I exited the gondola towards the ascent board at the bottom of the mountain, looking broken. Colleen saw me, put away the mic, and came in to give me a big hug.
As she held me, she reminded me of Colin O’Brady’s speech - how we have to go through the 2s and 3s to experience the 10/10 moments.
“You’ve got a decision to make, Sarah. Are you going to go again?” she asked me.
Hearing Colleen ask that triggered something in me.
The choice to keep going was never in doubt for me. I knew I was going to keep going, but hearing Colleen ask triggered something else in me. It triggered me to ask if I was going to allow myself to believe that I could do it.
It was one thing to make the choice to physically continue, but it was an entirely other thing to believe in yourself. I was making the right choices, but I hadn’t been believing in myself yet.
It was time to figure it out
Can I do this?
F*** yes! I didn’t fly halfway around the world for nothing.
That moment was the turning point. I went from saying I’d just keep going, to saying I’d just keep going and believing in myself. That simple question from Colleen changed everything.