We know that whether it’s our car, bike, RO water purifier etc, they all need regular servicing at intervals to remain and function at their optimum levels. So, why not our mindset? While change and continued chaos is the only certainty in today’s world of uncertainty, everything is in a flux. Survival of the fittest revolves in being able to recognise and ride the waves of change and stay on track. It’s imperative therefore to keep track of our mindset and its relevance. Mindset is not creation of tradition but it’s a mental leverage to be reinvented constantly for sustained success and continuous progress.
Here are some simple methods you can put in place to regularly service your mindset-
Periodical deep introspection
The tempo of progressive life leaves little time for anything. After all we only have 24 hours in a day which ticks away all the time. Yes, we squeeze in our little sleep, recreation time, eating time and most importantly prioritise time for productivity and value add in our professional lives in these 24 hours. In this busy routine it’s critical to set aside at least one day in two months go into your own reclusion to reboot, reinvent and refresh. This becomes even better if you add your own reward after your deep introspection and reset session. Buy yourself something you have always wanted to buy or an experience that you wanted badly to go through. Each time you service your mindset successfully you launch your best version. Surely an occasion to celebrate!
The build-up home work
Measuring impact is not easy and as you would well know, rubbish in means rubbish out. Create your own ‘Mindset gang’ of just 5 well-wishers and friends. Start your own mindset impact analysis and measurement at least 15 days before you get away for mindset servicing. Ask your mindset gang about what they see in you in your positive strengths and negative weaknesses. You also commence your own personal unbiased research on these same parameters. Then put together the collective 5 top strengths and weaknesses. Once you create this grid believe me it will almost be a mirror of where and what you are today. Pat yourself on the back, you are through the most important part of the exercise of mindset servicing. Remember, just sincere efforts are not enough but the results produced are.
Climb on top of your mindset control tower
While you need the help of close ones to give you critical feedback about yourself and you create your own ‘Mindset gang of 5’ and get a factual dip stick test about yourself, when you get onto seeing where you have reached so far and therefore what do you do from now on, you are really on your own. Then you climb on top of your mindset control tower and sit down with the feedback and your mindset evolution purpose and plan. Why did you select a certain set of mindsets to evolve to? What were your circumstances and challenges then? Did your mindsets become part of your essential self? Were your circumstances and challenges overcome positively with your mindset strategy? Analyse deeper. Get all your answers and let nothing change your perspectives, analyses and beliefs. Get set for the BIG day
Its mindset servicing day!
Work your important day with whatever you need. If you are visual by nature, surround your mindset service room with big printouts, flow charts etc so that your thought process actually becomes your environment. This space needs to be ideally segregated, your mobile not with you and a complete do not disturb area which triggers complete focus. The critical next 2-month path will be curated by forward thinking, your ambitions, your current and planned expertise. Most importantly your attitude and strategic execution of every single day.
Critical though, keep work life balance at the centre of it all!
“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
Oprah Winfrey
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