March 21, 2011

Wake up to a big cup of Love

Every morning, my waking thoughts are ones of gratitude. 

I think about people from the previous day who were there to help me.  I think about a person in the coming day who will be a part of my success.  This focus helps me realize something: I am not alone. I have an abundance of support, and I'm not the Lone Ranger.  And when I think of them, how much they want to help me, and how it means to my work - my heart gets full of Love.  A big steaming cup of wake-up-in-love for your helpers. 

I love the people that help me succeed.  I appreciate them, and later in life I'll certainly think of them fondly - like a war buddy or a frat brother.  Who do you love in your career life?  Are you thinking about your support system every morning or do you wake up and check your email and get overwhelmed? 

If you haven't done it recently, you should identify the people in your bizlife that make you successful. And then you need to express your gratitude for them and help them back.  That's love at work.  Here are a few ways to approach this: 

1.  Begin every morning with ten minutes of gratitude thinking.  Search your memory for instances of assistance from the previous day or week.  Give advance thanks to someone that you think will help you in your day ahead. 

2.  Express your gratitude.  You can send a short email, make a call or tell that person when you see them next.  Don't hold it inside, because without expression, you are not committing yourself.  When you express gratitude, you are painting yourself into a positive corner. 

3.  Tune yourself to notice assistance.  If you do this exercise for a few weeks, you'll find that you are thanking the same people over and over again.  You'll be motivated to find new subjects for your gratitude, and if you try, you'll spot them hiding in the daily woodwork.  The more you focus on all the support you get, the more you'll realize that you are far from alone.  You have dozens of people helping you, sometimes a few clicks away from your normal point of view.  Trace the help back a few steps and meet some new people that are behind-the-scene, making you more effective.  

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Posted at 5:55 PM in Abundance , Relationship Management  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)  |  TrackBack (0)

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The course of true love never did run smooth.

Posted by: terracotta warriors  |  March 31, 2011 at 08:06 PM

Commentor

I feel like sometimes, most of the times, we take things for granted, we don't appreciate what we have and we just act like everything is due to us.
Being a bit more humble wouldn't hurt us for sure.

Posted by: Gabriele Maidecchi  |  March 22, 2011 at 09:22 AM

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