Flow state sessions

To get into flow, we must be free of distractions and have total control over what we are doing.

It goes for physical work and mental work.

I do my best work when I am in flow state.  I can’t always just get into flow when I want.  I need to be well rested and in a quiet place.  

When I do get into flow – when my mind is working well, I am fully engaged, and the project is coming out of me, I stay with it to take advantage of the productive “session”.

Do you have quiet spaces where you can get into flow? 

Do you take advantage of the time and stay with it?

The opening after the storm

Not all storms come to disrupt your life. 

Some come to clear your path.

It’s true.  Ask me how I know.

Don’t give up. 

Take advantage of it.

Live on purpose

There’s a lot out there in the world.  Your choices shape your life.

You have to be clear on what you want your life to look like and you have to be clear about your boundaries.

Live on purpose, according to your choices, not by whatever comes along.

You have to determine what gets your attention, energy and time.

You are in charge of you.

What is getting your attention, energy and time?

Event – Story – Meaning – Emotions – Actions (and changing history)

Something happens.  Ok.  It happened.  Then what?

Then you made a story about it.  You replayed that story over and over and assigned it meaning – “This event shows that…”

The story and meaning elicit emotions from you.

Those emotions release chemicals into your bloodstream that make you feel good or bad.

Your bahavior or actions changes based on those emotions.

Question – was it the event, or the story you told over and over that were the most influential?

In the event you may have not had any choice.  But in the story and meaning, you have ALL the choice.

You get to make the story and the meaning.

The really cool thing is that you can assign NEW meaning to things that happened a long time ago – you can literally change history.

Attitudes are valued skills or liabilities

Imagine this – two people have identical skills; one delivers their work with kindness, helpfulness, and a positive attitude and the other with a grimace, strife and negativity.

Which gets promoted?  Which gets a raise?  Which gets terminated if work gets slow?  Which makes the sale?  Which has more friends to help them?  

Which are you?

Faith outperforms fear

Strong belief in your vision creates possibility and momentum.

Weak or fearful thinking invites failure.

Do you have faith or fear?

What do you “radiate”?

Without changing your expression, look in the mirror.  

What do you radiate?

What do you feel?  Others can feel it too.

The world is your reflection.

A person who has grievances and thinks the world is unfair and cruel – finds the world that way.

A person who radiates joy and hope and positive expectancy finds the world that way.

So – what do you radiate?

Foregiveness unlocks freedom.

I heard someone talking about living forever and “Why would you want to do that under the weight of collected wounds and the weight of accumulated disappointments as you get older”…

Carrying grievances, regrets, and being a victim truly holds you down.  

Forgiveness unlocks freedom.  

Letting go of past mistakes – both yours and others – clears mental space and energy for new possibilities.

Forgive yourself.

Forgive others – they don’t even have to know about it – they could be living or dead.

Forgiveness is about you not the other person, because holding on hurts you, not them.

Lighten your load, truly leave it behind, and move on clean.

Thoughts turn into things.

Thoughts are creative forces.

Your mind isn’t just observing reality – it’s generating it.

What you dwell on manifests in your life.

Want to get rid of something in your life?  Stop thinking about it.

Want to create or attract something in your life?  Think about it – a lot.

“Cosmic Insignificance Therapy”

Today I post a link that Tim Ferriss put up to a free chapter of the book “Four Thousands Weeks – Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman.  I found the chapter to be great thought provoking reading.  Check it out.

Tim says – “One of my favorite chapters from the book is titled “Cosmic Insignificance Therapy,” and you can find it for free here. It left me with a profound sense of calm that lasted several days. It sticks with you.”