There are certain things that are therapeutic for me such as:
- exercising
- meditation
- listening to soothing music
- walking near a park or water
- organizing my room or office
- cleaning my car or house
- giving service to others including family and friends
When I do one of the above activities I get an energy gain, not an energy drain! I know some people find cooking or running to be therapeutic.
How about you? Do you know what is therapeutic for you?
If you get a good idea or new insight act upon it right away! If you don't, it loses it's impact. Also, you may forget what you learned. However, if you act upon it right away, you set the wheels in motion. You benefit from implementing a good idea.
You also have the potential to internalize the message and gain even deeper insights. Most of us moves quickly to the next thing. However, a better strategy is to deeply understand what you've learned.
Clarity leads to focus and focus leads to effectiveness. On the other hand vagueness causes confusion and scattered energy.
One of the ways to create power from giving is to be clear about your goals and of those whom you are serving.
It is also important to be authentic and transparent. You do not want to promise things you cannot deliver.
The power of giving is ignited when you have clarity, authenticity and transparency.
This morning I felt the need to get my car washed. I do not know about you but when my car is not super clean, I feel uneasy and not disorganized. The same is true when my house or office is not clean.
After I got my car cleaned, I took my wife's car for cleaning. She is a super busy lady! My little contribution to The Power of Giving!
Don't play catch up, instead Start Fresh!
I was playing catch up on my blogging last week and found that I could not get going.
As soon as I decided to worry only about the blog for the day, I got it done. I also had the energy to catch up on previous shortfalls.
The lesson I learned was to start fresh and worry about today's tasks. Once you are on top of that, you create energy to attend previous shortfalls.
How about you? Do you always play catch up?
Yesterday after an idea packed "Power of Giving" book launch meeting, I was buzzing with creativity. I was tempted to move on to the next thing. However, I stuck to going the extra mile with the power of giving ideas and completed a one page marketing plan for the publisher. I felt light and really energized!
The new burst of enthusiasm allowed me not only to go deeper into the power of giving marketing plan, but also gave me the spark to finish other things on my plate.
