Thoughts
I’m approaching the NEW YEAR, 2023, without the typical resolutions. I’m deciding what thoughts I plan to keep and what thoughts I want to leave in 2022!
Join Me!!
First, let’s get real about THOUGHTS –
Without realizing it, without it being brought to your attention, you likely believe that your THOUGHTS are FACTS.
Before you decide the thoughts you’re leaving behind in 2022 and what you choose to take into 2023, you must learn to differentiate THOUGHTS and FACTS.
Facts are truths.
Facts are indisputable.
Facts have evidence backing them up.
Here are some examples of FACTS:
I was born in Anderson, Indiana – FACT – there are hospital records and a birth certificate to prove this fact.
You are employed at ________ – FACT – there are tax records, employment information, and paystubs to prove it.
Thoughts, on the other hand, are creations from our brain.
Thoughts are disputable.
Thoughts can be argued, interpreted, and do not have evidence to back them up (other than evidence our own brains create, seek and find! Hint: this is called confirmation bias)
Here are some examples of THOUGHTS:
“My trip to New York City was a disaster” – THOUGHT – even if you missed your flight, couldn’t get a reservation to the swankiest restaurant and spilled coffee on your white shirt… someone else might view your trip to NYC as a success. There is no evidence that all of these occurrences make a trip a disaster. It is a thought.
“My team could have done a better job on that project” – THOUGHT – Subjective! You may think the team bombed the presentation. BUT, your boss may think they rocked it!
See the difference?
In your career transition planning, you may have THOUGHTS that are standing in your way of success in 2023.
Thoughts like…
- I don’t have the right experience
- I’m not the right specialty
- I don’t know how to write a resume
- I hate networking
- I don’t know where to start
What other Limiting Thoughts do you have?
Write them down – get a piece of paper, or your journal, and dump all of those limiting thoughts onto the page… (Really! Write them down!!)
Are you ready to leave these THOUGHTS in 2022?
Thoughts are a choice
You choose…
If you are ready to start 2023 with new THOUGHTS that will guide you on your path to a successful career transition; take those limiting thoughts you just wrote down and put a massive “X” through them, or literally crumble up the page and trash them, or burn them!
Decide today
Let go of those limiting thoughts
and
Let’s move into 2023 ready to define our helpful, productive THOUGHTS!
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