Aug 13

Maintaining A Positive Mindset In Stressful Situations

Life is all about facing challenges. Each challenge that we overcome contributes to our growth and adds to our experience to better handle the next difficult situation. This accumulated experience allows us to better plan for the future. But as we all know, even with the best laid out plans, it can still fall apart. Life just has a knack for blindsiding us and the only thing that we can do is to roll with the punches. We have to embrace the fact that not everything will go our way and we just have to deal with the stress that comes with it. The question is, how do we deal with that stress?

Challenges and failures are staples in life. With failure comes stress, but that does not mean that there is nothing we can do about it. There is always something that can be done. Even if there are many things in life that we cannot control, stress is not one of them. It can be managed by maintaining a positive mindset. This is what separates successful individuals from the rest. It is the ability to see a negative and stressful situation and reframe it into a positive one. Having this ability allows you to quickly move on from that situation to get you even closer to your goal. So the next question is, how do you maintain that positive mindset?

Use Positive Language

During stressful situations, use positive language when talking to the people around you or even when talking to yourself. This is one way of reframing a negative situation into a positive one. So instead of using the word “problem”, go for the word “ challenge” or “situation” instead. The even is the same but just by replacing the words, it sounds and looks like a different scenario. A more positive one which is less stressful.

Start A Journal

There is so much to be grateful in life. Life is awesome even if it tends to challenge you from time to time. Why not start a journal and write down the things that you are grateful to have? You can do it on a daily basis and just write down one to three things that you are thankful for that particular day. This is about training your mind to focus on the positive things. It only takes one small positive event or thing to relieve stress and get it under control.

Have Something To Look Forward To

Having something to look forward to can really boost your morale and help you stay positive. It can be anything from a really nice dinner after work to a long vacation. You can also think of it as rewarding yourself for a job well done. Any silver lining in a stressful situation can help you maintain that positive mindset.

Aug 09

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Being Accountable for Success

By James Short Blogpost

In order for a business to be successful, you first need someone who can intelligently make decisions. You cannot just come up with an idea for a business and go from there without a plan. Or in the case of an already established company, you cannot just propose a project or a business plan without someone taking charge of it. Someone needs to be in charge and that certain someone needs to be accountable. What you need is a leader who is willing to take responsibility.

Anyone can be a leader. The question is, how good of a leader that individual is going to be. That person needs to inspire the team and must display the right discipline to accomplish tasks within the given time-frame. But being the leader is not always about being able to accomplish goals with the team. It is also about taking responsibility if things do not go as planned. Without a sense of accountability from leaders within the organisation, it will spread to the members of their respective teams and will cause negative results to the company as a whole. To put it simply, it is not all about success, but also about taking charge of the failures. So here are a few things that you can do to foster accountability within your company.

Drive For Results

It is really challenging to stay in focus if you are in an organisation. If you are constantly reminding everyone in your team which tasks are critical or must be prioritized and which ones they are responsible for, accountability can lose its meaning. What you should be doing instead is to define what results you are looking for and give your team a fair amount of freedom to get things done. It creates less stress and you would get better results.

Have A Clear Vision And Direction

If you have been in a company or an organisation for many years, you may have noticed that some individuals tend to go after multiple goals at once and end up failing. Most likely, they started with one goal but something new popped up which caught their interest. Instead of staying on the path, they tried going on two different directions. This is the complete opposite of having a clear vision and direction. If the a leader acts like this, you cannot expect the team members to be accountable when they don’t even know what they are aiming for. Know what the goal is and stick to your plan.

Empower Your Team

People who think that they don’t have enough training will avoid making any big decisions. Being confident is part of being accountable. Empower your team and be as positive as you can. Once they are confident, they will gladly take responsibility for any positive and negative results in their work.

Aug 06

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Focusing On Your Beliefs

By James Short Blogpost

Everyone wants to be successful. Everyone wants to make it big. When you started out on your journey I believe you had your eye on your goal. That is why you set out with a plan and a team to help you succeed in whatever you are aiming for. And yes, being prepared and having a good team who’s got your back really make a massive difference. But in order to run a successful business, you also need to have beliefs.

Business plans and teams look good on paper but results will be very different once everything else factor in. You have heard of businesses succeeding despite the odds stacked against them. But the opposite can also happen – which is less popular, and unfortunately, more common. On paper, your plan and ideas may look foolproof, but anything can happen. If you have already put in work and effort to planning and hiring out the best team, do not forget to put in effort and work on your business beliefs.

Avoid Quick Fixes

Your business belief or principle should not be about coming up with quick fixes or hacks. Your business belief should be one of your foundations and must be focused on the long game. Taking the shorter and easier path is tempting but you can only reap the benefits for a short time. It is simply not sustainable. Take a look at global corporations who have been in business for decades. They do not focus on get-rich-quick schemes. Instead, they create long term strategies and plans. Think of the long game and watch your business take on and succeed from any challenge.

Build Positive Relationships

You are an entrepreneur. You are in the business of providing goods and services to the consumers. One of the reasons why a consumer becomes a repeat customer is not only because of the excellent products and services, but because the company is able to build a good and positive relationship with the customer. This is an easy principle to follow. You can look at company reviews available on the internet and most positive reviews are not just about the product itself but the positive experience the consumers have with either a representative or a manager from the company itself. Sometimes it is just about going the extra mile to build that connection.

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