Take Control of Your Mindset

In times like these, it is imperative that a business person maintain a positive mindset. Business owners, heads of households, and even children have the economy on their minds! Ruminating over the issues will not facilitate resolution. Strategic planning and appropriate actions are keys to the success of any group or individual. The techniques discussed in this article will work for a business in the seed and soil stage, the fruit and flowering stage, or veteran harvest stage.

Adopting the doom and gloom attitude conveyed by some media organizations will not move your business forward. The media has a job to perform, and they are magnificently effctive in instilling fear into the minds of all faithful participants. Many people watch the news with religious fervence. Watching the news is acceptable, but adopting immobilizing fear is detrimental to any program for success or reconstruction. Watch the news with caution. Dilute the effects of any negative reports with 10 times as many uplifting reports. Instead of reading every article within reach about a failed business, seek information about creative new start-up enterprises that are reporting success.

You may be asking why there I am placing such an emphasis on optimism. Brainwashing techniques are effective! Pep rallies are an important process in a high school football program. Before competing against a rival, the team, cheerleaders, administrative staff, and the student body assemble in the gymnasium for a rally. It is impossible to leave a pep rally saddened or weighed down emotionally! The band plays upbeat songs, while the cheerleaders jump and waive pom-poms! Everyone in the building participates in the euphoric process of encouraging the team. In life and in business, we need cheerleaders. Become the captain of your own cheerleading squad. Your rivals have the job of neutralizing your team spirit. Do not borrow their job description.

Motivational speakers, ministers, and smart parents use words to uplift. Provide yourself with a daily dose of encouragement and watch the effects on your productivity. The only way through a difficult time is to work through it. You can choose to work through it with non-productive anger or regret, or work through the issues with an unstoppable mindset.

I enjoy hearing accounts about people with fighting spirits. I read biographies everyday about people who overcame despite the odds. A friend of my family recently faught a brave dual with cancer. This lady continued to attend church service every Sunday eventhough in severe pain. She insisted on finishing her education after receiving the diagnosis. She leaves a legacy of strength for her friends and family. The courage and discipline displayed by this lady can be a lesson to others who have no terminal diagnosis. Having a terminal diagnosis can profoundly prompt one to start living and cease complaining.

Start on the journey of becoming organized. Organization is a systematic way of completing tasks. There is no right or wrong system, with the exception of no system at all. Becoming organized is a journey that will not happen overnight. Once you have to decided to become organized a new mindset is already in place. Organizational techniques will be discussed in greater detail in future articles. Start to clean and destroy clutter one drawer at a time. Donating unused goods will have a cathartic effect on your mind.

Use yellow post-it notes to remind yourself of your achievements, talents, and obstacles you have already overcome. Go to the public library and check out CD’s that foster a positive mindset. Use the commute to and from work or school to plant and fertilize effective thoughts. Associate with people who are positive! Take control of your mind before some other entity infiltrates your thought process. Metaphorically speaking, if your mental cup is empty, someone will fill it with the liquid of their choice.

Danna Ntaka

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