Sunday Thinking

Today I say yes to life. The energy of greatness is infused into every activity of my living.

February 20, 2022

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“There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others.”

― Mary Shelley, Novelist 

I. The Art of Focus

Every moment of our lives is an opportunity to train our minds to focus.

  • When you are working, lock in. 

  • When you're with the kids, lock in.

  • When you’re at a dinner party, lock in.

  • When you’re listening to the feelings of a loved one, lock in.

  • When you're meditating, lock in.

We only experience love, beauty, and things that are true in the present moment. If we don’t have the ability to be present and lock in long enough, we miss the important moments in life. The only moment is now, lock in.

Source: Dr. Michael Gervais, High-Performance Psychologist

II. Reimagining Our Work

Leading ourselves and coaching others in the 21st century is all about managing these 3 pillars:

  • Attitude, Behavior, and Performance

In order to manage and sustain these pillars, one must invest daily time, energy, and emotional equity to earn trust, respect, buy-in, and stay-in of those they lead.

III. Reclaim Your Peace Of Mind

7 timeless reminders as we take care of our minds:

  1. Any tenant that rents space in your head can be evicted without a notice period.

  2. People-pleasing will hold your happiness and potential hostage. Being selfish is an act of self-care and self-preservation.

  3. If taking care of yourself means letting someone down, then let someone down.

  4. The version of you that people create in their minds is not your responsibility.

  5. You don't lose real friends, real opportunities, or real relationships when you start standing up for yourself and setting clear boundaries. You lose abusers, manipulators, narcissists, and mental-health destroying leeches.

  6. No personal achievement, bank balance, or material possession will be worth it if you attain it at the expense of your happiness.

  7. Anything that costs your mental health is too expensive. Look elsewhere.

Source: Steven Bartlett, The Diary Of A CEO

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VI. Question

How much overlap is there between what you say is important to you and how you spent your attention over the last month?

VII. This Week, I Will

  1. Check my ego.

  2. Live in the now.

  3. Challenge assumptions.

  4. Be open to beginning again.

  5. Not give up on the hard days.

The Last Words…

“Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were in fact in the process of change, of actually becoming larger than we were before. Whenever we grow, we tend to feel it, as a young seed must feel the weight and inertia of the earth as it seeks to break out of its shell on its way to becoming a plant. Often the feeling is anything but pleasant. But what is most unpleasant is the not knowing what is happening. Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be… for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed.”

― Alice Walker, Living by the Word

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