We don’t all have the same skills. What are yours? Here are a few related posts you may have missed.
“Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value surprisingly quickly.”
“The word ‘listen’ has the same letters as the word ‘silent.’”
“Today will be what you make of it.”
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How have you been feeling lately? To what degree are you experiencing a sense of well-being or discord with the world around you?
We recently had our piano tuned after moving about six months ago. They say it takes about this long for a piano to adjust to its new home so that it can be tuned in harmony with its surroundings.
This past year we’ve had our share of seasickness with numerous ups and downs. Slowly, we are regaining our sea legs and have become more at ease within the ocean of our new communities.
How can you move from some of the lower decks of your life to the bridge of your ship to settle your stomach and view the horizon of each new day?
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I love to watch documentaries and educational programing about animals and our natural world. The best programs include outstanding visuals and a compelling story about how these creatures go about securing food, avoiding predators, finding a mate, and adapting to their environments.
Among all the animals, there is something magical about young birds. They go from helpless, blind, squawking mouths to feed to soaring sparrows and eagles that can inspire even the most sedentary couch potato of us to get up and spread our wings — even if it is just to secure another snack.
Where is it necessary for you or others in your communities to jump off your perch and spread your wings? What will you do, and where will you go when you fly?
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Where have things changed in your life over the past couple of years? Where have some areas improved, stayed about the same, or regressed?
Coaching encourages people to control what is controllable and be willing to break old patterns so new and improved results can emerge. If improvement is not observed with various initial adjustments, what then?
Do we simply accept and adjust to our new reality or go back to the drawing board to devise a new plan with changed behaviors where success and improvements can occur?
Where would an “If at first you don’t succeed try, try again” strategy offer you the progress you seek? Consider the support of friends, family members, colleagues, mentors or coaches to support you in making the necessary adjustments.
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What types of information are you taking in these days? What are your strategies to not have the most valuable information go in one ear and out the other?
Consider the concept of eating and digestion. How do you select the most healthy and appetizing items to consume?
How do you chew on these ideas and mix this mash with the saliva and digestive juices of your past experiences and existing wisdom?
How do you discern and absorb the best nutrients and discard any waste products not meant for you?
How would jotting in a notebook or journal aid in your reflective skills to squeeze out even more nuggets of wisdom from your information diet?
How trusting are you? How trust-worthy are you? Here are a few related posts you may have missed.
“To trust yourself, to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.”
“Tell a lie once and all your truths become questionable.”
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To what degree are you the person you want to be? Where do you see gaps that you wish to bridge in your personal or professional worlds?
Consider examining the lives of people you admire and respect within your various communities. What are others doing and achieving?
Examining the lives of people outside our communities and studying the biographies of remarkable people from the past can also provide clues to how we wish to live.
Where and how can you begin acting in the way you would like to be?
What specific behaviors have been modeled for you by others, to guide you to act the way you would like to be?
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What are the things in life you love the most? Where do you find yourself being the most creative and enthusiastic?
Complete the following sentence. “I am looking forward to….” Repeat this sentence five or six times for both your personal and professional efforts.
What activities and people spark your energy and engagement? Where and with whom do you find yourself going through the motions, waiting to punch out so that you can get on with the good parts of life?
Filter your day’s activities through the lenses of the words: More, Less, Start, and Stop. How does your affection and desires to engage in some of these pursuits enhance your enthusiasm and creativity?
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In our journey toward greater mindfulness and self-awareness it can be helpful to stop and re-examine our own perspectives and views of the world around us.
Where and when did you first become aware of specific beliefs?
What factors had you embrace them as your own?
To what degree do you remain open to examining your thinking and not simply accepting what you’ve been told to believe and how to act?
Just because we have done something a particular way for many years does not necessarily mean it is the way to go when you have new information to consider.
What are some of your current beliefs that no longer serve you? How might revisiting your thinking through a more soulful lens help you live a more fulfilling and meaningful life?
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In the world of mountain climbing, Nirmal Purja stands in rarified air.
In the recent Netflix documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible, he and his team attempt to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks with an altitude greater than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) within a 7-month time frame. The previous record was seven years.
Project Possible, as it is called, tackles numerous personal, social, cultural, and financial obstacles that only add to the monumental physical, mental, and emotional achievements. Insights into Purja’s unstoppable drive and resolve is an inspiration for all of us looking up and within ourselves, to reach for our own personal and professional summits.
What are your most mountainous goals and objectives?
How can you engage your own supportive communities to realize your own project possible?
Please watch this inspirational movie and let me know what lessons you take away.