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The Focusing Question: How to Find Your ONE Thing
Searching For Better Questions
- Finding the right questions is not easy because we don’t know what we don’t know.
- Goals don’t come with blueprints and even if they do, there is always a fitment issue as each life is unique.
- We need to create a personal blueprint to map our life and work, moving us towards success and accomplishments.
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Intense focus
It happens only when:
- You define your goals clearly
- You have the capacity to complete the tasks necessary to achieve them.
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Most groundbreaking work takes at least a full decade or more to reveal itself.
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Give Yourself Permission to Create Junk
Successful writers do not write elegant first drafts, nor do they feel wildly enthusiastic and confident.
Creating something useful and compelling means you have to permit yourself to let the inspiration flow. You will write a lot of junk but can then sift through it to find bits and pieces of brilliance here and there.
Create on a Schedule
The act that will uncover creative genius is by forcing yourself to create regularly and on a schedule, not just create when you feel inspired.
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Hating Ourselves
"I hate myself" is a common self-talk. You really are your worst enemy, however painful this may feel.
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Effects of Self-Hatred
Self-hatred gives us negative thoughts, telling us we are unattractive, lack confidence, and are generally unworthy. If we listen to it, we give it power. We then create a negative shield around us and will have trouble accepting love and compassion.
The internal negative breeding will attract further negativity in our lives and relationships.
How To Stop Hating Yourself
- Pay attention to your triggers by reflecting on your thoughts and actions, identifying your inner negative talk.
- Question and challenge your negative thoughts, and detach from them.
- Start saying positive affirmations to yourself to counter the negativity.
- Reframe your negative thoughts by changing your point of view.
- Spend time with positive people who fill you with joy.
- Seek professional help as this may be a mental health issue.