Tapping into the process of regular reflection. How we keep our goals in front of us.
Intentional Optimism - Your Vehicle for Personal Growth:
- Optimistic = The hull, the vehicle that gets you from island A to island B.
- Present = The centerboard - keeps you upright, focused, centered.
- Energetic = The sail - captures & harnesses the wind, propelling you forward.
- Courageous = The rigging - holds everything together in proper tension, resilience.
- Wise = The rudder - keeps you on track, heading in the right direction.
- Intentional = Setting everything up to properly capture the wind.
Topics discussed in this episode:
PURPOSE OF REFLECTION
- Helping us remember what we said we were going to do or become - because we forget.
- Keeping us from getting distracted by circumstances or opportunities that take us away from our goal - because we get distracted.
- Providing regular time stamped mile markers that provide proof of progress or point to the need for a trajectory adjustment - because we get discouraged.
YOUR TURN: Give yourself the gift of looking and learning
- Walk through what you have
- Review where you are now vs where you wanted to be
- Give yourself some grace
NEXT STEPS
- Remember
- Write them down
- Schedule regular review times
- Find a buddy and do it together
- Accountability Partner or community
- Distractions
- Keep your goals in front of you (post-its)
- Decide what you will and will not pay attention to
- Turn OFF things that you know distract you
- Discouragement
- Share the load with others
- Recalibrate - instead of step 10 you might need to go back to step 5
- Do some weeding - thoughts, attitudes
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