Oct 20/17
How do you identity with others at a higher level to connect? Have you ever wanted to understand others better?
When I was growing up I had a grand father that was a positive influence on me. He made his living for quite sometime being a mechanic. He loved the challenge of taking someone's broken down property and then fixing it to a state of improvement even before another repair was required. I also noticed some irony in him, as his own vehicle barely functioned yet the work he did on others added value.
At the time, I didn't wonder the reason to why this irony was in place but just accepted it. Not long ago a friend of mime made a comment on an observation of teachers want to learn and healers need to be healed. This caused me to pause and as I thought about this I realized this observation is a key component to understanding others better and from that understanding allows real connections to form.
One way to understand others is by their life choices it will indirectly show us what people value and focus on. Even without knowing a person, when you first met them, you can lower the time it takes to get to know a person by adding this skill with your first conversation.
My thoughts turn to my children and how they have the skill to understand people so much faster that I can. I believe with the ease of access to information their generation has experienced has allow this skill to grow faster in them than me. When they were younger the vast amount of information they had access too was able to start the learning process sooner in them. As true learning is not linear, I am very excited to see where their growth leads them too in their life's journey. Learning and growth is not static in nature so this skill will then too accelerate over their life. They now have the ability to connect to the world and through that connection leads to a greater understanding of others. Using the multiplier effect, in theory this growth will be unlimited.
If you are not sure the direction to take in your life and how to create your energy to live. Firstly focus on your natural ability and not focus on the momentary reward of different positions. By paying attention to others life choices, you now can replicate that skill in your own life. Next combine your information you just learned and integrate your understanding of peoples choices to your next steps.
I look onto my kids example with excitement as I am grateful for the gift they have shared with me. A lot of us have a goal to win in life and tools like these are examples of how we can be more successful. As our mindset grows, so does are capacity of increasing our influence on our direction. Also with a an increased level of understanding of others that will increase the level of compassion in our communities.
In this moment our communities need positive leadership more than ever. It is our job and duty to step up today and start leading others with understanding.
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