Personal Development

As you look at your year, do you take the time to evaluate how the year went? Did you accomplish what you set out to do? What worked and what didn’t? What do you need to change? How can your life be even better?

As you look at your year, do you take the time to evaluate how the year went? Did you accomplish what you set out to do? What worked and what didn’t? What do you need to change? How can your life be even better?

One of the things I noticed when talking with people is the difference in the way we think. We all know people think differently, but what I noticed is where people focus their thinking. When people start talking, some talk about and appreciate what they have in life and think about what they need and want in life - others talk about what they don’t have. For example: one person was sharing where she was in her life. What I heard was: “I’m not where I want to be. This is not where I thought I’d be at this time of my life.” You could hear in her voice how unhappy she was.

I could actually feel the negative energy coming from her.

Now, not to say that we don’t all have bad days, or that we don’t need someone to let go with about what’s going on with us. However, the question is, once you get it off your chest do you now focus on how to change it? Do you focus on what’s working, where you’re going, what’s possible instead of what’s not possible? Or do you continue to focus on what you don’t have? I think this is the difference between abundance thinking and scarcity thinking.

Abundance thinkers’ focus on what is possible, appreciate what they have and yet reach for what they want in life. That is what they attract.

Scarcity thinkers’ focus on what they don’t have, what might be taken from them, what they don’t have enough of, what hasn’t worked. And that is what they ultimately attract more of.

Which are you?

I find that abundance thinkers’ are much happier and more positive people. They appreciate all the wonderful things they have in their lives. They realize there are areas they would like to be different, and then figure out a way to make it different and focus on making it happen.

If you were to keep focused on what’s not working, what you don’t have, how you wish things were, how then are you going to be able to make things happen? It’s like looking backwards all of the time instead of focusing your energies on the present and the future. Abundance thinkers think about possibilities and scarcity thinkers think about how it’s never going to happen. And each one creates that which she thinks about most.

Which direction or focus will make you happier? Which is going to allow you to change your situation?

We weren’t meant to be unhappy in our lives. We were meant to live full lives where anything is possible when we believe and are willing to go for it.

I hope you take time to reflect on where you are and how you are thinking. Ask yourself if it is working for you? If not, would “now” be a good time to change? Then make it change, as the Nike brand logo goes: ”Just do it”