Attitude is Everything…

May 31, 2010

This is a short course on attitude, visually. 

We all have those people in our life who send us those emails that make their rounds.  And, we all from time to time will read those emails, although most of the time, we’ll just delete them.  And, less frequently, we’ll find an email that really makes sense and actually has some value.  These pictures are from one of those emails.  This boy has apparently been featured in many tv shows and justly so.

I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.  All they say is that attitude is everything.  And, if you don’t believe that you have the right attitude, then try a different perspective.  Perhaps these pictures will give you exactly that.  A new perspective.

Enjoy and please tell me what you get out of looking at these pictures.  See you at the bottom.

 

Hope this puts a little perspective in your day.  It did for me.

Let me know what gives you perspective.

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The Journey Starts in the Mind Long Before The First Step is Taken

May 31, 2010

People often think of a journey starting the moment you take your first step on the journey.  Even when the journey is metaphorical, we still see the journey starting when we take our first action. 

I would argue that this is not the point when our journey starts.  And, no, it does not even start when we start to plan for the journey.  I believe that the journey starts when we start to conceive it. 

This change in perspective is important I think because it helps us understand how important our mindset is to the development (or cancellation) of our plans, our schemes and dreams.  How we start the conception of our journey has an effect and sometimes a large effect on the outcomes of that specific journey. 

To give an example of why the conception of the journey is so important, consider the process of visualization and the use of something called mirror neurons in the brain.  When we are visualizing something and not actually doing it, or if we see someone else doing something that we are familiar with, the mirror neurons in the brain fire because the recognize and are reinforcing the actions required for that activity.  And, even when we visual an activity that we are not completely familiar with, mirror neurons help us to understand what may be required and how we may need to react in that situation. 

Mirror neurons and visualization are a powerful tool to help us conceptualize.  They help to improve the odds of success on all of our endeavours. 

How do you use visualization and conceptualization to help with the success of your journey.  Write me a reply.

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Mindscape Changes Its Landscape

May 12, 2010
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A Different Side of Paul Frazer

Okay, it happened a little while back, but I still should be telling you about my new website on World Class Excellence.  This newly minted site is the first half of a 2 stage upgrade.  The layout and structure has changed to be more easily accessible but, the most important thing is that there is more information on the work that I do with my company – Mindscape.  You will be able to learn more about performance leadership, motivation, my coaching, my consulting, my speaking, and even a little bit more about me. 

So, I would encourage you to do two things.

First, check out the new website.  There are articles there that you might like to check out as well as additional resources.

Second, I encourage you to change your landscape.  What around you needs to be “landscaped”.  It might at work, at home, or at play.  It might be metaphorical or real. 

Whatever it is, now is the time for a change.

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To Garden or Not To Garden

May 5, 2010

I went to visit my Mom the other day as I do frequently.  I’ve come to know many of the people that work in her building and noticed one of them outside working on the gardens.  It’s spring and the flower beds had been suffering from the effects of winter.  I noticed how much work she had been doing and I told her, “Great job.  It looks great.”  Her response was interesting.  She said that, “it needs a lot of work.”  That wasn’t exactly the response I was expecting.

What I saw as a great positive change, she saw as an effort not good enough.  This made me start to think about why we had different reactions.  She had a lot more invested into the project than I did.  She also was likely the one who would have to do the work so she may have been lamenting how much work was left. 

This may sound a little bit like the standard half full / half empty argument.  But, there may be a greater truth here.  I think she was looking at the garden as something that would be complete, when in fact, work on a garden is never done, is it?  It always needs more attention, care, planning, and more upgrading. 

Your Garden

Isn’t that exactly like our personal and professional lives.  It’s never complete.  It’s ever evolving.  We always need to tend our “gardens” don’t we.  Sometimes we’re getting rid of that weed that’s invaded somehow.  Other times, we’re enjoying the blossoms. 

The learning point here is that it, our personal and professional lives, are never done.  We can’t wait for them to be perfect.  We need to enjoy the improvements we’ve made.  And, we need to celebrate that our “garden” will continue to evolve. 

That change in perspective is a powerful one, especially when it’s springtime as it is now.  It’s a time full of possibility.  A time to celebrate the flowers.

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