What Is Working?

   What IS working? Sometimes I find it helpful to consider this question. What IS working? Are there patterns and habits that are working well for your personal health? What about in your family? What IS working in 2020?  What is working is a positive question.   This question invites us to survey the landscape of our lives and consider what habits and patterns create peace, flow, creativity, and positive results. It’s all too easy to focus on what isn’t working. But when was the last time you assessed your life looking for what is working for you? What actions are creating peace in your life? What habit is helping bring efficiency? What patterns cause your day/week/months to flow with ease?  When we have identified the patterns and habits that are working well for us, we can use that information to help with the things that might not be working well. It is easy to focus on what isn’t working, but when we focus on what is working we can learn just as much (if not more) about our preference. By focusing on what is positive we can learn where our best skills shine. If something isn’t working we can use the information we know about what works well to create a better solution. It’s all information.    What is working builds momentum? When we take a few minutes to see what IS working it creates positive energy and momentum. Humans are wired to focus on the negative, it’s a survival skill. I read once that it takes just a second or two for a negative thought to stick, and we must focus on a positive idea for 10-15 seconds to create a sticky connection in our brain. When we look around and think about the things that are really working, we can create sticky connections in the brain that can help us when we think about the things that aren’t really working. Use the wins in your life to create more wins.   Small counts. When surveying your life to see what is working, keep your eyes open for the little things that might not seem that important. Sometimes the things that are working we don’t even think about because they, not the pain points. A small win is still a win! What does that win tell you about how you work best? How can you use that information?     What IS working in your life? What can you learn from what IS working to leverage in the places that are not so smooth?  In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision. – Dalai Lama XIV

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