This morning I had an interesting experience at my physical therapy visit. I first worked with my usual PT and then worked with a new PT. The experience was dramatically different and it didn’t have anything to do with the complexity of the treatment. The new PT is fresh out of school and even though he technically was very good he was tentative with me. He acted as if he wasn’t sure about what he wanted to do or perhaps he was making sure he followed the plan that had been written by another therapist. The “aha” was that he didn’t claim what he knew in a confident way.
This reminded me of the times that I act like I don’t know something that I really do know, and know it well. Sometimes I am tentative because I don’t want to overstep my bounds and sometimes I am tentative because I am feeling confused. The interesting thing about confusion is that it usually means I am not tapping into my largest self or have convinced myself that I don’t know something.
On the flip side, when I am feeling the greatest it’s when I am operating fully engaged and confident. So, the task for me and for you is to claim what you know. Let me know how that goes for you. I would love to hear from you!
I think I do this alot… assume my knowledge on others… WOOPS!! I think I am becoming more aware of it though, so that's progress.