![]() ![]() "I used this technique myself last year when a prospective client wasn’t open to my offer at first-even though I knew I could help them. ![]() 'What opportunities exist for me in this situation?' To make this even easier, you can give your critical mind a useful task, too: redirect it to question what limitations of the current situation are real, and which are presumed,” advises Barbee. Then ask yourself one question about the challenge at hand. Center yourself and relax your body with some deep breathing. "To get to that relaxed state, spend about ten minutes doing the following: Change your environment by taking a break from your desk. Curiosity is a natural entry point to the more relaxed alpha brain wave function, where rich creative problem solving capabilities emerge, and constrained analysis rests. "Being curious-not-critical is one way you can grow your individual ability to see problems clearly from many angles as they arise throughout your day,” says Barbee. Teams do this by brainstorming, and by adopting rules of operation that embrace every idea as having merit. The way we define a problem influences the solutions we will find, and seeing problems from all angles gives you a leg up to successfully solving them. "Truly seeing how you spend the time you do have will help you make decisions that support your long term objectives instead of sabotaging them."ģ. Cultivate A “Multi-View” Around Challenges We all have ample time, we just waste it sometimes!” Barbee reminds us. "By recognizing where decisions are happening and where they’re not happening, you create big opportunities. Did you tackle your To Do list or let someone else’s urgent need take precedence? What moments were planned? What activities were unintentional? Did you do an impromptu Facebook Live when you should’ve been working on a spreadsheet? How did you respond to changes as they arose?” asks Barbee. Observe what happened and what didn’t happen. "Set aside 3-5 minutes at the end of your day to gain insight through hindsight: Take 5 to 10 deep breaths, close your eyes, and see yourself going through the activities of your day from the beginning to end. Gaining visibility of how time is spent can bring awareness to the way it is being leaked or wasted relative to your highest objectives. Time is the one thing we all want more of but can’t buy, and it’s a precious resource when it comes to goal achievement. Once I did, it became the reason my company doubled its revenue last year,” Barbee said. ![]() Adding that vibrant color and clarity to my visualization made me more decisive and excited to push ahead when I had been putting this off. I did the same for my ideal-fit female client. I knew how he would feel when we were completing the work. I knew the color of that person’s hair, his age, how many kids he had, what kept him up at night. "When I decided to grow my business, I would visualize getting a ‘yes' from my ideal clients with extreme detail of color and clarity. Check out the positive feelings, emotions, and sensations present then make them more full." Then adjust any sounds you imagine so that they’re pleasing to the ear. "Make the movie bigger, bring it closer - you can even step into it. Tune up the color and improve the brightness” says Barbee. Then, take the image or movie of your goal being achieved and refine the scenes, making them crystal clear. You can amplify the benefits of this practice by making the visualization more vivid which will trigger the reward circuit of your brain. "First, set a timer for 2 minutes at the start of your day and begin to visualize your success. Basic visualization for success means taking a task (like presenting your organization’s annual performance to the board) and mentally rehearsing it happening well. ![]()
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