Positive Ability

There is a constant urging in this modern world to become all things to all people. And we strive to place ourselves above all the rest. After all … that’s what it’s about, isn’t it? Isn’t that what will measure our success?

We are led to believe that with all the modern day conveniences such as iPhones, computers, PDAs, Kindles and the like, that we have to make ourselves available to the world at a moment’s notice. The world will certainly fall apart if we don’t jump the minute we are called!

Much of our business time is spent talking with people, returning phone calls, tending to details that would make Einstein crack. But sometimes … we just need to shut down. Regroup. Re-charge. Reinvigorate. Even RE-INVENT.

Yes … re-invent. And that can be the toughest challenge yet. But when we become stagnant and ambivalent to the point that we are carrying out our daily duties in a fog, then it’s time to change. RE-invent ourselves.

So go ahead! Refresh your senses. Refresh your talents. Refresh your thoughts. Take that down time. The world will continue to spin. The sun will rise and set, the rains will come and go. And in the new light of dawn you will be better prepared to take on the day.

You clients and customers will notice the difference in your attitude. Your friends will notice that you are more like your old self. And YOU will notice that YOU have a whole new outlook on your life, your business and yourself.

So …. Pick a day, a week, whatever. Schedule your RE-invention. Plan to not plan on doing anything that does not appeal to you, and …

• Do something that you have put off for far too long. Get a haircut, a manicure, a pedicure, go shopping, see a movie, read a book … Just do it for YOU.
• Make it a point to learn something new. It need not be a whole new process, but maybe some innocuous little fact that will mean nothing to anyone but you.
• Play! That’s right … PLAY! Do something carefree and silly. Laugh!

And remember …

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman – b 1918 – Nobel Prize Winner 1993

Now get out there and do something just for YOU! Now sing along and be silly! You deserve it!