Burn The Box Living in a box is all about limiting and sometimes destroying our own lives by acting and behaving in a way that is just wrong for us.... read on. We are all in a bit of a sticky situation in life currently as we are making our own life a misery, and here is why..... we are trapping ourselves in a number of well-placed boxes. Or it could be said we are in a fixed mindset, forgetting to speak to humans as humans. Treating others not as well as we would like to be treated... inside the box. Mental boxes, Physical and Employment |
Get outside each day | Take the pets for a walk | Exercise | Join a club | Get a hobby | the Gym | get to the countryside | Challenge yourself daily - stretch & fear
Watching the Box: our televisions can provide a little respite and relaxation. That being said they have zero benefit for our mindsets, health or education. Dumbed down television and just bad news can have a massive impact on our health. If you give time to rubbish and bad news - that's what you can become. Read something, listen to audiobooks or learn something a new language or skill
Working in the Box: when you work in a job that isn't congruent to your personal values you cannot be yourself and can't be your best. If you can't be yourself and there is an expectation to act outside of your values, you are in a place of self-deception. Self-deception guarantees that you treat others, family and yourself badly. Not a recipe for success - chose your job wisely or improve your workspace using your values.
Being in the Box: this is all about self-deception, treating people badly and going against your values. In a work environment you may be treating "THAT" member of staff badly and because you are acting outside of your values you will create all sorts of justifications and reasons why it's acceptable to treat them in such a way. (tut tut)
The problem is that if you are in a box at work, you will go home and do the same thing with family, justifying why you are treating your wife, husband or kids badly. If you are thinking badly about staff or family, you are probably in the box and acting outside your values.
If you are mature and you are living in the box, please ponder this quote. "Died at 50 and buried at 80" if this statement resonates to you, its time for a change. Try getting out of your head and into your body, get a sweat on.
Treat every time you meet a member of staff or family as it's the first time. Don't talk to a people as {subordinate, boss, wife, kids or colleague} try talking to them as the humans inside, and notice better outcomes.
Challenge | Try this: go to work and chat to all of your staff, colleagues and speak to them as people and not positions, don't talk about work. You can even try it at home.
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