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Category: Gratitude
Be More Curious
It’s easy to think we know so much. Yet, we know very little. We extrapolate, generalise, use bias and guess quite a bit.
We hurry people through their speech, usually just to say our bit. We aren’t that interested in what the other person has to say. We have our view and want to express that.
Yet things can dramatically improve if we just get more curious. Listen patiently to the person speaking. Understand their current mindset. Get the context in perspective. Listen to their words and emphasis.
You will learn a lot. You will improve your understanding. Your communication will improve. And you’ll become a better person.
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Support Your Team
There’s rarely a good reason to boo, demonise, slander or outrage over the opposing team. The best thing to do is get positive about your own team, celebrate their strengths and wins, and cheer them on.
The positive focus will impact you in a good way. The negative focus will impact you in a less good way. Don’t ever focus on what you don’t want to become. Always focus on where you want to go, how you want to be and in a positive way.
You become what you focus on.
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Get Sidetracked
Sometimes it is nice to get sidetracked. This is not because you don’t focus on what you should but rather because you might see or learn something that wasn’t on your current path.
When it happens, see what you can get from it without losing too much from what you were supposed to do. Win win.
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Have Fun!
Enjoy your time when you’re awake. If you’re reasonably healthy, every day should be fun and enjoyable. Sure there is hard work but you can still enjoy being alive.
You can have a dream you’re working toward too. That’s always great to have as a motivating factor.
Every day, wake up and have fun! It’s easy if you try (and stick with it!).
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Try Again
If something was worth doing or trying once, you should try again.
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Life Can Be Hard
Everybody has their moment of hard. Just because you don’t see them going through it, doesn’t mean they aren’t. And they may not be going through it right now but perhaps they did three years ago. Or maybe they will go through it in the next three years.
People have hard moments that they have to get through. Give them your support. Allow them some grace. They may not know how to deal with it. It could be a bit messy. Let them have some space and give them a break if it isn’t perfectly dealt with.
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Treat People Decently
I know we can get busy, frustrated or even cross, but do treat people decently. This attitude will shift the behaviour of many others and the knock-on effect will be incredible!
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Be Accomodating
When you can.
Life can be bumpy and your kindness can save a soul.
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Life Is Fun
Be playful. Smile. Assume the best. Or assume the person is having a difficult day or year.
Most people are good natured. Often a smile, gentle jest, easy laugh or simple, “I hear that” can lift a person out of the ditch if despair and get them back into the game of life.
Be the person with a better plus-minus* ratio in life than anyone else you know. Don’t let great opportunities pass you by. Be cheerful – it’s contagious.
*Do you make more people smile after they interact with you or do more people get grumpy?Your goal is to make more positive impacts than negative ones!
Life is fun, act like it!
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