It’s so easy to focus on the obstacles or negative factors in our lives. Overcoming those challenges is how we will get to the next level, right? While that may be true, it can have a significant impact on your mindset and disposition. I have found tremendous value in stepping back to appreciate all of the things that are positive and potentially being taken for granted in my life. As an American even my darkest days pale in comparison to what others experience living in impoverished nations across the globe. It’s amazing how negative one can get even with all of our basic needs accounted for.
As you navigate your way through life, please don’t be like “most people.” Instead: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
There was a time in my life where I would have considered myself a perfectionist and, at the time, I was proud of it. I wouldn’t let anything out into the world without double and triple checking it. While this ensured that the quality was always top notch, it was stifling in terms of the amount of work I could produce. Take, for instance, this blog post. If I had let myself to continue to wrestle with the questions I outlined above who knows when I would have gotten around to actually posting something. With that being said, I hope you will forgive me if this post isn’t perfect. Someday, with any luck, you will appreciate the fact that it exists at all!
