Finding meaning and purpose in daily life
Introspective Topics in Under Five Minutes!
What if practicing patience is just like any other skill? What if you did more reps of practicing patience to build up your endurance and strength?
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By not defining ‘enough’ for ourselves it is possible to fall into the traps of always needing ‘more’ or ‘never enough’. Take some time and define what is ‘enough’ in the different areas of your life.
Here is an interesting twist on the fundamentals of my coaching practice. Usually we frame what we want in terms of goals, vision, priorities or values. Defining what we are doing based on a target or finish line we are aiming for.
Rarely do we ever talk about what is ‘enough’. While we use the word frequently, think for a minute about what it means. It defines upper and lower limits. Either we do not have enough of something and need to add something else, or we have too much of something (you can hear your parent’s voice saying, ‘That’s enough!’).
What if defining ‘enough’ can be used as a tool? In addition to upper and lower limits there is also a time component. What timeframe are you working on? Today? Next week? This year?
By defining ‘enough’ we prevent ourselves from falling into the default trap of always needing more. Our culture uses ‘more’ as the foundation for our thinking and actions whether we are aware of it or not. By understanding where ‘enough’ is for a given topic, we automatically remove the trap of ‘more’ and especially, ‘never enough’.
What aspects of your life could benefit from clarifying for yourself the upper and lower limits? How would goals change if you had a clearer definition? Would pressure and anxiety decrease if you clearly defined your own understanding of ‘enough’? – www.rhoadscoaching.thinkific.com
finding meaning and purpose in daily life
Introspective Topics in Under Five Minutes!
The thoughts we think. The words we speak. The path we follow. Everything is a choice
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We swim in a culture of negativity. Just like everything else, creating something different takes practice. Counteracting negativity starts with observing the positive aspects of life that are already there. Tell Me Something Good!
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Don’t confuse the labels you use to describe yourself with who you actually are. Just like how a map is a symbol of a place, the map is not the story or the reality of that place.
I’ve posted previously about the Cosmic Egg and the symbols like the serpent mound in Peebles, OH. We use symbols to create a map of meaning for ourselves. An important point, though, is that the map is NOT the story of what is going on.
If you were to go to a big city, say Chicago, a map of the streets, public transportation, restaurants, etc. would be really helpful. It helps to find the important things in a complex city. But the map is not Chicago itself. You can’t truly understand Chicago without being there. The same is true for us as human beings.
We like to create symbols, maps, and labels of who we are to better understand ourselves and each other. Introvert, extrovert, business person, parent, sibling, agnostic, atheist, rebel, care giver, Republican, Democrat… once you start creating labels of how we describe ourselves, it starts to paint a picture so we can understand ourselves and others can understand us. Just like the map of Chicago, these labels are not the real identity of who we are.
So here is my request. Pay attention to what labels you use when describing yourself and others. You are much too complex of a being to be limited by the labels and map of what describes you. Take some time and dig into that complexity and don’t hold on so tight to the map. Life will be much more freeing and meaningful.- www.rhoadscoaching.thinkific.com
finding meaning and purpose in daily life
Introspective Topics in Under Five Minutes!
Focus keeps our attention on what is most valuable to us. Distractions shift that focus away. We are inundated with distractions that prevent us from focusing.
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Have you ever paused long enough to focus your attention on what being hopeful means for you? Implicit in hope is an expectation that things will change for the better. What are you hopeful for?
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Do you understand the difference between pride and arrogance? They aren’t the same thing. Frequently our relationship with pride prevents us from seeing the difference!
I’ve posted previously that we have a weird relationship with humility. The same is true with pride. We want to be proud of ourselves and others, but we are afraid of being TOO proud. We think poorly of others, and ourselves, when we have too much pride.
What if we put ‘pride’ on a spectrum and tease out the positive and negative characteristics of it? On one end we have healthy pride where we lift up the valuable things we do and are in ourselves and others. It is possible with healthy pride to be proud of someone else’s accomplishments without being intimidated by them.
On the other end of the scale we have unhealthy pride. This is where arrogance lives. It is different from pride in that it tears others down. When we are arrogant we overstate the value of something at the expense of something else. It can even tear us down inside. This ends up being why we are so awkward about being proud of our accomplishments. We don’t want to be labeled as arrogant.
The dilemma is by leaving healthy pride out of our lives we diminish the value of the good things around us. My challenge to you is to sort out for yourself how pride is difference from arrogance in your own life, and value the healthy things that don’t bring others down. – www.rhoadscoaching.com
finding meaning and purpose in daily life
Introspective Topics in Under Five Minutes!
Are you able to see the beauty in your daily tasks? What would it take to shift your perspective and see the world unfolding in the repetition of your daily life?
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If we teach our athletes to celebrate every touchdown, foul shot, or at bat, why don’t we translate that same philosophy to our relationships and careers? What would it take to celebrate each win during your daily life?
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