Generating Possibilities & Creating Opportunities There is no future in any job.
The future lies in the person who holds the job.
George Crane
The most successful gifted, talented and creative people in business and industry are masters at generating possibilities and creating opportunities for themselves, their business, and other people. How do these prosperous gifted, talented, and creative people do it? Study success masters and you will find they - take care of themselves well and maintain their relationships
- have a great support team of advisors--coach , therapist, mastermind group, peers
- are always growing and learning something new
- apprecitate and utilize their own giftedness, talents, abilities, interests and creativity
- make time--on a regular basis--for thought, exploration, creativity, reinvention, relaxation, daydreaming
- make time for what is important for themselves--and others--at home, work, and in the community.
Generating possibilities and creating opportunities for yourself at home, at work, and in the community can be very challenging in the face of personal, familial, organizational, and societal beliefs, expectations, and stresses. Everybody has an opinion, advice they give or something they think you should do. When when your mind is flooded with this information—you have no room, or time, for reflecting on your own thoughts, ideas, counsel or brilliance. Thinking and making decisions from a pressured, constricted or stressed out perspective most often results in difficult and conflicted internal conversations, inner tension and turmoil, and a highly unsatisfactory and unprofitable choice. Loss of sleep, irritability, increased conflict with your spouse, trouble at work, and personal feelings of inadequacy are also likely to be present.
Not seeing and using the best choices and opportunities result from not creating a time for thought, reflection, exploration, research, and consultation from self and invited others. Never let the urgent crowd out the important. Kelly Catlin Walker
As Stewart D. Friedman says, "Traditional thinking pits work and the rest of our lives against each other. But taking smart steps to integrate work, home, community, and self will make you a more productive leader and a more productive person." Companies repeat what made them successful long after it starts to damage them. Jerry Judge
What's a gifted adult to do? Choice making and the generation and consideration of possibilities and opportunities from an informed, self-aware and expanded perspective and state of being more often results in a sense of satisfying commitment and action toward doing things you want to do that make a difference to you and your business or organization--as well as the bottom line. This is the basic anatomy of success, satisfaction and happiness that is well financed. Taking risks, being willing to make mistakes and taking the necessary leaps of faith come from knowing and honoring your interests, values, and priorities—and from having your own success team—with you as captain and CEO. Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. Reggie Leach
So whether you have a business, executive or life coach, a formal or informal mastermind group, “kitchen cabinet”, or small circle of advisors—make sure you are at the center of your own life, business and career. When we refuse to take time off until we get caught up with our work, we never take time off. Life isn't about being causght up. Life is about participating. That's all. Just participating. Anonymous
Check in with yourself and all your thoughts, interests, passions and desires first. Do this on your own or with a trusted advisor, mentor, coach or therapist.
Know where you stand and what you want before you listen to what your friends, family members, colleagues and society have to say, advise or pressure you with. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain
Once you listen to what others have said go back and reflect on what you want, need and desire, then make your decision or take your action—or get yourself a really, really good coach—one who understands and knows how to guide and collaborate with original and creative-minded gifted adults--to help you create and manifest the success you envision. The result: confidence, well being, productivity, and enjoyment of life at work and in interpersonal relationships.
Lynne Azpeitia Business, Personal, & Creative Coach Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist AAMFT Approved Supervisor
at 3025 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, California 90404
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