Do You Have A Couple Of Minutes

This topic was originally presented in written form only, as follows: Do you have a Couple of Minutes?  Today I am posting in written form only and want to speak about ATTITUDE.  When I was about 12 I heard the phrase "an attitude is always a choice."  I had to think about the truth of that for a bit.  Was it possible that saying someone made you mad was a false statement? &nbs...

When we notice the voices of others are not being extended the courtesy of being heard or acknowledged, it is up to each of us to help those voices to be heard.  There is nothing wrong with being a commanding presence, however, we must look for contribution from everyone that has something valuable to contribute.  Some people speak quickly saying whatever comes to mind, and that has it's...

Why Not Us?  Sports teams were saying this in past years speaking to their possibility of winning even though they were considered and underdog.  I also heard of someone saying this when diagnosed with a terminal illness - accepting that life happens to each one of us in some way and none of us can expect to avoid varied life circumstances.  With some much going on in the world - we...

Setting boundaries are important, they can help protect us and protect our journey toward a desired goal or vision we have for our lives.  Sometimes we must say "no" to something in order to be able to say yes to something else.  Sharing our boundaries, helps others to understand how we expect to be treated.  Sometime leaders and managers of organizations can send mixed messages about the importan...

Things don't always go as planned.  We cannot control every circumstance, but we can get through and past things.  We must go with the flow of the circumstances.  If we accept our circumstances and explore their nuances, we can best respond to them and learn from them.  Sometimes unexpected circumstances give us time to pause and to be present in the moment and practice reflection.  We can reflect...

We must change our perspective in order to realize even our small successes and progress.  Showing up counts, getting up can count, closing the deal can count, making progress on the plan can count.  Sometimes plans don't move forward as anticipated - but what are the things that did get accomplished.  Acknowledge the success regardless of the size.

Sometimes we focus on building areas of weakness instead of flourishing by building on our strengths and being complimented by others who have varied areas of strength.  We can be more engaged and perform at a higher level when we are flourishing in our strengths.

We can share our stories from a perspective of how they can add value for others, helping them to learn, grow, and avoid some of the obstacles we have already overcome.  Stories also connect us to the past, present, and the future.  Sharing experience helps us to remember things that matter and impact.

Are you living your life with intention?  A life lived with intention means you are guiding yourself to go in the direction you want to go.  Intentional living doesn't negate fun or spontaneous activity, but it does allow you to plan and evaluate the use of your time to get the most out of it.  Intentional living can help bring greater fulfillment.

Regret and Discomfort both give us time to pause and evaluate.  Evaluation provides a pathway for identifying change that we can make to improve things for the present and future.

Our bodies need rest so that they can be rejuvenated to think and function at high levels.  When we don't intentionally plan rest, our bodies and minds will not perform well.  Plan and be intentional about rest and rejuvenation to avoid burnout.  Even small amounts of intentional rest can be helpful for focus and energy.

Beginners focus on learning and expect that imperfections and shortcomings will be part of the learning that precedes success and mastery.  As we get older we tend to shy away from welcoming the failures on the learning path to mastery.  We should embrace the beginners mindset as a way to expand our growth, learning, and success.  Trying new things also allows us to gain experience...

Today we spend a couple of minutes talking about Self-reflection and Self-awareness as pathways to be more of your authentic self.  if we understand what makes us tick, what brings us joy, how we contribute, it can help guide us to live in alignment with who we are, to live within the greatness of our unique nature and ultimately to be more fulfilled.

Experience is important, it expands our perspective, provides learning and is the pathway to expertise.  Our shared experience and shared expertise can help others to reach higher and go further. As long as we are living we are gaining experience and must choose to use it a a path forward that provide us clues for fulfilled living along the way. 

Petrina introduces the thought process behind her new podcast "Do You Have a Couple of Minutes"  Preview of the podcast on her Linkedin Page at Petrina Gooch.  16 Episodes will kick off the series.