When last did you take the time to look around your
world? If you dare to observe, you would notice, the rapid change going on all
around you every day. So if you want to survive and thrive, in this new world,
with its ever increasing pace of change, you must become a keen observer. Never
allow a day to pass without looking for answers, to a list of questions about
what may be changing in your world.
As you know, creating an inquisitive mind requires
work; it is not something, which most people find easy to do though. Yes as
children we were all curious and looked eagerly around our worlds to see the
wonder it offered, but as we grew older society and its demands, forced us to
switch off our inquisitive mind. Instead of looking and being fascinated, by
the incredible things in our world, we allow the smallest thing to frustrate us.
Becoming a keen observer requires you to re-awaken that child in you once
again, so that you can once again observe things with fascination, instead of
allowing frustration to limit your perspective.
Developing your power of observation
There are a few simple exercises, which I recommend
you try, to re-awaken your slumbering powers of observation and creativity.
Make a conscious effort to try to do something completely new every day. Simple
things like eating or writing with your other hand, pushing the seek button on
the radio and listening to different music on the radio, tell the waiter at the
restaurant to bring you the item on the menu, which is listed at no 10, so that
you can eat something new and surprising for a change. Or really do something different
and arrange to go sky diving, mountain climbing, salsa dancing, to a rave
party, or SCUBA diving etc.
All these unusual activities cause your brain to
develop new neural pathways, which re-awaken your brain and get you thinking
differently. My wife and I have a saying “When last did
you do something new, for the first time”. We aim to do something really
different and unusual at least once a month and more often if our schedule
allows. Dare to try something new and to do things differently, all you stand
to lose is your mundane life and you will gain a new more empowered brain.
Uncovering the Answers you seek
On a more practical level, draw-up a list of
questions, which you ask yourself every week. Really invest time to try to find
answers to the questions you pose for yourself. This exercise is only effective
if you commit to invest sufficient time to search and discover answers to your
questions. Obviously your questions will be unique to you and your needs. I
have listed a few questions below which I use to keep abreast of changes in my
world.
- What is changed in my industry?
- What has changed in the markets I service?
- Are there any new opportunities, which have opened up for my services?
- What has changed from a legislative perspective?
- What changes are there in my community?
- What changes are there in my Country?
- What changes are there around the world?
- What new challenges have presented themselves?
- What new personalities are influencing the world?
- What new tools, techniques and technologies have come to light?
- How can I use any of these changes to my advantage?
Invest the effort to become an acute observer and
astute evaluator of all the change going on in your world. You do not live in a
bubble, so be aware that everything going on around you affects you in one way
or another. As things continue to change at an ever increasing pace, the need
to be aware of all the changes becomes even more important.
I am sure that you want to start inviting success
into your experience. As you know it requires you to be alert, awake and to
observe life and all of the subtle messages it sends out. When you are aware
you will see the most incredible opportunities, emerge from the most unexpected
places. If you are not paying attention, observing and continually asking
questions, these opportunities will pass you by, without you even being aware
that they were there in the first place.
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