You Get What You Focus On

I was recently talking with some colleagues who are facing adversity as a result of their work situation.  They were sure that they would lose their jobs and were out drinking to their own demise!  Well sure, you have to be realistic and it is not possible to be happy all of the time.  Life is, after all, a delicate balance.  But drinking to your own demise, now that seems to be asking trouble.

I know from my own experience that you get what you focus on.  I spent years focusing on what I did not want to happen and that is what I got.  The things that I did not want.  So my colleagues, by focusing on what they do not want, that is the loss of the job, are at high risk of getting just that.

Knowing what you do not want can be very useful though because it does help you to get to what you do want.  Once you are able to list out what you do want, you can then put your attention there, focus on that and start to see your dreams come true.  So having a “bucket list” of all of the things that you have ever wanted in life is a good place to start.  Make that list right now.  At the same time, write down all of the things that you do not want and see if there is a flip side to that.  Does knowing what you do not want have an opposite that is attractive to you?

Now you know where to focus.

So my friends who have concerns about keeping their jobs would do well to focus on successfully holding their jobs, putting their attention there, at the same time as having faith in themselves as being very employable people.  Keeping a positive mindset.

It is just as easy to think positively as it is to think negatively.  And the good news is that you can learn to do it.