Thinking for a change
I just finish reading a great book by John C. Maxwell entitled “Thinking for a change”. I can’t remember who mentioned that I should read this book, maybe it was my friend Jim Estill from SYNNEX Canada. This book talks about 11 great ways that successful people approach life and work. I highly recommend that everyone read this book, it is been a bit of an eye opener for me on the power of thinking and also how my thinking affects those around me.
In this book John Maxwell talks about the following ways that successful people think:
1. Acquire the wisdom of big-picture thinking
2. Unleash the potential of focused thinking
3. Discover the joy of creative thinking
4. Recognize the importance of realistic thinking
5. Release the power of strategic thinking
6. Feel the energy of possibility thinking
7. Embrace the lessons of reflective thinking
8. Question the acceptance of popular thinking
9. Encourage the participation of shared thinking
10. Experience the satisfaction of unselfish thinking
11. Enjoy the return of bottom line thinking
There are some great tips here to help you unleash your true potential with some basic and more in depth thinking habits.
Here is a question for you, do you block of time during your week to do some thinking? Be honest, do you block off time in your calendar just to think? If not, why not. I block 2 hours first thing Monday morning after my workout for thinking time, I sometimes go to the park, go for a walk, sit in Starbucks or just sit in my car to think. Just me with a pad of paper and a pen - NO TECHNOLOGY. How about at the end of week, do you block of time to reflect on the week that just completed and do some high level thinking for the upcoming week? Again, why not?
There can’t be any excuses, no client calls nothing…in the past I used to always cancel my thinking time, let’s review what happened here.
1. My creativity when down the toilet
2. My schedule got out of control
3. I lost my ability to focus
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that thinking time is important.
What are you willing to let go to free up your time to think?
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