What’s life without a little challenge? — Boring that’s what!
Challenge: Start Carrying an Idea Notebook
This week’s challenge is simple enough. You’ve heard it before, but if you aren’t carrying a notebook around with you, you’re missing out on potential ideas that might pop up.
Ideas can come from anywhere,
so it’s a great idea to carry a pen and notebook (or in my case multiple!) around with you to capture the moment.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had ideas on the go which leads to some of my best work. And – to look at the opposite side of the spectrum – how many ideas I’ve forgotten because I didn’t take the time to write them down.
This doesn’t have to be weird — you don’t have to carry a notebook the size of a small dog around — just grab something small, and throw it in your pocket or purse.
If you already carry a notebook, your challenge is to challenge someone else!
What’s life without a little challenge? ——— Boring that’s what!
Challenge: Start Journaling
There are times of joy, and moments of pain that I wish I could look back on and see where I was in that moment. What were the thoughts and feelings I had during? How did I anaylsis back then?
In fact, even how we express our bodies changes how we think and feel.
‘Our bodies speak to us. they tell us how and what to feel. They change what goes on inside our endocrine systems, our autonomic nervous system, our brains, and our minds without our being conscious of a thing. How you carry yourself — your facial expressions, your postures, your breathing — all clearly affect the way you think, feel and behave.’
Amy Cuddydescribes how the body and the brain are part of a singular, integrated system.
She asks questions such as
‘Can be pose our way to presence?’
‘What would happen if we adopt expansive postures even when we are feeling powerless? What happens when we pretend to be brave?’
Research suggests our expressions cause our emotions.
‘Our bodies.. can help carry us to who we want to be. And as we’re about to discover, the evidence seems to agree: Where our bodies lead, our minds and emotions will follow.’
Just a few minutes of power posing can help us be powerful, present, calm, less stressed, and confident.
— Allowing us to be ready to take on trials and opportunities that come our way.
‘Carrying yourself in a powerful way directs your feelings, thoughts, behaviors, and body to feel powerful and be present’
So our challenge is to start incorporating power poses into our lives.
If you’re feeling anxious, nervous, worried, or just not powerful — Do a few minutes of power posing.
If you’re about to do a big speech, performing, having an interview, talking to someone new, or anything that scares the E eFfing G out of you, do some power posing before the event.
A few Power Poses to try out:
Cobra Pose
Yep that’s right. Yoga in jeans!
Wonder Woman | Superman Pose
Wet hair don’t care!
Victory! Pose
Silliness abounds!
Challenge Accepted
Josh Waggoner
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