Have you checked your assumptions lately?
When you’re having a ‘bad hair day’ and don’t want to go out and face the world, pause and take notice of your thinking.
What assumption are you making? It could be something like “I’m not good enough”, “people won’t accept me” or something else that has you down.
If you’re making that assumption, you can just as easily make a better one! That voice of negativity in your head doesn’t speak truth, so combat it something more empowering.
Are you being too hard on yourself? What would you say if you were your dearest friend?
Start with smiling – you look SO much better when you smile. You know how much better you feel when you’re greeted with a smile – what if you went out and gave a few smiles away?
I wrote the above on my way home from the gym, where someone had asked me for a short article for their newsletter… I never know where to start with an article, but by the time I had my car on the road heading home, there it was. I think perhaps because I immediately challenged my assumption that I didn’t have time to write anything!
I’m also grateful for the opportunity to spend the evening with some wonderful coaching colleagues, at the ICF Dinner, which followed the last day of conference. So I have collected quite a few great photos today, and already posted some on facebook. Again, I am grateful for the people in my world, our conversations about our learning, and sense of possibilities.
So grateful for a quiet day, a reflective day… it was quite cool, (and at times freezing, windy and raining) so I spent most of it indoors soaking up the sun through the glass. This pic I took from the hallway, a similar view to the one from my room. The river and all the trees and parkland is so beautiful, and the streets full of beautiful old buildings and a few funky new ones. My hotel room at the Hyatt is beautiful and spacious, with all the gear, fluffy bathrobes and all, and I’ve just totally enjoyed the time to write, reflect and take short walks.