Tag: Possibilities

Perspectives

how to win unavoidable power struggles

by Paul Joo

All power struggles are about locus of control. Never forget that your control is strongest when your position is dead-center of your own “sphere of influence”, whatever it may look like.

So if you ever find yourself caught in the middle of a power struggle, pay close attention to whose sphere of influence you happen to currently be standing in the center of. And if it’s not your own, review your strategy one more time before you consider flexing any muscles or exerting any effort.

There will be times when this shift in perspective is all that you require to shift the balance of power in your favour. Think about it. Use it.

Thought Bytes

a handy mental switcheroo

by Paul Joo

Rather than focusing on why all the negative things in your life seem to be inescapable or inevitable, focus instead on why they don’t HAVE to be!

Perspectives

doubt + guilt + futility = crappy life

by Paul Joo

Futility is a uniquely human experience. The poisons of Doubt and Guilt are the key forces responsible for it. And all three forces are incredibly toxic to the human spirit.

But when you manage to tap into your inner reserves of will, you can access the power you need to purge them from your system.

Inoculate yourself against the Doubt & Guilt that corrode your spirit, and you can be assured of maximizing your potential and living your best.

Sure, its hard work, but what an extraordinary payoff!

Thought Bytes

got any bad habits?

by Paul Joo

Got any habits you’re not happy with? Do they continue to bum you out?

Try this simple strategy: Take each one in hand and see it for what it really represents: a High Value Opportunity! When you can reframe each one in your mind this way, you’ll find them losing power while you gain control. Give it a try!

Perspectives

look for patterns and find opportunities

by Paul Joo

We all have patterns in our lives – patterns of thinking, feeling and doing.  But have you ever noticed that when you find yourself repeating a pattern you don’t care for, it feels like it has a motive power of its own – either forcing itself on you or “sucking you in” like some powerful giant whirlpool?

The good news is that these impressions are false. The reality is that patterns emerge in our lives only because we keep referring to and running them much like football plays from a playbook. In fact it’s our current energies that actually fuel every pattern we find ourselves “stuck” in. A hard truth? Perhaps. But we run them, they simply cannot run us.

So…where’s the good news again? Right here: no matter how powerful our bad patterns may seem, we always have the option of replacing them with better ones!

Here are two critical pieces of information you need to remember about patterns: First, patterns are constructs of your past, so they have no power to automatically influence your future unless you choose to return to and run them. And second, you always have the freedom & power to choose which patterns you run, and from which playbook.

Try looking at patterns as opportunities to recalibrate your direction, and keep in mind that they can never exist without your permission. They don’t rule – YOU do.

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