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"Rethink your approach
..."
~From a
series of Neutrogena print ads
Good
morning!
When I saw this ad, I cut
the words out as the truly spoke to me. During interviews I am asked
how I have achieved certain accomplishments in my life. Often I have a
hard time articulating the "core" of why I have been able to achieve a
given goal. When I stumbled on this print ad I realized that "rethink
your approach" sums up the vital and crucial component between
achieving or abandoning a goal.
This is what rethinking
your approach looks like: Imagine you are driving your car to
a very important family get-together that you have been anticipating
for months. While driving you come to a closed road. What do you do? My
guess is that you would retrieve
your map or just wing it by taking an alternate route; or perhaps you
would call someone at the gathering and ask what route they used to
maneuver the road block.
Yet when we face blocks
on the road to our dreams many people turn off the car and just sit
there. We don't bring the same constructive thinking to our
achievement. If I had done that when I lived in Wisconsin
(and road construction projects seem to
average 3 years) I would likely have starved or frozen while sitting in
my car and waiting for the road block to leave. And many of us starve
or freeze on our path to achievement, versus rethinking our approach.
I have always loved
solving puzzles - word searches, crosswords, logic problems, or the
latest craze soduko. Even more than these puzzles, I love solving the
problems and challenges that arrive on my doorstep each day. "What if I
tried this?" "What if I looked at it from this angle?" "What if I...."
and I incessantly evaluate and ask questions and rethink my approach
again and again until I maneuver past the block.
Your Turn:
Think of something that is challenging in
your life. Incorporate the process of rethinking your approach by
completing the following sentence at least 10 different
ways... "What if I....." If you have a hard time
getting started, brainstorm with a friend. Come up with outlandish
solutions-- anything, just get the creativity going. Let the list sit
for a day. Then highlight one approach to try. Enjoy the challenge of
life.
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