Thinking differently sometimes means guessing differently. If you want help figuring out what’s going on when work is the regular excuse but something else is going on, DM me, and together we’ll get it moving the way it was planned.
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When you’re treated like that, it’s easy to say “That’s it, I’ve made my offer, I’m the good guy, I’m out of here.” But on further reflection, I guessed the reaction was due to how past bad behavior had been dealt with, a face to face chat. They were expecting a telling off.
Thinking differently sometimes means guessing differently. It was important to figure out why this happened, because the other person wasn’t fully aware of what was on the table, a very, very generous offer that was going to make their life a lot easier in the upcoming years.
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Thinking Differently
I had a situation recently where I asked for a conversation, with a very generous offer on the table. I asked for the ideal time and day and suggested a place convenient for the other party. With a week’s notice, it was called off the day before.
For the weekend, try to look a little more closely at things you might otherwise have passed without noticing. See what changes when you practice that kind of attention. If you want to explore making this a regular thing for you, DM me.
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It’s not too hard to restart. It can be as simple as becoming more observant, noticing the colour and shape of doors on a stroll, or becoming more aware of clouds in the sky as you’re driving to and from work. These small shifts can be the start of opening new ways of seeing.
Like any other area of life, the more we practice, the better we become, and when something isn’t practiced its strength fades away. That’s often what’s really going on when creativity feels absent, because it hasn’t been acted on for a long time it can feel non-existent.
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Friday Creative Prompt
One of the sad things about creativity is that while everybody can agree kids are creative, most people can’t agree on when they stopped being creative. Creativity didn’t leave, you were told to stop, and so the practicing of it stopped as well.
The next time you feel in a pressure point, take a moment to notice what feels wrong. Sit with it and question what's yours and what's inherited. If you want help doing that, DM me, and we'll work through it together today in a one to one setting.
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The goal of a mature adult is to separate what's important from what may not be. We have to check what doesn't feel right against what is right. We have to test if our training is fit for purpose. If we don't develop insight, it gets hard to see what's real and what's inherited.
When something doesn't feel right and we're told to listen to our gut. I'd say that too. But when that gut was shaped in a less than optimal family dynamic, it can be skewed, predetermined to accept a poor response in other people. The feeling seems real, but sometimes it's not.
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Ways of Seeing
Our early years are an apprenticeship. Childhood is influence, and those formative years shape how we deal with adults and the outside world before we have any choice. That influence usually deepens itself as time goes on when often it needs to be questioned.
This is what we help people do. If you need support getting that kind of routine going, or even to figure out what it is you want to concentrate on, DM me and we can have an exploratory chat.
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You might find that your commute to or from work is a good time for some things. For others it might be 9am on a Saturday because that’s when your head is clearest. The human brain benefits from consistency. The time doesn’t matter, the day doesn’t matter, the consistency does.
You don’t need hours every day. You just need to do one thing regularly, but you need to do it with intent. Most of us feel we’ve used up all the time in our week already, but that isn’t completely true. The time is usually there somewhere, it’s just not put to good use.
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The 10,000 Hour Rule
The 10,000 hour rule isn’t an exact science, but it does give us solid data. Simply put, the more time you put in, the more experienced you become. But there are no shortcuts, no time saving hacks, the math is simple; time spent = level of expertise.
It can take years to pull yourself out of a moment that only lasted a few minutes. This is part of the coaching work I do. If you want to work on this in a structured way, book a session and talk it through with me. Send me a DM and we can set it up.
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My advice is simple. If you’re tired or off kilter or carrying something heavy in your mind, be aware that the temporary state you’re in can come across as your permanent one. What you present should be honest and should belong to you and should be part of what you do.
All of this comes from how little people try to assess who you really are. They take what you give them at the start and settle on that. We don't keep reassessing every single thing because our brains would collapse under the weight of it. So we hold on to that first impression.
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Inner Work
You only have one chance to make a first impression. The impression you leave in the first minutes stays far longer than you think. People hold on to what they decided first and rarely shift it. They don’t revisit it unless they have to, that’s just how it works.
Stress is partly created when the brain starts to fret because it knows it’s forgotten something but has forgotten what that was, so recording thoughts also helps the mind settle.
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People don’t realise that forgetfulness isn’t rare, it’s our default position. Any tool that lets you park something gives the mind a break because it no longer has to carry the whole thing. But you need to go back to the list and keep the process alive.
I learned a long time ago that my mind will lose things unless I give it a place to put them. I only need a word or three that lets me pick the thread back up later. When something comes into my head I grab my phone and tell Siri to throw it into reminders.
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Thinking Differently
Human memory is incredibly frail, and I've watched professionals who should know better insist their recall is flawless even when every bit of research says the opposite. I've seen certainty melt the moment a single question nudges it.
But maybe it's ten minutes after the kids are down, or fifteen minutes before the binge watching begins. It doesn't matter when, it just needs to be consistent.
If you want space to build this into a habit, DM me and we can work through it together.
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If you don’t have a notebook go and find one that feels substantial. If loose sheets or post it notes work for you, then use them instead. What matters is the act. The brain loves consistency, so pick a regular time. Ten or fifteen minutes on a Saturday morning during breakfast can be enough.
Thoughts drift and quickly become vague, once the words land on paper it becomes embedded. Even a simple SWOT layout can shift things. Strengths. Weaknesses. Opportunities. Threats. It doesn’t need to be polished. You might be working on a personal style in business or life. Just write it.
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Friday Creative Prompt
Science tells us that putting pen to paper helps hardwire thoughts into the brain in ways typing can’t. When a conundrum shows up it often stalls because it only lives in the head. Write it down. That’s the moment your thinking becomes more solid.
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Inner work begins when we stay with the feelings long enough to figure them out. We unpick the layers patiently until the first clue appears and the first domino finally shows itself. Once that moment arrives, the body doesn't have to shout quite as loudly to be heard next time.
