Fish!
I read Fish! by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen over the last couple of days and found it to be very enlightening. The book tells you how to learn to love what you do even though you may not be doing exactly what you love.
This is something I take to heart because I am still discovering my life's purpose and what I love. It has been a rough journey. A journey that has endured many bumps and detours that often include things that I do not enjoy or love doing. This has created a lot of uncertainty, aversion to risk and change, as well as that going no where while my tires are spinning thing.
For me, the biggest takeaway from this book was the four ingredients: choose, play, be present and make their day. I think the two most important ingredients are choose and be present.
What the authors mean by choose is that you have a choice about what attitude you bring to the table. I believe this is of the utmost importance because your attitude sets the tone for how you approach the other three. Its simple, you can choose to be happy and excited or hateful and miserable. Once you choose to be happy and positive you must stay the course. It is all too easy to let little things throughout your day get you down and change your attitude. This is what I find to be most difficult. My cure is to just remind myself that this too shall pass. What is the importance of something that upsets me in the first place? I adopt the philosophy that it isn't important if it makes me unhappy.
I believe that be present is the second most important because it is what I struggle with the most. I am constantly distracted from the present moment. I'm always concerned about the future. Do I have enough money for this? Do I have enough time to do that? What will so and so think of me if I choose this course of action? Blah, blah, blah... I also tend to focus on the past and dwell on my mistakes. How can I move forward if I continue to let my past mistakes make me feel bad? The answer is simple... I can't! It is best to learn the lesson from your mistakes and move on to be a better person. This inspirational reading from the book is what I will use to assist me in overcoming my lack of being present:
The past is history
The future is a mystery
Today is a gift
That is why we call it the present
The present truly is a gift that is meant to be enjoyed!
Fish! is a quick read that will help you discover ways to boost your morale and improve results for you personally and professionally. It will also give ideas to help improve the work environment. I definitely recommend checking it out.
This is something I take to heart because I am still discovering my life's purpose and what I love. It has been a rough journey. A journey that has endured many bumps and detours that often include things that I do not enjoy or love doing. This has created a lot of uncertainty, aversion to risk and change, as well as that going no where while my tires are spinning thing.
For me, the biggest takeaway from this book was the four ingredients: choose, play, be present and make their day. I think the two most important ingredients are choose and be present.
What the authors mean by choose is that you have a choice about what attitude you bring to the table. I believe this is of the utmost importance because your attitude sets the tone for how you approach the other three. Its simple, you can choose to be happy and excited or hateful and miserable. Once you choose to be happy and positive you must stay the course. It is all too easy to let little things throughout your day get you down and change your attitude. This is what I find to be most difficult. My cure is to just remind myself that this too shall pass. What is the importance of something that upsets me in the first place? I adopt the philosophy that it isn't important if it makes me unhappy.
I believe that be present is the second most important because it is what I struggle with the most. I am constantly distracted from the present moment. I'm always concerned about the future. Do I have enough money for this? Do I have enough time to do that? What will so and so think of me if I choose this course of action? Blah, blah, blah... I also tend to focus on the past and dwell on my mistakes. How can I move forward if I continue to let my past mistakes make me feel bad? The answer is simple... I can't! It is best to learn the lesson from your mistakes and move on to be a better person. This inspirational reading from the book is what I will use to assist me in overcoming my lack of being present:
The past is history
The future is a mystery
Today is a gift
That is why we call it the present
The present truly is a gift that is meant to be enjoyed!
Fish! is a quick read that will help you discover ways to boost your morale and improve results for you personally and professionally. It will also give ideas to help improve the work environment. I definitely recommend checking it out.
posted by James Plotnik at
4:30 PM
1 Comments:
Excellent insight and recommendation. THANKS!! You're a true gem in this sometimes precarious existence!!
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