Want accelerated success? Focus on best case scenarios!
Just to be clear, chaos, crisis, and stress are often self-imposed and can be minimized. In this piece I am going to share my best practices.
Lets start with this ugly truth in life, and the sooner we accept it, the closer we get to success and happiness: We have no control over many of the things that happen in life. In today’s “noisy” world, it’s easy to get caught up in worrying about things beyond our control. We overthink, stress, and forget to simply breathe and project positive outcomes. For instance, why don’t we just step back and focus on finding joy every day?
While we all overthink, some of us become chronic overthinkers, particularly in times of distress. Those that do this, tend to re-live conversations and experiences they had recently, second-guessing every decision they made, and only seeing the worst-case scenario all the time, all day, every day. This is part of our tendency to over-focus on the potential negative outcomes. And this is where our brain is very talented at as explained in the great book “The Power of Bad”. Our minds can be your best friend or worst enemy, depending upon how we relate to it. Just be aware that “our brain is very skilled at suppressing good news when it does not matter that much, but the brain is not very good at suppressing irrelevant bad news” (The Power of Bad).
