A grateful list

When your mind goes to a bad place, focusing on all negative things, feeling as if every event is against you. Try to name one thing you are genuinely grateful for, or happy for. Then continue working on that list.

It might prove challenging at first, yet it works.

What we perceive is often not what is happening. We need to train to make the distinction.

Promote mistakes

Speak about your mistakes often, particularly if you are in a position of power. Tell about what went wrong and what you did learn. Anticipate how the next time will be.

It’s also a great way to assess people around you and the environment you are in. If you recently joined a company, and nobody talks about mistakes ever, particularly when everyone is listening, that is not a company that knows how to learn and promote innovation.

Mistakes are essential. Promote them to become better.

To be continued

If you haven’t started earlier, and you are rushing into finding a good resolution for 2022, be mindful that success is not achieved in one magical night.

Continuing with the good that you are doing is a great way to start the new year.

You’ve got this!

Resentment

What good does your resentment do?

Perhaps you have been treated unfairly. Perhaps you did truly deserve that promotion. Perhaps that person in your team is really after you. Perhaps everyone should really buy into your idea. Perhaps you do deserve more.

And what good does it do to act up because of that? How closer does that take you to your objectives?

Resentment is bad not because others might not deserve it – they usually don’t. Resentment is bad because it is not efficient.

The moment you feel it, do acknowledge it, do talk about it, and then do move on.

Make a resolution for today

If you are approaching the end of the year with some resolutions you wish to make, here is a tip that’s going to save you some hassle.

Start today.

There is no magical power in the beginning of a new year, no cleaner slate, to strength or power.

Start earlier instead, don’t let the resolution go stale in your mind, don’t lose the effect of the novelty, don’t let it sink before it lifts you.

Start today.