There are many ways to live life. One approach is to do things that give you positive energy, follow your principles and work towards a picture of success.
This is an approach that some people follow in their personal and professional lives. It also gives them strength to tackle challenges they may face in their lives and work.
The positive energy approach also comes with a moral proviso. When appropriate, it is to do things that help – rather than hurt – people or the planet.
Imagine that you want to follow this approach in your own way. This can involve focusing on the following themes.
Positive Energy
Energy is life. So what gives you positive energy? How can you do more of these things in the future? Doing these can help to recharge your batteries. They can also give you more strength to give to other people.
People who take this approach often feel more alive and creative. Some translate this into doing positive projects. They may also encourage other people to do things that give them positive energy. This approach is related to the idea that:
What you focus on you become.
If you focus on positive things, you are more likely to feel positive. If you focus on possible solutions, you are more likely to feel optimistic. If you focus on negative things – without exploring solutions – you are more likely to feel negative.
What are the things that give you positive energy in your personal and professional life? Here are some answers that people give when exploring these themes.
Personal Life
The specific things that give me
positive energy in my personal life are:
Being with our children … Writing … Looking after our garden … Listening to the sound of falling water … Singing in the choir … Taking walks by myself … Spending time with my partner … Being with positive people … Feeling I have a sense of purpose … Following my principles.
Professional Life
The specific things that give me
positive energy in my professional life are:
Encouraging people … Caring for animals … Designing things … Playing to my strengths … Doing stimulating projects … Working with certain kinds of customers … Being a trusted advisor … Building successful prototypes … Leading pioneering teams … Helping people to achieve success.
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to describe the specific things that give you positive energy in your personal and professional life.
Later we will explore how you can build on one of these activities, follow your principles and work towards a picture of success. Here is the exercise.
Let’s assume that you have listed the things that give you positive energy. Imagine that you want to build on one of these activities.
You may want to focus on a specific activity in your personal life. Such as encouraging your loved ones, gardening, cooking, walking, playing music, painting, raising money for charity or doing another activity.
You may want to focus on a specific activity in your professional life. Such as building on your strengths, doing a creative project, working with certain customers, passing on knowledge or doing another activity.
Let’s assume that you have chosen a specific activity that you want to focus on. What are the specific things you want to do when focusing on this activity?
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
Principles
Imagine that you have chosen to focus on a specific activity that gives you positive energy. The next step can be to build on this by following principles that you believe in.
Different people will follow different principles and much depends on the activity they are doing. They may be focusing on helping people, doing superb work, tackling a challenge, leading a team or doing a project.
Here are some of the themes that people may mention when describing the principles they want to follow. You will, of course, focus on your own set of principles.
Principles
The principles I want to follow when pursuing the
activity that gives me positive energy are these.
I Want:
To encourage people … To offer people practical hope … To provide some people with the basic materials for life … To create beauty … To make inspiring films that help people to appreciate nature.
To deliver high professional standards … To build a successful prototype … To pass on knowledge that people can use to shape a positive future … To do work that helps people or the planet.
Let’s return to your own life and work. Imagine that you have clarified the specific activity you want to focus on. What are the principles you want to follow when pursuing this activity?
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
Picture Of Success
Let’s assume that you have chosen to focus on a specific activity. You have also clarified the specific principles you want to follow when pursuing this activity.
Some people follow this approach and finding it rewarding in itself. They embark on a journey where they explore and develop. They may also find that sometimes, almost as a by-product, they reach certain goals.
Some people take another approach They believe in enjoying the journey but also aim to achieve certain goals. They take the following steps:
They focus on a specific activity that gives them positive energy;
They focus on the specific principles they want to follow when pursuing the activity that gives them positive energy;
They focus on aiming to achieve certain goals when doing the activity and translate these into a clear picture of success.
Imagine that you want to follow this approach in your own way. If appropriate, you can explore the following themes.
What is the specific activity I want to pursue? What are the reasons why I want to focus on this activity that gives me positive energy? What are the principles I want to follow when pursuing this activity?
What are the goals? What are the real results I want to achieve? What will be happening that will show I have achieved these aims? What is the picture of success?
What are the strategies I can follow to increase the chances of success? How can I follow my principles and do my best to achieve the goals? What may be the benefits of achieving the picture of success?
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on these themes. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
There are many ways to live life. One approach is to do things that give you positive energy, follow your principles and work towards a picture of success.
Looking ahead, can you think of an activity where you may want to follow elements of this approach? How can you do this in your own way? What may happen as a result of taking these steps?
If you wish, try tackling the final exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
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