Empower Newsletter – May 2019

‘a shift in mindset is like a pothole becoming a puddle’

 

I often cycle along a dirt road that has lots of potholes, some are really large. Sometimes I don’t see them until it’s too late because I’m moving so quickly and go straight through them, ouch.  But when the weather changes and it starts to rain the potholes that were hard to see have become clear as day because they have filled with water and have become puddles.

 

It’s the same with a mindset change. Just as the puddles make the potholes clear, a shift in mindset brings with it the same clarity. Things become clear and you start to see things that you didn’t see before. It’s not that they weren’t always there, it’s just that you didn’t see them before.

 

For instance a mindset shift can come in the form of a change in the way you saw, thought or felt about something or someone.

 

It could be changing the way you think about a situation.  A friend of mine decided that instead of getting irritated and frustrated about tourists taking over her town in the holidays because she lives in a desirable coastal town, she decided to be grateful that she gets to

live in such a beautiful place.

You can choose to feel irritated or choose to feel grateful.  In other words, you can choose to be angry or happy by changing your mindset.

 

Another major shift in mindset can be to realise that you are responsible for where you are in your life, that your actions and choices have created your reality, both good and bad.  That we are our own masters!

 

For example, no one can make you happy. You decide when you smile, laugh, have fun, feel energised, sad, frustrated, angry or any other emotion.  It’s up to you to create your own happiness.  A shift in mindset to decide, and then to start seeing things in another way will change your reality.

 

Next, exploring and discovering what it is that makes you happy will allow you to see these things when they present themselves.  Just like when potholes become puddles.

 

Mindset

 

A mindset is a belief that orients the way we handle situations — the way we sort out what is going on and what we should do. Our mindsets help us spot opportunities but they can trap us in self-defeating cycles.

 

“Christie is a student who is being raised by parents who tell her that if she works hard, she can do well.  There is no smart Christie or dumb Christie, there’s just Christie who, if she works hard, can do well.  The parents are very careful not to label Christie.  They just tell her that if you work hard, you can do well in life.

So she does do well in life because she works hard.  Instead of saying “I’m dumb” after setbacks, or “I’m smart” after successes, she just says “I didn’t work hard in this first situation and I worked hard in the second situation.

So if I want to do well in life, I need to work hard and I need to apply effort.”

 

~ psychologytoday.com ~

 

 

“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.”

~ Steve Maraboli ~

 

‘If I work hard I can achieve anything.’

 

 

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