During a recent conversation with a client of ours the
direction of the conversation turned to the area of "what
if". I remember when my kids were small and they use to
always ask me "what if this happens?" or "what are we going
to do if the roof caves in", etc. It seems some people
continue on the thought pattern of "what if" for a
multitude of issues in their lives.
For instance, someone could be experiencing a great moment
or relationship in their lives. Then for some reason
thoughts enter their minds about "what if someone better
comes along" or "this isn't real" or "I don't deserve this
now". What is the reason that keeps people from enjoying
and feeling worthy of the great things in life?
What are you thinking about concerning the many
opportunities in your life? Are you thinking about the
possibilities or the probabilities involved with them?
Albert Einstein was teaching at Oxford in the early 1940s.
He had just given a physics exam to a group of students and
his teaching assistant asked him if he really gave the same
exact exam from the previous year to the same students.
Einstein answered "Yes, I gave them the same exam, but the
answers have changed!"
What answers are changing for you from last year? Are the
things happening now in your life something you would have
considered a possibility or a probability a year ago?
Whenever we let ourselves plan and consider a possibility
and write it down as a goal or a plan there is a better
than 90% chance of it actually happening. If we let
probabilities dictate the direction of our dreams and
lives, things like "might or could", then nothing gets done
or moves forward.
Take some time today to write out some possibilities for
yourself. Let your imagination go toward places and things
you never gave yourself permission to go before. In
reality, what has happened more in your life-the
possibilities or the probabilities? If you said the
probabilities it might be because you have never given the
possibilities room to breathe in your life.
The most successful people around are always thinking about
possible business opportunities. They don't waste their
time with what will probably happen if this deal doesn't
happen or product doesn't work out. They look at what is
possible to do next.
Many times people are just too caught up in their own
little world to consider other possibilities to a challenge
that someone on the outside might be able to help them
with. An observer with a keen eye can often spot the most
lucrative possibilities and let the probabilities take a
one way vacation to never-never land.
To find your observer, look for someone that is trained as
a consultant or coach and is not necessarily in your usual
business setting. Sometimes the people that are caught up
in your same world will have the same exact outlooks. This
might not be exactly what you need to see the possibilities
in new opportunities in business and life.
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D.J. and Sherri Frost are Healing Arts Business Growth
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