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Day  38 - Click and Collect

4/30/2020

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​ CLICK AND COLLECT

Sometimes we can act like a tortoise
moving very slowly
step-by-step,
sometimes making progress,
and sometimes
standing still.

But what if we were a seagull
kicking off from a standing start,
zooming at great pace ,
covering vast distances,
deciding where to land and  then
mmediately placing ourselves there?

Let's re-design our delivery.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  What is your starting point?
2. Where  do you want to get to?
3.  Now think like a seagull - and  create  a new route....


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Day 37  - Ambition

4/29/2020

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AMBITION

The main task that you’re working on
at the moment is really a small thing.
Beyond this there is a larger task
that you are easily capable of.
Just think for a moment
what is this larger task?
For this is what you should be doing.
This should be your focus.

And beyond this larger task
is a greater task
one of real significance,
that you are easily capable of.
Just think for a moment
what is this greater task?
For this is what you should be doing.
This should be your focus.

And beyond this greater task
is the greatest task
where all of your effort should be,
that you are easily capable of.
Just think for a moment
what is the greatest task?
For this is what you should be doing.
This should be your focus.
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What is the key task that you are working on now? 
2. What  is the 'larger task', the 'greater task' beyond this and the  'greatest task'?
3. What is the level of your ambition?
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Day 36 - De-Clutter

4/28/2020

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 DE-CLUTTER 

Clear out your office.
Empty your cabinets and
get rid of your old papers.
Close the door behind you.
 
We don't have to continue doing
what we've always done.
We don't have to carry
all of our imperfect past with us
 
We can dispose of our papers and
separate out what we no longer need.
We can start afresh
from wherever we are.
 
Unburden yourself from your past.
Leave boxes and bags behind.
Take only that which gives  you
 joy, peace and happiness.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Are you ready to clear  out  'your office'? What  do you no longer need to hold onto? 
2.  What  is it that give you joy, peace and happiness?
3. What does your 'fresh start' look like?
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Day 35 - Contribution

4/27/2020

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​CONTRIBUTION 
 
If we are not different
we are just more of the same.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. We are different to others and we all have a different contribution to make. What is your contribution?
2. Our future life is not just ‘more of the same’. It is not just extending what has happened up to now. How will you be different?
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Day 34 - Meditation Masterclass

4/26/2020

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MEDITATION MASTERCLASS

And when nothing happens,
nothing seems to work and
there is no conversation,
then recognise that this is
about just sitting and just being.

There is no need for productivity.
There is no need for thought.
There is no need for inspiration.
Just sit with no expectation.
Just relax. Just be in that moment.

For our failure to meditate or reflect
or pray or even sit, takes us closer
to our greatest success.
When the world wants to drag us back,
stay with the failure.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  Create  some  'me time'  and just sit on your  own  with no thoughts and no expectations.
2. Write down what happens  - and remember there is no such thing as 'failure' or 'this doesn't  work  for me' .
3. Rinse and repeat this process when you can. 


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Day 33 - Assimilation Effect

4/25/2020

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ASSIMILATION  EFFECT
 

My perfect day is made up of
hundreds of imperfect moments.
Each one is amazing and magical
and yet not perfect.

You see, this day isn’t just a collection
of hundreds of imperfect moments
but rather a unique composition
that makes today perfect.

It’s a realisation and an understanding
that goes beyond the individual pieces
of each day and pulls together a picture
that is perfection in itself.

I go beyond a ‘sum of the parts’ valuation.
I look beyond the moments and activities
and realise just what is happening
with me, within me and around me.

Perfect happiness exists in each of us
in all of those imperfect, day to day interactions
and unique moments that characterise
who and what we are.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Write down some of the  imperfect moments of your day - taking today or yesterday as your case study. Why was each of these moments  imperfect?
2. Now, 'flip' each of these and ask what was the 'unique moment'  in each interaction or activity for you? 
3. How do you look back on this day in its entirety?
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DAY 32 - Give and Take

4/24/2020

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​​GIVE AND TAKE

In the world of want I strive for more.
More income, a bigger house or a better job.
Recognition, popularity or a sense of importance.
 
In the world of plenty I have more than I need.
From this place I can reach out to you,
free to share all that I have and all that I am.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. List 5 times or situations  when you have been in the  world of more.
2. List 5 times or situations when you have been in the world  of plenty.
​3. What do these 10 points tell you about yourself?

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Day 31 -  Needs Analysis

4/23/2020

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NEEDS ANALYSIS

​​Sometimes there is
no need to think
no need to speak
no need to act.
 
Sometimes we
just need to stop
just need to sit
just need to be.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Find a quiet place with no  distractions. Sit down and relax. Try and empty you brain of all thoughts. Deliberately leave a space of nothingness. Keep coming back to this emptiness. Just be.  
2.  At the finish time, write down what happened and what you've learned.
3. Repeat the above process every day for five days.
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Day 30 - Inclusion

4/22/2020

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​INCLUSION

Inclusion is made real
through the rain
watering all of our crops
wherever they may be.
No preconditions,
no preferences,
reliably and consistently.

Inclusion is made real
through the sunshine
warming all of us
wherever we may be.
No preconditions,
no preferences,
reliably and consistently.

Inclusion is made real
through each of us
reaching out to others
wherever they may be.
No preconditions,
no preferences,
reliably and consistently.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Does you inclusion policy  at work focus on everyone or only on certain categories of people?   How might you begin to change this? 
2.  At a personal level, who are you reaching out to?
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Day 29 - Stocktake

4/21/2020

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STOCKTAKE
 
My display until date is Thursday
My best before date is Friday
My use by date is Saturday
My recycling date is Sunday

When should I take stock?


​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What are you including in your next personal Stocktake?
2. What are you  counting and measuring?
3.  How often  do you need to Stocktake? 

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