With the holiday season just around the corner, I know lots of people are concentrating on this time of year. It seems to many of us that the time between holidays like Thanksgiving and X-mas is a slow down while we gear up for the next plateau.
How many of us live our lives this way? The A to B approach of things and not seeing the landscape along the way.
I write this in the Goals area of my blog as I think it fits. I know when I was younger, I would become so focused on a goal that I often missed other opportunities that I was oblivious to. I had my blinders on and was attempting to reach that goal no matter what.
As I climb in age, I hope that I have gathered some wisdom around me. I can still focus on a goal, but now I can also see my surroundings. I see those moments in time that bind the two together… The Glue Of Life.
Reaching a goals is a good thing. But being blind to everything else around you while doing it is not healthy. Not for you, not for your family and relationships, and certainly not for your business.
When we become so focused that we miss our surroundings, we also miss opportunities to grow. We miss the things that enrich our lives. We miss the Glue…
I am a big believer in the power of the mind. That what we place inside of it determines what we ending up receiving in our lives. We become what we think about. When I look back on all the successes I have had in my life, they are all based upon what I was thinking about before the success came to me.
I see this as being tied into the Glue Of Life. It is in those in-between moments that we can make giant leaps forward in our thinking. When we are participating in those moments, we become much more aware of what is going on.
I no longer live my life for those moments of recognition. That Thanksgiving Day or that Xmas Time. I live my life for the Glue and all the moments that come between those other points that we as a society hold so dear.
What is YOUR Glue and are you missing it?
