There is a saying, "If your best thinking got you to where you are, maybe you need to change your thinking.
This morning Mike Hosking talked about a company that has made recession a swear word and you have to put money in a swear jar if you say it. Their thinking is, if you're talking about the recession you are not being productive or moving forward.
That to me is a great example of changing your thinking because until they put that in place everyone probably thought it was ok to talk about the recession. It was their best thinking at the time until it was pointed out that it wasn't getting them anywhere.
Your thoughts do have an effect on you. I was woken up at 4.30am by a dream/nightmare I was in a coffin being buried alive. I couldn't close my eyes without thinking about being buried. However, I also kept coming up with ways to get out, lots of ways. For me, apart from scaring the hell out of me, this opened my eyes to how I could grow my business. Amazing what a good scare will do to your mind.
Have a terrific week and maybe put a recession swear jar in your office.
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Showing posts with label thinking. Show all posts
Article that grabbed my attention
I read the SAMBA Blog and the latest post, Natural Rights of Innovative Companies, really grabbed my attention.
It points out we are for small 'plucky' business and against BIG business. A modern day David and Goliath battle. However, we seem to forget big companies were once start-ups and have grown into the behemoths they are today. They created categories that people accepted and went for it.
What a great observation. The article talks about how much we can learn from them and in todays open world we can lots. Have a read. It made me think about big business and my business in a different way.
Read it here.
It points out we are for small 'plucky' business and against BIG business. A modern day David and Goliath battle. However, we seem to forget big companies were once start-ups and have grown into the behemoths they are today. They created categories that people accepted and went for it.
What a great observation. The article talks about how much we can learn from them and in todays open world we can lots. Have a read. It made me think about big business and my business in a different way.
Read it here.
Why I write
After last weeks MondayMotivator I got some excellent feedback about how you think. That then got me thinking about why I write the MondayMotivator. I made a few notes during the week and came up with the following.
First and foremost I write the MondayMotivator to get me thinking every week. Doing this sometimes helps me come up with answers to whats going on in my life.
Then I edit my thoughts and put it in this email for you to read and think about. That's the hardest part. Getting a thought across in as few words as possible without diluting my point.
Why do I want you to think? Thinking can be fun, creative, give you clarity and help you come up with solutions. Someone once said that thinking is one of the hardest things to do and that is why so few people do it. Take time to think.
The other reason I write is that I wish for you is for you to grow. To grow as a human. To grow and be bigger and more unfettered than you thought you could ever be. Not be like a Bonsai Tree that grows but is strangled and stymied by both its container and by constant pruning and training.
What I write might not be in agreeance with your world view all the time but it hopefully makes you pause and think and create a neural pathway in your brain you might explore at a later date.
We are here to grow and thinking is the one sure way I know of that can help with that.
Have a terrific week.
