally had a thought to write about the importance of effort versus easy wins, but I wasn’t convinced that it was a topic I wanted to write about now.

Then, one of the courses in my coach training talked about talent versus effort.

Then I heard a podcast about effort versus talent. Then another and another.

Everywhere I turned, I was being reminded about the topic that was in the back of my mind.

Sure, this could have been a matter of confirmation bias, but I listened to the whisper. I wrote last week’s post and felt great about it.

Whispers, Voices, Screams, Bricks

For all too long, I ignored nature’s whispers and got lots of screams and bricks.

I ignored my fitness and it took the scream of a 325-pound weigh-in before I acted on this.

I ignored the fact that my job didn’t feel right, then that it made me feel unhappy and caused me to question if I really had anything to contribute. It took becoming truly miserable and getting laid off before I rediscovered my value.

The list of times that I ignored nature’s whispers is all too long. But now I have made a commitment to myself to try to never ignore nature’s whispers ever again. Now I listen very carefully.

I listened to the whispers that people want to hear about my journey, so I launched the Operation Melt blog. I listened to the whisper that I could write a book, so I did.

Now I am listening to the whisper that says that I have talents and experiences that can help other people not wait to achieve their goals. So I continue writing, trying new things (such as this week’s launch of my new PM Believer series) and I have recently completed my coaching certification and am starting to take the next steps there.

When you start listening to the whispers you never know where they will take you. For me, nature is now screaming to me that I have value, I can contribute. Now it is time to listen to the next whisper, my calling.

Nature is whispering to me that my calling is to help people achieve their goals. This is why I am working to build a world where goals don’t die of loneliness. If the goal is important, it deserves the chance to succeed, even if it ultimately results in failure.

My plea to you is to listen to the whispers. If it doesn’t feel right, it is time to make a change. If you have a dream, don’t ignore it. If you need a voice to help you listen to the whisper, just let me know and I am happy to help.

I Need Your Help

Before you go I would like to ask you for a favor. I can’t build a world where no goal ever dies of loneliness on my own. Please consider helping your friends find today’s post by following me on Facebook, on LinkedIn or via Instagram and share today’s post to your feed.

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Thanks again for reading today’s post and here’s to achieving your most important goals!

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