THE WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE
 
I remember the fields
and the farm,
where my grandparents
used to work.
 
I remember the factory
and the   garage,
 where my parents
used to work.
 
I remember the offices,
hotels and  training centres,
where I
used to work.
 
I remember the Internet,
phones and  homes,
where we all
used to work.
 
And now our children live
in a different way,
where they can   choose
to  make their life work.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.   What  is  your life's work?
​2.   How is your way of work evolving? 
3. How are you being proactive rather than reactive in  doing the work that is important for you? 

​Day 371 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

CONSCIOUSNESS
 
Our consciousness consists
of just two elements.
The journey of life
that has taken us to this point,
and the moment that is now.
 
Both are reinvented
and repositioned every second,
as we grow and change.
We are continually being
recreated in all that we are.
 
This moment informs
and defines the
pinnacle of our lives.
This moment is our end point.
Our  journey, has all been for this.
 
And that is why, this moment
holds all that we are, and ever will be.
This is why this moment
is so precious, as the amazing gift
that is now.

​Day 370 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

CREATION

Creation was not a one-off event.
Creation continues in every
zeptosecond, and in everything
that has been created.
 
More babies are born to build love.
The Universe continues to expand
at an incredible rate.
Creation is only in its infancy.
 
God is in every single molecule
 and in every quark of everything.
For God is the eternal
ever-expanding  creation of love.
 
We too, have been given an
ever-expanding role beyond
our limited human thinking,
false beliefs and fear of failure.
 
We will never stop growing in love.
For this is our mission and purpose
as part of creation.
We too, are only in our infancy.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.   What is holding you back from becoming an eternal ever-expanding creation of love?

BATTERY RECHARGING

​My watch battery
has run out of power.
I plug it in, and it is
quickly restored to 100%.
 
My phone battery
has run out of power.
I plug it in and
it is restored to 100%.
 
I have seen these
power levels decrease
over the last day, and
I should have acted sooner.
 
My own energy level
is running low on power
It's time to plug myself in, and be
quickly restored to 100%

​Day 368 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

PERSONAL STRATEGY

When you fill in
your daily planner or
write your to-do list today,
don’t start with activities
and things to do.

Start instead with times
of quiet and nothing to do.
Plan these first into your day
and let other actions fit
around these quiet times.

We can look after ourselves
as we move from one 
activity to the next.
Let us not be a slave to time
but allow  time to work for us.

It’s all about personal strategy.
For although we all need
to    work in the business,
we also need   some time
to work on the business.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.   When will you work on your Personal Strategy today?​

​Day 367 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

DISTRACTION

All life is distraction
from who we really are.
 
All activity is distraction
from what we should do.
 
All thinking is distraction
from not needing to think.
 
All distraction is a reminder
of looking in the wrong place.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.   What does distraction mean  for you? 

​Day 366 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

​REAL FOLLOWERS

If you don’t have a dream,
 then make sure,
that you follow
someone who does.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  Do you have a dream  you are working towards?
2. Who are you following?

​Day 365 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

BE ALWAYS BEGINNING
 
You have a lifetime
of experience and
no past to carry.
Be always beginning.
 
You have a lifetime
of learning and
everything to understand.
Be always beginning.
 
You have a lifetime
of knowledge
with  wisdom yet to arrive.
Be always beginning.

​Day 364 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

THIS DAY
 
This day  is not
a list of things to be done.
This day   is not
a day of deadlines.
This day   is not
about tomorrow.
 
This day   is not a day
to weigh heavily on you.
This day   is not a day
for you to struggle.
This day   is not a day
for you just to get by.
 
This is the day to be joyful.
This is the day to stop and look.
This is the day to listen.
This is the day to be grateful.
 
This is the day to smile.
This is the day to be kind.
This is the day to reach out.
This is the day to look in.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  What happens on this day for you? ​

DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR
 
I’m thinking of everything
and then nothing.
Fully alert and
then nearly asleep.
I’m scheming about work
and then lost  in daydreams.
 
My morning time
when I sit on my own,
is without order and format.
It is not planned or predictable.
I am all over the place,
with no direction or focus.
 
So I accept what comes,
what stays, what goes,
and what is.
For all is now, in this time
and all, somehow makes sense,
in this disorderly behaviour.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  How do you make sense of all that  you are?