 INCINERATE: How to clean your rose-colored glasses. Although this advice may seem ridiculously simple and perhaps stupid, it’s always a good idea to give yourself a treat at the end of the day. At bedtime, remind yourself that the day is over. Indeed, the day’s events are now a part of history. Accept the fact that changes have occurred. Accept the fact that the effect of those changes will someday be affected by additional changes that have not yet become a part of our reality. Adapt to the fact that you, your mind, body, and spirit are the result of millions and millions of tiny little changes that have occurred throughout your lifetime. Achieve conclusion of effort toward resolution of the day’s problems by simply jotting thoughts down in your journal and forgetting about them for a smidgen of time… long enough for your mind, body, and soul to rest together, if but for one night. Remember: destroying bad habits, bad thoughts, and bad karma is not a bad idea. Likewise, having rose-colored glasses is actually a good thing. Just remember: windshields, thoughts, and even rose-colored glasses eventually need cleaning. These 10 Dares are essentially a step-by-step guide to proactively clean your rose-colored glasses throughout the day and week. Today, I dare you to figuratively and mentally incinerate the events of the past day. Start, maintain, and end your day with these 10 practical steps to Clean Your Glasses:
Of course, some days are better than others. And then there are those days that are especially bad. There will be those events that will forever alter the course of your life. This post may seem to be more like personal advice than business guidance. However, unlike machines and artificial intelligence, we are humans, comprised of physical, physiological, and emotional needs. And all too often, we find it especially difficult to separate emotions from fact, fiction, and fallacy... at work as well as at home. Undoubtedly, physical and emotional injuries, and untimely deaths of people we love are especially tragic. Interestingly enough, horrific team members, sub-par supervisors and, yes, careless customers can have an equally detrimental effect on our lives. Yet, the clock of our lives keeps ticking. Thus, we are left with a choice to accept and adapt… or live in denial and maintain the heavy sense of loss associated with those specific tragedies. And for the most hurtful events, we must choose to allow the setting sun to burn those experiences into our history, but not so much that we scorch our most prosperous present. Bedtime is a good time to give others and yourself an apology for the day’s incidents that fell short of The Ideal. We must fore-go the guilt by fore-giving the apology. Give acceptance and allowance to every one else in the world, even the most imperfect among all of us. Why? If for no other reason, do it because... You and I are not perfect. Isn’t it kinda nice to know that we are not expected to be perfect? Likewise, we should not hold others to such an impossible task. And just because their imperfections happen to hurt, harm , or hinder us… does not afford or allow us to think we are “more perfect” than the worst of us. Accordingly, sometime before bedtime, reMIND yourself that the day is, indeed, complete. The day’s events are now a part of history… as are those potentially hurtful things that happened last week, last moth, or last year. Tomorrow is a whole new day; the beginning of another set of 365-day units. Happy New Year (that's right: don't wait for the turning of a calendar to start your New Year. Today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow are all the beginning of a whole new year). Happy New Year! ********** Indeed… It’s all about YOU. But tell me: What’s your role in your soul, your goal, and for whom the bell tolls? Today, I dare you: INCINERATE your mistakes; make them life lessons, and move on. READ MORE…  John H. Clark III is an optimistic realist. Principal consultant at The PIE Group, John believes better development of leaders is what we (all) need. And to be better organizations, we need more good leaders, not followers. To build better leaders, we must start with the individual (you, she, he, and me). Described as “an innovative leader,” John teaches leaders, organizations, and individuals how to inspire each other. With a bold goal to inspire a worldwide community of optimistic realists who continuously accept, adapt to, and achieve the bold and beautiful concept of The Ideal Life, John is leading a movement to inspire people to apply his trademarked mantra {Accept. Adapt. Achieve! ®}. An innovative business manager and retired naval officer, John is fascinated by leaders and organizations that make the greatest impact within their organizational culture and within the “real” world — people who “get it.” Over the course of his life as a military leader, corporate mentor, and innovative content creator, John has discovered a wealth of insight about how we think, act and communicate within our respective work/life environments. As a career naval officer, mentor, educator, and optimistic realist, he has devoted his life to sharing insights to assist in our quests to become better at what we all do – live @ work! An optimist with a penchant for writing about realistic solutions to the challenges of everyday life, John is the author of 3 books: a leadership-development insider, The Ideal: Your guide to An Ideal Life, a teen-focused guide, Getting Out: Expert Advice for Today’s Teens, and the Christian-based book, God’s Heartbeat: A Powerful Premise for Leading a Christian Life. He delivers a unique and refreshing point of view to life's seemingly overwhelming situations. Through books, blogs, and everyday conversation, John's message resonates with an empowering blend of ideals that enrich, uplift, and “authorize” people to set and achieve goals far beyond current mindsets. His trademarked phrase is a winner:  |
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