I have seens some interesting challenges/suggestions for self-discovery on blogs recently. I decided to bring them to the Gather community for us to benefit from. This one comes from the blog at AlexShalman.com.
Compose a new blog post listing the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful. They can be anything at all, but they have to be things that you do at least 4 or 5 times every week. Anything less than that may be a hobby that helps you out, but we are after the real day in and day out habits that help you to be successful.
I love exploring questions like this because it makes me think about things I'm actually doing RIGHT! It helps me shift my focus and make the things I'm doing right...or, at least, finding helpful in my life right now, more important to hang on to.
My list is below, but I would love to see the lists of others. Either leave a comment here to let me know you've posted your list as a separate article so I can come read it, or put your 5-10 success habits in your comment. Thanks!
- I use my time on the train commuting to and from work in very positive ways. Usually I write a list of gratitudes, intentions, and/or successes of the day. If something is weighing heavy on my mind, I write about it. If I don't feel like writing, I use some of the time to dream/meditate. I visualize the beautiful, wonderful things/situations I want to attract more of in my life.
- One thing that makes me successful at work is quick response time. If I receive a question in e-mail or a request from a fellow employee, I do my best to respond within the same day. It helps keep projects moving, and keeps me from being buried in things I need to get done.
- I try to think on the positive side. I give people the benefit of the doubt, unless they use it too often.
- Communication -- In all areas of my life, I attempt to keep up communication. If something is going off track at work, I bring it to my peers' attention so we can address it. The same is true in my primary relationship, my family, and my friends. I don't like leaving a cloud hanging between myself and others that only builds if it isn't addressed.
- I write and create. I find the best access to my inner self is through writing and art.
- The other direct avenue to my inner self is my dreams. I analyze my dreams or ask my partner to help me analyze my dreams.
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Comments: 2
1 - Just before going to sleep I try to identify my most pressing problem and refer it to my personal unconscious. Appreciating that the personal unconscious is a real entity - I also know that it will {or I and it will} work to resolve the issue at hand. If I dream I will look at it from the vantage point of what it has to say about the problem I have been working on. Thus dreams, for me, serve the function of being like psychological scavenger hunts in which dream elements are clues to resolving the psychological puzzles of the moment.
2 - I note what I refer to as special feelings or thoughts. They are like firefly sparks. They are often the seedlings of important observations, insights, or potential projects.
3 - When there is something important I want to accomplish I keep focused on the goal of the moment as I know it is easy to divert myself and passively retreat to an attitude of manana.
4 - On the other hand when there are times when I feel sluggish and foggy I have learned to just go with the flow so to speak and let myself take a nap, or drift on the internet or some other vacation - like activity that will energize me.
5 - I have trained myself to often respond to such challenges as this one by free associating, just letting myself be spontaneous. Reducing the tendency to be hyper self conscious allows me to be infinitely more productive and to the point.