What is it that causes me to have a can-do attitude? Why can I work at something and make it work while another doesn’t seem to have the heart or motivation? Why, conversely, can they see phenomenal success in an area that is entirely foreign to me?
Could it be simply that the area in question has not made it to the top of the list as a priority for them or myself?
Priorities are created in the privacy of our thoughts, the deep down places of the inner person. They receive the energy that others can observe as they get fleshed out and become visible.
It occurred to me today that the reason a person is not willing to make a change is because the need for change hasn’t yet tripped their priority list.
I am aware that some people don’t believe that other people can change. These same people assume that once you reach adulthood, you are what you are.
I once heard it said, “You will be the same next year except for the people you meet and the books that you have read.” There might be some merit to that. I also think that there may be one more ingredient to add to the change mix; the pressure you were put under to make a change.
We change when we get convinced in our inner thoughts; when the people we respect are modeling the attribute; and when life’s pressure reorients us to what is imperative.
What is the difference between a good idea and something that makes it to your priority list? A good idea is just that, a conversation piece, an elevated thought that receives attention.
A Priority means that you are choosing one over another; one thought, one action, one person, a set of values or lack thereof.
What are your priorities? What is your number one priority? What is it that holds value at the innermost core of your being? Is that a value worth keeping? If not, what is your strategy for real change?
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