Showing posts with label personal development academy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label personal development academy. Show all posts
Monday, 29 January 2018
Friday, 26 January 2018
5 Powerful Steps to Change Mindset
Productivity is the KEY to succeeding in business as well as
in life. Even if you put many hours into your work, if you do so
unproductively, then you can expect to achieve poor results, if any results at
all. Why is this? Well, let me assure you that you already know the answer.
Productive work requires that you take action while you are
in a positive state of mind that perfectly coalesces with the action you are
taking. This means that you are laser focused in your mind on the action that
you are taking while you are in the process of doing so. Your thoughts are
unwavering in their intention to create the best possible creation that you
can. You are not distracted, you are not bored, and you are not worrying if you
should be taking this action to begin with. Lastly, you are having fun doing
what you're doing. It puts a positive twist on your day.
When the actions that you take are accompanied by a negative
mindset, your productivity will absolutely go down. This is simply because you
will begin thinking about other things. Your attention to your action
deteriorates. When this happens, the action that you are taking becomes less
powerful, less focused, and less productive. In addition, you have unknowingly
begun a negative trend that will directly affect future action in a negative
manner. It is simply the way it works.
There is a certain series of thoughts that we all have going
on in our head. These thoughts are different for each of us, but they are very
familiar and specific to us. They are familiar because we tend to think them
all the time. It is like a movie reel playing the same scenes again and again.
Over and over, day after day, we think these same thoughts. When we think
unproductive thoughts often, it will cause us to often act in an unproductive
manner. The opposite is also true. That is why it is so important to pay
attention to your thoughts and take charge of them to fit into your mold of
what you really want to be thinking...positive and productive thoughts.
So, when it comes to productivity there is no single thing
more important than for you to begin paying attention to what you are thinking
while you're taking action. Here are 5 simple and powerful steps for you to
take to begin changing your mindset and increasing your productivity.
1. Make A List: Make a list of the unproductive thoughts
that you find yourself thinking on a daily basis. Be honest with yourself.
Nobody will judge you because nobody other than yourself will see this list. Be
thorough and specific.
2. Expand Your List: Take your list of thoughts and expand
on each one by asking the following questions: Why do I think this thought?
What does this thought do to my overall general attitude? What is a better
thought that I can think to replace this one?
3. Burn the Bridges: Put the negative and unproductive
thoughts deeply into the past. Realize that you may have had them at one time,
but that does not in any way mean that you are destined to have them again. You
have the choice of what to think. Make the choice to think positively and
productively!
4. Make New Habits: Building new habits is as easy as
deciding to do so. A habit is simply a thought translated into action over and
over. So to make new habits, take your new and more productive thoughts into
mind and act them out. It's that simple.
5. Promise Yourself: Make a promise to yourself that each
time you catch yourself thinking one of those negative and unproductive
thoughts you will realize it, remember that you've found a way past it, and
take the mental action required to again put it in the past, burn the bridge,
and rejuvenate the strength of your new, more productive, habit.
By Justin Noertker
Article Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Justin_Noertker/201637
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Change - Mindset Myths
While many of us resist it, change is something that must
and will take place. Change is a given because all of life is a constant
evolution. Nothing stays the same for indefinite periods of time. And nothing
should stay exactly the same. Change is what pushes us to become new and better
people over and over again. If change didn't take place, we'd be stagnant
creatures, incapable of dealing with problems, issues, and challenges. If
change didn't happen, we'd be dull, uninspired, and pretty much dead inside.
Change is what helps us feel alive!
Many folks experience a lot of difficulty facing and
adjusting to change. Why is that? We have a tough time with change primarily
because we focus on several mindset myths that keep us stuck. Do you see
yourself in any of the following?
1. I can't change.
Telling yourself that you cannot change blocks your ability
to do anything differently from how you do it now. This kind of a mental
message puts up a brick wall. Instead of saying that you cannot make changes
(change implying something major inside of your head)) why not tell yourself
that you are capable of making small shifts? All people are able to step a bit
to the right or a bit to the left of what they are currently doing. Here's an
example: Rather than continue to conduct weekly two hour staff meetings that
require a big time investment for everyone involved, try one hour meetings that
cover what's most important.
2. I don't handle change very well.
Whatever we tell ourselves has a way of coming true. If we
believe we don't handle change well, we won't. If we believe we do handle
change well, we will. Know that there is so much power in the message we play
in our minds. How about flipping your negative message to its opposite? Try
taping a little card or strip of paper to your bathroom mirror, kitchen
cupboard, and car dash board. On these cards write: I am amazed at how well I
cope with every change that comes into my life. Read this message aloud
multiple times each day to reprogram your brain.
3. Change is bad.
If you tell yourself that change is bad, do you know how
that belief developed? Where did this come from? Did you hear your parents and
other relatives say it when you were growing up? Did you have a negative
experience after making a particular change in your life? Whatever the case,
understand that some change is bad and some is good. Each potential change
needs to be assessed in terms of its benefits. Ask yourself how making a
certain change will create different results from those you are getting now.
Will those new results bring you greater happiness, less stress, more
productivity, increased efficiency, improved skills? If you can honestly say
yes to even several of those pluses, then that particular change may be very
good indeed.
4. Change takes too much effort.
There is a price to pay for choosing to avoid
change--especially change that really needs to happen. Anything in life worth
having is worth the effort you put forth to attain it. Think about all the
things you've accomplished. They required effort on your part, didn't they?
Earning a college degree takes effort. Marrying and staying married takes
effort. Bearing children and raising them takes effort. Getting up in the
morning and working a job takes effort. Meeting new friends and maintaining
those relationships takes effort. Consciously decide to make the effort to
change what isn't serving you at home and at work. Dodging these changes brings
misery, unfulfillment, disappointment, even resentment down the road.
5. Change is painful.
Initially, certain changes may in fact be painful: moving
away from home for the first time, assuming more financial responsibility in
order to start a family, inconveniencing yourself to take care of an ailing
parent, starting a brand new job, firing a dead wood employee, giving up
substance abuse, leaving a destructive marriage. If you avoid all pain, you
don't do anything. Temporary pain can be a forerunner to greater joy and
richness in life. That said, not all change is painful. Taking a vacation to a tropical
island in the middle of winter is fun, not painful. You change your environment
but are not upset by it. Receiving a sizable raise at work is an occasion to
celebrate. What a welcome change! Now you can afford that house you've wanted
to buy.
6. Change is to be feared.
Fears are generally learned. We really aren't born to be
afraid of much that we fear. It's appropriate to fear a stalker or a house
fire. It's not appropriate or beneficial to fear many of the changes we
experience in our lives. Have you ever been presented with the opportunity to
move into a more satisfying job but ended up declining the offer out of fear?
Fear of failure or lack of self confidence? How sad if this has been your
experience. Think of change as a gift instead of something to be afraid of.
Change comes to us to stretch us, enrich us, and develop us. The more you allow
change into your life, the more you will evolve into the person you are meant
to be in this world. Frequently our sadness and disappointment comes from choosing
stagnancy.
So what beliefs should we have instead of the negative ones
mentioned above? Ingrain the following deep into the fibers of your being, and
watch your whole life light up:
1. I am able to change whenever I need to or desire to
change.
2. I handle change very easily.
3. Many changes in my life are good and bring me joy.
4. I am willing to put effort into change that is
appropriate for me.
5. Most changes in my life feel good to me.
6. I welcome change and delight in it.
By Sylvia D. Hepler
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/4295490
