Yesterday’s Thursday HotSeat included a focus on the opportunities that the attending Members wanted to capitalise on, as well as a deep-dive into principles that challenge the more common perspectives on life and business.
We took a current snapshot of what percentage of our conscious thoughts we estimate we are aware of on any given day. Then considered what percentage of those are positive or uplifting thoughts.
Have you considered this?
If not, perhaps consider your answers now.
Many realise through this line of questioning that they are consciously aware of a smaller percentage of their thoughts than expected, and that not as many of those thoughts are as positive or uplifting as they hoped.
It is valuable from the perspective that the way we perceive our world (ie how we choose to think about it) affects our interpretation and experience of it, and the way situations and people show up for us. Therefore, increasing our awareness of the filters through which we are viewing things (conscious and subconscious thoughts, beliefs etc) provide an access point to explore our perspective and change it, enabling us to have an improved experience if we would like to.
Imagine having awareness of most, if not all of your conscious thoughts, and the large percentage of them being aligned with your greatest outcomes, many of which are possibly beyond your current comprehension.
It has been said that we do not see things as they are, we see things as we are, which means that any experience we are having in life or business can be improved or altered by changing the way we are engaging with it. This is the basis for the work we do in the Club to improve our internal game, in order to improve our external experiences. From 11 years of working with successful business owners who are looking to take things to another level personally and professionally, this is by far the highest leverage point.
Another way to illustrate this is:
“Perception is a mirror, not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward”
This highlights a deeper truth that our external world and the experiences and situations that we encounter are an extremely helpful mirror in which we can view how, and from what standpoint, we are actually engaging with things. It moves us beyond the idea that we’re somehow separate to what is happening around us and shows us that our perception is actually dictating the nature of ‘our reality’.
From this point of view, all experiences are actually helpful, and those that could ordinarily be perceived as negative or problematic can provide an illuminating reflection supporting our highly desired progress toward greater fulfilment.
