What you
think about, you become about!
Author
Scott Fay states that our CURRENT REALITY; thus our RESULTS, are a product of
our very best thinking! In other words, what we think about, we become about.
If you think about it, most of us really don’t think about thinking if that
makes any sense! We go through our daily lives consuming information, images, and
concepts without any real consideration of how it impacts us.
Interestingly
enough, we are very cognizant of what we feed ourselves physically, but we pay
little attention to what we feed ourselves mentally, emotionally, or
spiritually. Internet CEO, Tim Sanders, encourages us feed our minds good stuff
by asking:
What is your mental breakfast during the first 45 minutes after you wake up?
Is it filled with Winning or Losing? Hope or Despair?
I have
been experimenting with this very concept. Normally when I get up in the
morning I, like a lot of you, turn on the TV. Usually it landed on Dog the
Bounty Hunter (don’t ask!) but as nice as Dog Chapman is, was he and his
exploits getting my day off to a productive start? What if I started with music
or silence interrupted only by positive affirmations – what I was looking
forward to that day, how I could add value to someone, maybe even an idea for a
new blog topic!
The
result was that it gave me better results, focus, and energy. Instead of
watching a depressing TV drama or troubling news, I started to focus on what
was possible and better! So what are
you thinking about?
- Are you thinking about regrets or focusing on possibilities?
- Are you thinking about what you can’t do or what you can?
- Are you thinking about what you have to do or what you want to do?
The
very important point is this. Our thoughts shape our reality. I know that
sounds kind of metaphysical but if you think about it, it makes sense. If we
have a goal or an ambition, then we turn our conscious and subconscious
thoughts toward that, it focuses our energy, efforts, and movements. Now that kind of intentional thinking
will not create instant results (I am still waiting on that five-figure
speaking/training contract!) but it allows me to focus my efforts so I will be
ready and able to deliver when that day comes! It becomes my very best thinking. What is yours?
As always, if I can help you
Get Better, Be Ready and LEAD OUT LOUD, I would love to hear from you. Also, as
a bonus, if you go to my Out Loud Strategies website (www.outloudinc.com) and enter your contact
information, I will send you a FREE guide to establishing a mentoring initiative
program in your organization! Such an initiative would be critical in order to
add value to your organization!
Yours
in Leadership,
Bill
Faulkner
Co-Founder
– Out Loud Strategies
Independent
Coach, Speaker, and Trainer with the John Maxwell Team TM
Email = bill@outloudinc.com
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