Mindset Shifts During Times of Challenge
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it was a normal saturday morning
i was lying on my bed watching a movie
until i heard the doorbell at first
i thought maybe it was just a restaurant
delivering food
but i was surprised to see a man dressed
all in black
holding a clipboard and what seemed to
be a package
with my name on it at first i was
confused
but then it clicked my dance shoes had
finally
arrived i had been waiting for weeks a
wave of excitement hit me as i grabbed
my package and tore it open
i was surprised to see these mini
jazz shoes the size for islamic doll
within a second i was hit with a strong
wave of disappointment
okay i admit it may seem funny now
but at the at the time it was actually
really upsetting
not only did they look like they
belonged to a toddler but i had waited
so long for them to arrive
only to find out that they were six
sizes too small
yet in that moment a shift occurred
rather than dwelling in the
disappointment i found another way
to approach the situation i gave myself
time to reflect
and i didn’t let this small incident or
shall i say
tiny incident ruined my day
and one thing became clear in that
moment
it wasn’t the end of the world i simply
found another angle to view it
to find another way is to find another
perspective
this is crucial for advancement beyond
negative situations
and many people have not grasped the
depth of its importance
the way that you choose to see things in
your life can affect those around you
and can affect the impact that you leave
on society
therefore everyone needs to find another
perspective
during tough times which is
scientifically proven
to improve your health and overall
well-being as well as helps you find
your path in life
thereby resulting in the creation of
positive ripple effects
according to karen lawson at the
university of minnesota
in her article how do thoughts and
emotions affect
health negative attitudes and feelings
of helplessness
can create chronic stress imagine this
chronic further to this she notes that
other outcomes include cardiovascular
disease digestive disorders
high blood pressure and the list is
endless
since the impact of negative thinking is
so severe
i dare say that there is no better
antidote to counter these
adverse effects than to find another way
to view
setbacks the mind is powerful
and positive thinking is crucial in
order to take control of it
have you heard your parents tell you
when you were younger that
it’s all in your head the is under your
bed
in your closet and behind the curtains
now as we’re getting older we do realize
this is not true of course
well it’s scientifically it has been
proven to be
not the monsters but the part where it’s
all in your head
patients who are in doctors offices
complain
about their fictional illnesses more
often than not of course i’m not
speaking about those real illnesses like
depression
anxiety or others in case studies
once determined not to be a serious
mental illness
doctors give patients an empty pill
called
the placebo pill which tends to
miraculously
cure these patients in this instance
it is truly all in their heads when they
believe that they are healing
they are actually healing themselves
without the help of
any medications now do you understand
the importance of funding another way
having an optimistic outlook on life
which is the general expectations that
good things will happen
may help people live longer according to
a new study from harvard school of
public health
the study found the most optimistic
woman has a nearly 30
lower risk of dying from any of the
diseases analyzed in the study
compared with the least optimistic woman
in this instance this reinforces how
much positive thinking and finding
another way
an approaching situation can affect your
health and well-being
now that the context of finding another
way has been established
we can see how it is applicable to all
areas of life
to successfully chart your life’s course
your ability to view
to view difficulties from multiple
perspectives is key
there are various articles and content
out there claiming to offer us all
the one secret to success strategy with
dictating your morning routine your
diet and workout plan your work and
leadership style or any number of
other self-improvement areas however
it is there’s no singular formula for
success
nor is there a one-size-fits-all
solution
for challenges and turmoil the only
constant in ensuring success and
thriving turmoil
is your ability to find another way a
famous example of someone who managed to
find another perspective
is stephen king stefan is an american
author
who was known for his horror and fantasy
novels
some of his most successful stories
include the shining its
misery and the mist his books have sold
millions of copies all around the globe
and many have been converted into
comics and television shows this was
not always the case for king he grew up
under poor circumstances
and experienced abandonment abuse
and neglect however he was not limited
by this
and found an alternative way to
creatively channel
his negative experiences which became
the novels that are
known and loved today he managed to
thrive in turmoil
and make the best out of his situation
and so
to improve one’s outlook on life
by finding another way or thinking
positively small
simple steps are involved such as
step one being patient with yourself
because it will take a lot
of mental training and touching thoughts
and this will require a lot of patience
step two avoid negative self-talk and
doomsday scenarios that will keep you in
a negative loop
step number three which is personally
one of the
most important steps brainstorming
think of alternate solutions write it
down document it
create a visual layout of or a vision
board of what these alternatives could
possibly be
keeping a vision of your goals and
revisiting them
would give you that daily positive boost
which is extremely important step four
developing an awareness of when you are
negatively thinking
then shifting your focus whether it is
snapping a finger to literally snap of
it
or counting down once you are aware find
another way
step number five and the final step
recognizing that finding another way
takes trial and error
and practice and patience reverting a
few steps sometimes
because this is not an overnight process
when your perspective is shifted it will
then impact your outlook on all areas of
your life once you have developed the
skill
of viewing things from different
perspective it will help others
to do the same have you ever heard of
the ripple effect well it’s a situation
in which one action
causes another which then causes third
and so on
a ripple effect occurs when an initial
disturbance to a system
propagates out to disturb an
increasingly larger
portion of the system example you know
when you stick your finger in a pool of
water
and then it starts to rip it expanding
across or
when you have a trail of standing
dominoes and then
you flick one domino and watch as they
all satisfyingly knock off one another
but then there’s always that one
seemingly annoying domino
that ruins it all and the dominoes stop
falling and then you have to start all
over again
and realign all the dominoes keep in
mind that a ripping effect could easily
be a positive repeal or a negative repel
and sometimes in society people can be
influenced either
by their community peer pressure or
social media
we are always waiting for that one
domino to fall
so that we can all follow along the
trail in order to fit in
with society’s standards but what if
you’re that one domino that doesn’t fall
and breaks the ripple
then society considers you the outcast
the social reject
the odd man out we are living in a
society with high standards
unrealistic expectations but here is
when you find another lens
to view the situation you shift your
focus and engage in positive self-talk
so what if i’m different so what if
unless one domino that breaks the ripple
or interrupts the chain
so what because then i would be starting
a new repel
a positive one if they laugh at you for
being different then you laugh at them
for being the same
today by finding another way a more
positive way
no matter how small be the initial
disturbance of
a positivity that creates positive
ripple effects
it takes one small act one small act
one spec or drop of positivity to create
a
chain reaction of positivity today we’ve
spoken about finding another way or
finding another perspective
because of this we can improve our
health and overall well-being
and start positive ripple effects the
actions you do
or the thoughts you cultivate today
cement the way people will remember you
tomorrow so the next time that you hit
rock bottom and want to reach back to
the top
maybe you should start to see new ways
to approach a situation
and remember to always start small
because good things
always come in small packages sometimes
literally