Even for the most productive people, it’s easy to get trapped into thinking we are making progress because we are thinking, preparing, and organizing. It may feel like we are making progress but often it’s busy work, reluctance or procrastination.
It takes jumping in, getting started and making real progress. Even if we don’t feel like it. Even if we feel we aren’t ready. Even if we don’t have all the pieces figured out. Action is a way to figure things out in real time. Let us begin and have faith our action will guide the way today. Part of our day includes managing stress. It’s the nagging constraining force or influence that we must deal with. It’s difficult to get rid of.
We might try turning the equation around. Stress itself is a reaction to a stressor. The stressor is the issue. It’s anything that creates a stress reaction. We can think of the stressor as the cause of our stress and what happens as a result is stress. If we are overwhelmed (stressed) by doing tasks that don’t matter, if we can, why not remove those tasks (stressors)? Let us release insignificant stressors and be more stress free today. One of the most rewarding things in our work is the connections we make with others. Highly motivated people want to connect and climb the ladder of success. Connecting is tricky because it involves a win-win – a little climbing and a lot of connecting.
Let us do both delicately and balance climbing with connecting today. Learning may be the most magnificent thing in the world. “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.”
Why would anyone ever choose to not learn? Learning is one of the few things that can never be taken away from us. When we share what we learn, the value of our learnings is multiplied over and over. Let us be inspired to learn as if we will live forever today. For the small things in life, why not keep them small? Why make small things bigger than they need to be? Small things are non-impactful, lower priority, so-what things, who cares in the larger scheme of things.
Minimizing small things saves energy. Decisions around those things are unimportant. Why mull over it in our minds? Why make a mountain out of a molehill? Let us rise above the small things so we can make big things happen today. Research says we think about 12,000 thoughts a day. That’s a lot of thoughts. We probably can’t manage all of our thoughts, but we can hone in on those negative thoughts that eat away at our energy, confidence and peace of mind. Those negative thoughts affect our agreement with reality.
We get to decide what our mind approves. We can toss anything out that we want. Let us move out destructive thoughts so the encouraging thoughts can take over today. What if we changed this one common phrase “HAVE TO” that we use in our thoughts and conversations every day to “GET TO.” Notice the difference.
Rather than say, “I have to go to work” say “I get to go to work.” Do we know how many people wish they had a great job? What if we say, “I get to work out” rather than “I have to work out.” Do you know how many wish they were healthy enough to work out? That shift in one word “GET” feels more inspiring, more energetic, more appreciative… Let us GET to decide how we set our mind up for success today. In every communication, there is a moment where we decide whether to speak up or remain silent. Silence is power. It doesn’t mean we don’t have anything to say. It usually means the listener isn’t ready to hear our thoughts. Or there aren’t any words to describe how we feel so it’s best to pause. Or we know to stay silent when someone expects us to be ruffled. That is one of the most powerful ways to prove a point.
Sometimes it’s not worth our energy to waste words on others that don’t matter anyway. Let us choose wisely in the words we speak today. |
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