As I use goal-setting a lot with clients this video caught my attention… and held it. Vishen Lakhiani says there are different types of goals and that many of us make the mistake of focusing on the wrong type.
He follows it up with a brief exercise to set your life on a course that will be more fulfilling.
There are advantages to optimism that are worth considering, but some people are put off because they don’t want to be disloyal to negativity.
Optimism and pessimism are generally seen as opposites, but that doesn’t mean they are mutually exclusive; learning optimism does not mean abandoning negativity. If that is what turns you on, stick with it.
If you tend towards a pessimistic outlook, how about learning selective optimism? That way you can get the benefits and still be true to your negativity.
Continue readingThere’s life and there’s the job, right? Wrong. Instead of treating work and home as disjointed parts of the same existence, Anna Tims suggests a change in perception rather than a change in circumstances, and so re-infuse our lives with greater purpose and fulfilment. Work is not necessarily the enemy if it is managed correctly, and it can all be achieved without you having to trek through rain forests, climb a mountain or wear sackcloth.
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The easiest way to think about not thinking is to start doing. Taking steps to become more aware of our physical experience is one way, but there are others. I’ve published a one-pay handout which you can download free.
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