I bet you are really busy right now. You have emails to write, meetings to plan, clients to meet, late summer trips to plan. Thats OK, you arent alone — everyone in the office seems super-busy, right? Walk down the hall and try not to bump into somebody with their head stuck in their phone — being busy, I presume. A study led by University of Virginia psychologists produced some startling results. Research subjects were given time to sit alone and reflect. They quickly grew restless and unhappy. After only a few minutes away from their desktops and mobile devices, some subjects grew so anxious they self-administered electric shocks to stop the experiment! Human beings, when left alone, tend to dwell on what’s wrong in their lives. We have evolved to become problem solvers and meaning makers. What preys on our minds, when we aren’t updating our Facebook page or furiously punching in our phone’s key-pad, are the things that we haven’t figured out about us — difficult relationships, personal and professional failures, money trouble, health concerns and so on. And until there is resolution, or at least some kind of understanding or acceptance, these thoughts reverberate in our heads. For most people busy-ness is a comfortable cocoon, cleverly devised almost entirely by oneself and usually of no importance. Stop fooling yourself with activity that means little in the grand scheme of things; it is making things worse. Perhaps you develop the ability to accept it as life or it may keep growing until it is important enough to grab your eye (balls) and force you to take actions. Literally. Have we wondered why issues HAVE to grow big enough for them to attract our attention? Infact, the smaller the issue is, the easier it is to fix it. We all know that, don’t we? This requires a bit of practice – train your mind to stop procrastinating and take issues headon. As you start your day tomorrow, pickup an attitude of noticing challenges and hurdles early on as they unfold. Pick the smaller ones that can be dealt with swiftly. E.g: Photocopier not working, plumbing work in the sink, finishing that old presentation, writing that mail, etc. Make a check-list. It helps you stay organized and serves as a good reminder of pending tasks. As you finish tasks, take few moments to notice and enjoy the pleasure as you strike them off on the checklist. Break down complex tasks into smaller ones and strike them off as you finish
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:28:31 +0000
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