Are You Fully Present In The Here And Now

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Today matters. Before you start your day, before you leave your house, before you even make your morning coffee, make sure you have one positive thing that you want to get done. You can choose anything. It doesn’t really matter. You know what is important to you. But choose something based on your values, your goals, your dreams, your purpose in life.

You can focus on completing your unfinished project. You can focus on giving people love. You can focus on doing one thing at a time. You can focus on being fully present when you are with someone. The choice is yours.

One positive thing is better than twenty negative things. Doing one thing really well is better than doing so many things poorly. When it comes to task, when it comes to getting your task done, focus on one thing. It is better for you. It is better for your mind. It is better for your growth and development. It is better for your productivity.

When you focus on doing more than one thing at a time, you won’t get what you want. You will not do very well. You will do poorly. Why is that? Because you have divided your attention into so many places. You know that when attention is divided, when you don’t focus your attention on one thing, you will do really poorly.

But you can train yourself to be wherever you are. I think that is the best way to focus on one thing at a time. Just be there. Don’t fly. Do not think about anything. Do not get distracted by what you didn’t do well yesterday. Remember, what you are trying to learn now is what you didn’t do well yersterday. To stop yesterday from happening again, you must experience everything you are doing right now. Be there. Be yourself. Have purpose. Know what you want. Know how to get it.

Whatever you do, wherever you are, be fully present. Be there. Because success happens when we are present. Transformation happens when we are present in the here. Life changes when we are present. The question is, Are you present in the here and now?

Why Are People So Scared Of New Ideas?

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John Cage said, “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I am frightened of old ones.”

Are you chasing new ideas? Or are you keeping your old ideas? What do you when someone gives you a new idea? Do you ignore it? Or do you explore it?

You have what it takes to explore new ideas. If you don’t explore new ideas, how can you make new things? If you don’t explore new ideas, how can you create a new path for yourself? If you don’t explore new ideas, how can you create new things? It is possible. Old ideas are good, but new ideas are better. Old ideas got you to where you are now, but they can’t move you forward. So, if you want to do new things, if you want to meet new people, if you want to renew your ideas, you must let go of your old ones.

To let something good into your life, you must let go of something bad. I am not saying that old ideas are bad. They are good. But they can’t help you get to where you want to go. Only new ideas can get you there. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, Every act puts the agent in a new position.” In your case, every idea puts you in a new position.

If new ideas are so good, why are people so scared of new ideas?

People don’t like new ideas because they don’t know what to do with it. They are scared of where the new ideas will take them to. They don’t want to explore a new place. They don’t want to leave where they are. They are okay with what they are doing. They don’t want people to talk bad about them They want to look smart. They don’t want to look stupid. Believe me, if you are not ready to look stupid, if you are not ready to make your own mistake, you are not ready to grow. You can’t grow if you are not ready and willing to accept new ideas.

New ideas generate new things. Old ideas generate old things. If you want new things to happen in your life, you must pursue new ideas. Don’t let fear take your ideas away from you. If you do, you will regret it. Are ready to embrace new ideas?