March 12/17
I would like to share an experience that happened yesterday. This was an event were people came together and volunteered at a local school. During this time the volunteers and the students worked together to build two large play houses that will be later raffled off.
What spoke to me was the confidence and competence of these young kids as they carried out their building tasks creating this large structure. Not once did I hear this project is too big or we don't have enough time to complete this in time. Or better yet, never did I hear we will never complete this large project.
The attitude from these young adults was one of completing one task at a time. As the hours passed the walls and roof were slowly completed one step at a time. It was incredible that such young people were able to complete so many different tasks with no negative energy whatsoever. Another interesting observation was that they have not worked together before. Yet you would have never guessed that looking on as they all worked together as a team.
As I reflect on this experience, what is it in us as adults that we sometimes lose this general positive attitude towards task completion. The natural ability to work with other with such ease is in our DNA as young people. Perhaps the older we get we lose focus on our natural abilities of greatness. Perhaps with time we slowly shift our focus from our success to our failures. As that lens of our outlet changes to one of negative energy it will then impact our life each day.
Are you finding yourself in a place where it is hard to connect with others? Does your manager start providing you with soft skills tools to help you get along with others? Or have discussions with you on task completion and performance seem to be a focus? Maybe this is a good time to step hack and reflect on your current mindset.
If you realize it is one that is negative in most of your interactions. Then maybe the common theme might be you and your mindset. If you determine this is the case then look back in your life when you were nailing it. Was your focus on what you can do one step at a time vs. what you can't do one step at a time.
As your mindset shifted over time to it's current negative one. It often begins a slow descent of change in you that is not in your alignment of growth. The positive fact is now that you have realized this current state in you your mindset now can change. This will happen by one positive thought at a time that returns you back your passion zone.
You are at the start of a long journey and it will be hard to clumb up that mountain you need to climb to change your currently reality. However like any new skill with practice it will become easier for you. Start out with small exercises of positive thinking. From that start of positive thoughts learn from them and recognize when opportunities come across your way.
Also recognize when your having a bad moment or day and when that happens take a moment out to regroup. All great quests of history require moments of regrouping and prioritizing of objectives. After all this is about you and there truly is not a greater quest than the one you are doing right now.
Utilize all the patterns of success around you and replicate them. Some of the most famous songs and movies are based on a simple few notes or ideas. Yet they are highly successful so use this concept in your life and keep your focus back to the basics of what you are.
Be honest with yourself and your performance as without your honest gauge of reality you will not be able to move forward. This concept can be compared to finding your way with an old school compass. You are provided with a map to your destination however if you do not set your compass to true north you won't be able to reach your destination. You will have all the tools that everyone else has yet you will not reach your goals.
The key take away in this thought is your ability to be honest with yourself. How well you do this will enable you to set your internal compass to true north. Once you have completed this step you will experience growth which leads to your success. The time is now to reset your compass.
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