How to elevate your everyday

i want us to think about our days

differently

i would submit that the measure of our

days is not

a measure of what we do or achieve but

it’s how we feel

if we can be energetically elevated for

the moments that count

how much better off could we

collectively be

we’re all in a time where we’ve had to

slow down take stock

be in the stress of the unknown abandon

maybe even our aspirations we have for

our lives

not knowing the path forward anymore

taking that pressure off yourself to

reach your personal goals is great isn’t

it

but giving up never think of all the

creative works inventions

speeches beauty in this world that would

not exist because this current pandemic

has tricked you into thinking that you

can’t do that

the world simply isn’t like that anymore

this pandemic has changed how we operate

some of us have lost work we’re fighting

for security of our health

food housing safety and equality

and we’ve had to stay inside and away

from those we care about most

i submit that if we can collectively put

ourselves in this elevated state

more often more times every day then

there’s even greater

more opportunity for social good

let’s reprogram our operating systems to

be more energetic

so what is this elevated energy

i’m not talking about happiness per se

although that enjoy may be a natural

byproduct

but i’m talking about getting one’s mind

and one’s body

into a receptive state to react in a

better way

to surrounding circumstances for the

greater good

and maybe it’s akin to mind training

like buddhists or

physical like body and mind training

like

for an athlete but let’s all think

together right now

let’s think together what happens when

your body

feels uplifted well at that time there’s

many psychological and physiological

processes and factors at play

and perhaps the yogis call this the flow

state or buddhist enlightenment

but i want to call it an easy framework

an easy framework for you to create

elevated energy in your day

every day so you too can operate from a

place of feeling good

and get through all those inevitable

daily tasks

responsibilities of life with zest

not simply holding a marker ticking off

items on your to-do list achieved

getting into this zone of energetic

elevation has a method and if we as

humans

operate on this level we’d be better

able to be kind and compassionate to

others

to problem solve love and to inspire

now isn’t this a better measure of

productivity

i submit if we collectively put

ourselves in this state

more often more times every day there’s

just more opportunity for positive

social good

so what is this method well the first

step

is acknowledging your intuition

intuition what is it

and how do we attune to it well

some people say it’s that internal

guiding force within

the voice inside your head biological

researchers have defined

intuition as being that influence of

your non-conscious

emotional information that you get from

your body

or your brain such as that instinctual

feeling that gut sensation

spiritually some have said it’s your

life force

i’m not a psychologist and i’m not a

buddhist

i am a lawyer i deal in facts as applied

to the law

and ignoring external facts for me and

using only my intuition would not be a

good way for me to go about my work

but by using my intuition to put myself

in a more

energetically elevated state when it

matters most

then i’d be better able to solve other

people’s problems and perform

well that’s a win-win those in your

science have said that in the morning

this is the time when you’re first

closest

to your intuition and your subconscious

in those moments that you wake up

so listen to yourself what is your

intuition saying

we can all agree that each of us have a

subconscious it’s what

what’s what being human is but how you

listen to it well

that’s up to you but once you tune into

it

the most important thing you next need

to do is take

action take action in line with your

intuition

must admit if everyone acted in

their lives with this good and true

purpose

how much better off would the world be

now at age 23 i became a barrister

looking back

i can see i didn’t have very much life

experience behind me

yet i could effectively cross-examine

witnesses

to negate criminal intent but i could

not even cross-examine myself

to ask the questions that mattered the

most

and the question i’ve since asked myself

most

is how did i perform in the moments that

matter

and setting aside what i could put down

to training and practice

when i take a step back and i look

i realize that the act of helping people

and solving their problems aligns very

highly with my own intuition

and so recently when i stepped into

entrepreneurship

when things have been a little bit more

subjective and less fact

based i’ve had to lean into my intuition

and align my actions there with all the

more

so i started to think about intuition in

true silicon valley style

and in tree style refining and following

developing other strategies for growth

sometimes called hacking applies

but how can we tap into it how can we

hack it

silicon valley loves peak performance

hacking days

hacking your energy for growth but we’re

not machines

at least not yet the danger is that

we’ve become accustomed

to measuring our output by what we do

and especially in this age of innovation

ideation and output

how can we view and optimize our

energies

our systems our optimism positivity

focus determination tenacity and

intelligence differently

by looking at how we operate of course

we can’t do any of those things if we’re

in a lackluster

burnt out depressed despondent depleted

state

what has been the greatest personal

effect of this pandemic on me

or on you i certainly felt the

exhaustion of the last few months

perhaps you too have been impacted by

empathic distress

overwhelm at times having and just

wanting to feel like you wanted to shut

down

this is the moment that you need to tune

into your intuition all the more

this is how you get your energy back

your motivation

and go from low productivity when you go

back out into the world

so i’ve applied some ideation and some

reverse engineering to this process of

being able to perform

in the moments that matter most so

getting back to action

how can we take action in line with our

intuition

well action can take many forms and when

coupled with our intuition can lead to

this energetic

elevation intuition and action

equals energetic elevation

activate hope futurecast yourself as if

you’ve already achieved those goals you

know the ones that

you thought couldn’t happen anymore stop

tricking yourself that it can’t

celebrate yourself but more importantly

celebrate all those around you

celebrate what you’ve already overcome

and support and celebrate those

that support you too trust yourself

ignite inspiration inspiration then it’s

like a box of matches you know you

strike it

light a fire under it not

not in a paramedical way that you might

end up needing a barrister but

simply do what you can follow it around

for a while

sing a song write a poem say it

play tennis esa don’t deny it

and if you can’t find what strikes

figure out what you’ve been hiding

quit hiding your magic openness

and put yourself in a place where you

can

be open and receptive to your intuition

some people meditate others day dream

some people stay up all night no fear

have no fear fact minimize

fear and if we act with no

fear to be less violence in society

and a lot more room for compassion

so i submit if you align your intuition

with these actions or any one of them

you become in this energetically

elevated state

and think of the effect of that on those

around you

so the next time that you’re feeling

like you need an uplift

tune into your intuition follow it

around for a while

take action and perhaps right now your

intuition is telling you that a friend

would really love

benefit from hearing all this so by all

means share it

but truly actually practicing what it is

and being in this elevated state will be

all the more inspirational that

that they need and the social good will

flow

and so when the world opens up right

there and it will

and the demands increase on your time

and your day

it’s not what you do and think that

matters most

but how you feel in here

be the advocate in your own life elevate

your everyday thank you