GET, GET, GET TO GIVE, GIVE, GIVE

I was talking with a friend a couple of weeks ago about what to focus on in life that will bring about the result of us being excited about getting out of bed each morning and then throughout our days.

As we were chatting, I shared with him that it seemed like his focus was consistently on what he can get out of life – i.e. what is in it for him. I asked him what might shift for him if he began to focus on what he wanted to give to the world.

And often, if we give that which we long to get, we experience great joy.

If passion is what we long for, why not get out and give it away? And see if we then find it.

For what a man sows, he reaps.

If you are reaping confusion, perhaps look where you are sowing lack of clarity.

COMPLAINTS ARE INTERPRETATIONS

My complaints are interpretations of facts, not facts themselves.

When I complain, I often feel justified in my complaining because I think my complaint itself is the facts (not simply an interpretation).

But if I am only going after feeling justified, where does that get me? Typically this just gets me the result I already have rather than something new.

Newness comes from accepting my complaint as my experience of reality and then creating a new way of interpreting the facts.

ON PRODUCTIVITY

Productivity is a mindset.

It says that I will do whatever it takes to put myself in a position to add to the conversation.

Even when I don’t have anything to add yet, because I have not yet put in the work.

Life is an invitation to work diligently to add value to the lives of others.

Sometimes that is sowing seeds, other times, it’s harvesting.

Many of us fail to choose the discipline of productivity in the sowing, and are frustrated when the harvest is sparse.