James Clear (author, Atomic Habits) writes a weekly blog and this week it contained this wisdom:
‘If you look for evidence that people are conspiring to hold you back and the world is working against you, then it will take you no time at all to find precisely that.
If you expect to encounter helpful people and experience a world that is working with you, then you find plenty of evidence to support you as well.
The raw material for a sweet life or a bitter life is always there. The story you emphasize is the one you notice.’
I have lived both a sweet life and a bitter life this week. Same life, different things I emphasized. I’m learning that it’s not so much about pretending the bitter stuff isn’t there; it is. It’s about choosing not the put all my emphasis on that; I don’t have to emphasize that story. It’s about putting more emphasis on the sweet stuff.
And I’m very grateful to say I ended the week living the sweet life.
Try this ONE thing
Which raw material are you noticing? Can you shift your emphasis a little, so you notice the sweet stuff?
Want to experience coaching? I like to start with a deep, get-to-know-you conversation to see if we are right for each other. Sometimes we talk for one or two hours at no charge. I have no goal except to bring about transformation. Together we work on the lies, the self-deception, and the fears of the power you perceive to be outside yourself. We work on your difficulties in making decisions and your inability thus far to make bold choices in life and to follow through and trust yourself completely to do so.
The irony for some people is that the very thing that they want the coaching for (an indecisive, half-hearted life) is what’s keeping them from deciding whether to get coaching.
When you’re ready, reach out @ karen.laidlaw.theONEthing@outlook.com. Meanwhile, enjoy the blog!
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