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Choice Point Moments
In: Posts by Michele
16 Jul 2009I am pleased to say that YTD revenues are 17% ahead of last year! Yes – that is right 17%. If I may, not bad performance during THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS EVER!! Oh wait. I don’t believe that last line. I remember very early on saying to my business partner Doug – “this is not an economic crisis – this is an economic consciousness. And I consciously choose to believe that we are going to do great this year and continue to grow the company!” And away we went – choosing everyday to believe that we could create something bigger then last year, impact more people then last year, and have a bigger team then last year. And everyday it was a choice. I chose to cancel my subscription to the morning paper because it made me depressed to read it, I chose to walk away from conversations that were all doom and gloom because it did not create the right mind set for me, we chose to invest in redoing our website because we knew we could recoup the investment, we chose to invest in learning and development for our team because our people will create our results. Now don’t get me wrong – I am not saying that everyday those choices were easy to make. Some days they were down right hard. A meeting would cancel here and a project would get downsized there…and I would think….okay here is a choice point moment…do I move into reaction mode or to I stay committed to the intention and vision of growth. Isn’t that a great phrase – choice point moment. I borrowed it from a wise woman and have made it my own. And I chose and continue to choose my intention. Some days I need help so I reach out to people who I know will provide me with energy when mine is waning, or I simply take a few minutes to reconnect to what Doug and I are committed to accomplishing. And all of this got me to thinking how often we operate unconsciously, without a vision or an intention or a least a very fuzzy view of what we want to create. It’s almost like someone smeared dirt on the lens that we use to visualize our lives. And without a crystal clear image in our minds of what we want to create, how in the world do we expect to make choices that will ensure our creation comes to life. Without a picture so vivid that it feels as if the we are living in the frame, how will we recognize those “choice point” moments? Do I stay at work late or do I go home and play baseball with my son, do I eat that burger or do I grill up some vegetables, do I make that sales call or do I play around on the internet, do I take 30 minutes to quietly coach my staff or do I rant and rave for 10 minutes? All of these moments are choice point moments. And choices will be made each and every time. For most of us, these choices will be made unconsciously because are so busy doing, that we spend no time connecting to creating. Or worse, we don’t acknowledge the picture we have created in our head. The one that says, this is going to be the worst year ever, my kids are a pain, I have no money, my company is going to shrink this year! And surprise, surprise we get exactly what we envision. The good news is I have discovered that I can create a better vision, I can choose to visualize and therefore create a picture so full of joy, abundance and success I walk around most days in awe and gratitude. And when I don’t like the results I am getting, I now know I have not spent enough time in connecting to my intention, my vision. I now know, if I don’t like the results, I don’t need to do more. I need to connect more to, Who do I want to be? What do I want to create? What do I want my organization to be – what does it look like? sound like? feel like?
Today I choose to get more conscious, in all areas of my life. I hope I have a 1000 choice point moments today so I can get busy creating my vision.
1 Response to Choice Point Moments
Lisa Henderson
July 17th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Great article Michele. So true! Seems like you defined consciousness.
~ Lisa