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Several years ago I was presented with an award at work. It was a pretty big one, it included bonus cash, a week-long-all-expenses-paid trip, the whole shebang.
It was presented to me beautifully with a lots of appropriate hullabaloo (there is such a thing as inappropriate hullabaloo — but that’s another post). I should have been ecstatic. I was not.
I vividly remember thinking “They must have run out of people to give the award to, that’s why I got it”.
I did not question that thought. I just thought it and believed it.
My brain needed to answer the question “Why is this happening? What did I do to deserve all this?”
I couldn’t think of anything I did that was special or unique. In my mind, I was just doing my job. So, I just came up with this idea that they ran out of people to give the award to.
I had no reason or evidence to think this, my brain just offered that up as an explanation and I hungrily grabbed it.
Had I known then what I know now, I would have immediately caught myself talking smack to myself and put a stop to it. Or at least asked myself a few questions about it.
Today I know that what I think about myself is the ONE THING that impacts everything else in my life. I know I will either rise up to or down-size to the version of me that is in my mind.
I am not talking about airy-fairy, woo-woo, affirmations here. I am just talking about watching myself think.
Sometimes it’s still negative. But, I question the validity.
Thinking on purpose leads to exponential growth. It’s a game changer.
You can start experiencing the power by just simply noticing your thoughts. Then start choosing your thoughts on purpose. This doesn’t mean you should always choose “rainbow and daisy” thoughts. But do know, your thoughts are always optional and they impact everything.
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