You have more control than you think

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Office zen

You may not like it.

You did not ask for it.

It will still be here tomorrow.

You can put your head in the sand.

But that won’t make it go away.

Focus on what you can control.

You have jurisdiction over more than you think.

What time you get up.

Your morning routine.

What you watch.

(How long you watch.)

What you read.

What you put into your body.

What you do with your body.

Your self-talk.

Those you check-in with.

Those you assist and help.

What you put out into the world.

How you rest and recuperate.

What time you go to bed.

Do what you can with what you’ve got.

 

“I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.” – Wayne Dyer

 

Less for more

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Less fear, more feeling.

Less panic, more patience.

Less complaining, more caring.

Less rhetoric, more respect.

Less fake, more facts.

Less hurt, more heart.

Less moaning, more music.

Less stress, more support

Less hysteria, more hope.

… more love.

 

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi

 

So, when did it become a rut?

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You’re caught in a rut.

It’s a self-imposed rut.

But a rut, nonetheless.

There was no rut initially.

So how is it there is one now?

Well, very slowly, ever steadily, the rut has been worn.

Worn by habits, behaviours and routine.

Each day starts anew, but the choices have become pre-set.

So the same approach will work to get out of a rut.

Start very slowly, but ever steadily.

Make a small change.

Replace a bad habit with a good one.

Celebrate little wins.

Make different choices.

Build on success.

Then you’ll wonder where the rut went.

 

“The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.” – John Dewey

“When you’re in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.” ― Twyla Tharp, author of “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”

 

Bouncing it around to get unstuck

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We all get stuck on occasions.

To get unstuck, sometimes you just need to …

… bounce an idea off someone.

… talk it through.

… brainstorm.

… pick someone’s brain.

… ask better questions.

… try explaining it.

… draw it.

… have a whiteboarding session.

(I love whiteboarding. The illustrations all began with a blue marker on a whiteboard.)

 

“Two heads are definitely better than one and by brainstorming as a team and sourcing ideas from each other, you have a better chance of coming up with a strategy that will allow your business to overcome a setback or challenge.”- Richard Branson

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison