The Buffalo Bills are on my mind ever since quarterback, Josh Allen, scored 51 points in Fantasy football! He’s on my team! Woohoo. He’s a scrappy, hard-nosed player and fun to watch.
The truth is, I’ve been thinking about the Bills since the December 1st game which was whiteout conditions with a snowstorm. I’ve seen plenty of snowy football games but this one looked different. I think it’s the super high quality of the tv cameras that made it so all you could see was snow flakes. Usually, he watch the action on the field and the snow is there but becomes secondary in focus to the athletes. These cameras made the snow flakes and the noise the entire focus.
In life that happens all the time. The noise and busyness is all we can see and feel as the essentials often drift into the background. The problem is the essentials make up the main action!
Here are strategies to help you have clear vision through the storm in everyday life:
Purposefully adjust your lens - spiral in and out as needed. When you find yourself blocked creatively, you’re probably too detail focused when you should broaden your perspective - and vice versa.
Jot down bullet points to blab about in your daily audio journal. Each day you should have at least five interesting thoughts or observations from the day’s events worthy of exploring further and capturing. Refer to Module 5: Unleash Your Creativity of my free pdf workbook for the steps for starting a daily audio journal. It’s one of the best habits you can ever start!
Use a voice recording app on your phone to record yourself reading your goals and mini-mission statements so you constantly revisit and hover over the most important metrics of your life.
Begin meditating! I suggest getting trained by a certified Transcendental Meditation teacher and begin twice daily practice (20 minutes before breakfast and 20 minutes before dinner). TM is a highly effective technique for giving the mind and body the rest it needs and craves. After a session if TM, you’re mind won’t have any of the noise we’re so used to having - the snowstorm of demands that robs us of our attention.
Lastly, if you really want to quiet the noise, uncover your purpose and you’ll begin to see the world through the filter of your purpose. Sound impossible? I’ll walk you through a transformational leadership course. Click here: All the Hats Leadership Course Video. And thank me later!