Saturday, August 29, 2009
Take Charge at work !
" Take Charge at work ! " by John Selby
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The key question is this - what variables at work are BEYOND your ability to control, and what variables can you , in fact, take charge of, and change to your benefit ?
You know all the external variables at work, that you DON'T HAVE CONTROL over. Your job is certainly defined with very few opportunities for alteration. If you could change the external situation at your work, you already would have !
But there still remains, the most important variable of all ; the moment-moment choice of where you aim your mind's power of attention - which in turn, determines for each new moment, what you focus on and experience ; how you respond to your fellow workers ; and what you achieve at work !
You will find that, you can employ two primary mind-management methods quickly and uobstrusively, right in the heat of a busy work day. No one will know what you are doing inside your own mind, but, they will notice that, suddenly, your mood brightens ; you flash with great ideas and , you are a pleasure to work and spend time with !
If you don' successfully manage your own mind and moods, the non-stop tensions and uncertainties will tend to knowck you down, generating reduced health and emotinal discord plus a host of stress induced performance problems.
The truth is - you probably cannot change the world of work - but you can most definitely change how you feel and how you perform at work ! Specifically, youcan decide to improve your own interior experience at work, learn to take charge of your own mind.
( excerpt from ' Take charge at work !' by John Selby
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The key question is this - what variables at work are BEYOND your ability to control, and what variables can you , in fact, take charge of, and change to your benefit ?
You know all the external variables at work, that you DON'T HAVE CONTROL over. Your job is certainly defined with very few opportunities for alteration. If you could change the external situation at your work, you already would have !
But there still remains, the most important variable of all ; the moment-moment choice of where you aim your mind's power of attention - which in turn, determines for each new moment, what you focus on and experience ; how you respond to your fellow workers ; and what you achieve at work !
You will find that, you can employ two primary mind-management methods quickly and uobstrusively, right in the heat of a busy work day. No one will know what you are doing inside your own mind, but, they will notice that, suddenly, your mood brightens ; you flash with great ideas and , you are a pleasure to work and spend time with !
If you don' successfully manage your own mind and moods, the non-stop tensions and uncertainties will tend to knowck you down, generating reduced health and emotinal discord plus a host of stress induced performance problems.
The truth is - you probably cannot change the world of work - but you can most definitely change how you feel and how you perform at work ! Specifically, youcan decide to improve your own interior experience at work, learn to take charge of your own mind.
( excerpt from ' Take charge at work !' by John Selby
