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Succeeding in a Challenging Economy
Written by: Donna KarlinArticle Overview: How do you succeed in a challenging economy? It's all in your perspective...
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Succeeding in a Challenging Economy
How do you succeed in a challenged economy?
You stop thinking about the challenged economy.
H. Jackson Brown Jr. once wrote, "Your mind can only hold one thought at atime, so make it a positive and constructive one."
That goes for the economy, someone you're having difficulty with...even a toothache.
OK, I know that might sound like a ridiculous example but think for a moment to the last time you had a toothache . Your tongue continually goes there to press on it so you make the pain lessen. Are you thinking about anything else at the moment? Or when you get a mosquito bite and it's itching like crazy. Is your mind able to completely focus on anything else?
Same goes for the economic environment. I have been listening to clients in the corporate world talk incessantly about the economy to the exclusion of everything else...leaders in government who only talk about cutbacks and what they can't do because of them and coaches, creative and other solopreneurs talk about how people are cutting back.
Let's face it. We always have parameters within which we have to do our work. Change how you do it. Build something great in spite of it. Figure out what's amazing with what you have right now. Make it be great! Make your thoughts be great and share them.
I'll leave you with this amazing quote to think about, perhaps to shift your thinking:
"Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don't just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, engage in new trains of thought. Conversation doesn't just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards." - Theodore Zeldin.
Make your thoughts and perspectives great. Then build your future one choice at a time.
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About the Author: Donna Karlin RSS for Donna's articles - Visit Donna's website Donna Karlin, CEC, Diplomate IABMCP and founder of 'A Better Perspective' has pioneered the specialized practice of Shadow Coaching with global senior organizational leaders. Donna is an author, speaker and lectures internationally. Her work has been written up in Fast Company Magazine, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Personal Success Magazine. Her blog Perspectives™ is avidly read by subscribers from 144 countries and she has currently authored and released the book Leaders: Their Stories, Their Words. She is a SupporTED coach, on the team that coaches TED fellows, is Past President and current Dean of the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations and a member of the Advisory Council for International Adademy for Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy She has a proven track record in developing sustainable leadership. For tips on how to choose a coach click here Click here to visit Donna's website Succeeding in a Challenging Economy Looking In All the Right Places Are You Giving Away Your Personal Power All ATwitter About Uh What Exactly Dealing With Power and Control Junkies |
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