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POSITIVE SELF-TALK9/5/2022 Feeling down, low, sad, distracted, depressed, or anxious. Feelings are feelings. You have the power to detract these negative emotions and convert them to powerful feelings of self-esteem and energy. Everyday if you find yourself with those feelings, quickly cut it down but focusing on positive, empowering, energizing, and renewing thoughts. Think about last challenge you overcame despite the odds against you. Think about the last problem you solved in your organization. Think about a difficult situation when you were able to navigate carefully. Think about the daily wins you completed as against your goals. Think about the love, support, and devotion you receive daily from your loved ones. Take back the mental space out of negativity. Clear this up every time a negative thought peeps out and disrupt your momentum. Stop consuming content that does not support your mental health. Recognize what is good and what should be abolished in your content diet. As an experiment, I stop reading my daily news on my phone. After a week, I felt more centered, less distracted, and more energized. I can quickly settle down at night and have a good night sleep. There is nothing that should permeate in the mind when it's not even worth a thought or two. Try this and the positive self-talk maintenance and you will know the difference. The quality of your work and life starts with the quality of your psychological life. Guard it and defend it ruthlessly.
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THE HARVEST TIME8/2/2022 Today, I harvested 3 tomatoes from my pots. With lots of sunshine, lots of rain for August, and constant watering in-between, the plants are growing like a weed. Two weeks ago, we raided the Saskatoon berry bush in our yard. We can easily fill 5 gallons of bucket in one go. I have nothing to complain. Anything that you focus on, magnifies in importance. If you give attention to items that are irrelevant, your effort and the time you put in diminish in value. If these are your priorities, the outcomes will be highly satisfying. If you focus on the negative aspect, you will easily get discouraged and frustrated. But if you focus on things that are working well, the protective factors, know that it will generate more positive things in return. In business, in organizations, and in life, this principle holds true. You are perfectly capable of focusing on the good, the virtuous, admirable, in others and thing around you. Make it habit.
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TEND TO YOUR GARDEN7/25/2022 Last year, I went to our community library and found stacks of books for sale, almost for nothing. I paid $ 50 cents for two books. The first book was a classic and timeless read, The Long Road to Freedom by Nelson Mandela. I thought that I was a few decades late on this and had to quickly brush up on gems found in his life, political career, struggles, and experiences in prison and beyond. What struck me was the clear and unassuming way he wrote down his some of his poignant thoughts. This is when he enjoyed gardening in prison: “In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must tend to his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the results. Like the gardener, the leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work; try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.” One time, his cell was moved to cell 18, the farthest from the entrance where visitors come. The authorities wanted him not to be able to talk to visitors to voice out their concerns. For the sake of unity, everyone agreed that visitors should talk to cell 18 for their complaints, when asked. As a leader in your home, workspaces, networks, groups, and communities, tend to your garden and diligently bring it up to the level of competence. Watch it grow and increase. When things fail and you have done everything in your power to grow it, let it go. Take care of what you can preserve and move forward. The lessons of Mandela are evergreen. Note that Mandela represents the thousands of people who sacrificed and fought apartheid for decades in South Africa and in other places. Mandela is the icon, not the individual. Mandela's win is the win for the 21st century. |