The Formula that Changes EVERYTHING
Autor Celso A. Cavalheiro
Assunto AutoconhecimentoAtualizado em 01/03/2008 11:32:08
It seems that everywhere you turn these days, you hear people talking about the economy.
Whats interesting is that some people are scared to death about it, while others couldnt be happier. While I dont claim to be an economist, I do know one important fact. The economy is the same for everyone, its how you respond to it that determines how you feel about it.
Its yet another example of what Ive been teaching for years. . .
E + R = O
(Events + Responses = Outcome)
The basic idea is that every outcome you experience in life (whether its success or failure, wealth or poverty, wellness or illness, intimacy or estrangement, joy or frustration) is the result of how you have responded to an earlier event (or events) in your life.
If you dont like the outcomes you are currently experiencing, there are two basic choices you can make:
1.) You can blame the event (E) for your lack of results (O).
In other words, you can blame the economy, the weather, the lack of money, lack of education, racism, gender bias, the current administration in Washington, your wife or husband, your bosss attitude, the lack of support, and so on.
If youre a golfer, youve probably even blamed your clubs!
No doubt all these factors exist, but if they were the deciding factor, nobody would ever succeed. For every reason its not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
Its not the external conditions and circumstances that stop you -- its you!
We think limiting thoughts and engage in self-defeating behaviors. We defend our self-destructive habits (such as drinking and smoking) with indefensible logic.
We ignore useful feedback, fail to continuously educate ourselves and learn new skills, waste time on the trivial aspects of our lives, engage in idle gossip, eat unhealthy food, fail to exercise, spend more than we make, fail to tell the truth, dont ask for what we want, and then wonder why our lives arent working.
2.) You can instead simply change your responses (R) to the events (E) until you get the outcomes (O) you want.
You can change your thinking, change your communication, change the picture you hold in your head (your images of the world) and you can change your behavior (the things you do.) Thats all you really have any control over anyway.
Unfortunately, most of us are so run by our habits that we never change our behavior. We get stuck in our conditioned responses-to our spouses and children, to our colleagues at work, to our customers and our clients, to our students, and to the world at large.
You have to gain control of your thoughts, your images, your dreams and daydreams, and your behavior.
Everything you think, say, and do needs to become intentional and aligned with your purpose, your values, and your goals.
If you dont like your outcomes, change your responses.
Heres an example of how this works:
Do you remember the Northridge earthquake in 1994? I do! I lived through it in Los Angeles. Two days later I watched as CNN interviewed people commuting to work. The earthquake had damaged one of the main freeways leading into the city. Traffic was at a standstill, and what was normally a 1-hour drive had become a 2-3 hour drive.
The CNN reporter knocked on the window of one of the cars stuck in traffic and asked the driver how he was doing.
He responded, angrily, "I hate California. First there were fires, then floods, and now an earthquake! No matter what time I leave in the morning, Im late for work. I cant believe it!"
Then the Reporter knocked on the window of the car behind him and asked the driver the same question. This driver was all smiles.
He replied "Its no problem. I left my house at five am. I dont think under the circumstances my boss can ask for more than that. I have lots of music and Spanish-language tapes with me. Ive got my cell phone. Coffee in a thermos, my lunch-I even have a book to read. Im fine."
Now, if the earthquake or the traffic were really the deciding variables, then everyone should have been angry. But everyone wasnt.
It was their individual response to the traffic that gave them their particular outcome. It was thinking negative thoughts or positive thoughts, leaving the house prepared or leaving the house unprepared that made the difference. It was all a matter of attitude and behavior that created their completely different experiences.
If we all experience the same EVENT, the OUTCOME you get will be totally dependent upon your RESPONSE to the situation.
If you want to take control of how you respond to life, youll start noticing that your outcomes will be more along the lines of what you have always hoped. Remember, you control your destiny so make it a fantastic one!
Jack Canfield, Americas Success Coach, is the founder and co-creator of the billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul and a leading authority on Peak Performance. If youre ready to jump-start your life, make more money, and have more fun and joy in all that you do, get your FREE success tips from Jack Canfield now at: link
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