Living a purposeful life requires that we be more thoughtful and more deliberate about our choices, words and readings of reality. And that requires mindfulness to stop automatic reactions from running our life, take a step back, and be strategic.
Think before you move. This powerful idea will help us keep focused, productive, and in better control of our lives. To implement this principle may mean that we:
• Pause and ponder more before speaking
• Review our assumptions in relationships, career and life, to make sure we are heading the right direction
• Spend time to find the right approach, mindset or tool for tackling the challenge at hand
• Be more strategic about our efforts, rather than resorting to brute force
Exercise
If you don’t have a daily meditation practice, starting one will be the essential for gaining the ability to stop and zoom out.
And here are some simple guiding questions to provoke help you think before you move
• Where will this take me?
• If there was a better way of doing this, what would that be?
• What am I overlooking?
Happy Growing,
Malcolm Lee Kitchen III
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