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    • Download our Thrive Daily Printout – Each day plan and schedule activities in your calendar that help you to thrive. Whether it is a daily walk, a date with your accountant to ensure your financial well-being or just time to breath (aka meditation – be sure to plan your thrive before your day plans you! Tip: Take time to show gratitude for yourself, loved ones, your health and more! Writing it down validates it!

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Thrive Guide + Resources

Survey after survey identifies “uncertainty” as one of the biggest challenges facing business owners today. In the business world change is not only constant but massive and completely unpredictable. Labeling it the “new normal” doesn’t make it any easier to live with. However, you can keep up with and maybe even get ahead of continuous upheaval–and help your people do the same–by mastering these seven essential skills.

1. Be alert, to everything

Any business, no matter how successful, can become extinct (or at least weakened) very quickly by a rapid shift in customer preferences, the competitive landscape, or myriad other factors. Everyone from leaders to front-line employees must become highly attuned to the threats and opportunities your company encounters. Don’t tolerate (let alone foster) a corporate culture that accepts complacency, hubris, or an internally focused, politically charged atmosphere.

2. Understand what strong leadership really is

The same characteristics that make people powerful leaders often pull them too far from the best long-term interests of their enterprise. Regardless, we do need strong leaders to get the best out of organizations and the people who work for them. This feature of human nature is not one that should be judged. Rather, it should be accepted, talked about openly, and managed. Be strong, in the right way, and demand the same of your top executives.

3. Get everyone to lean in

According to The Gallup Organization, about 70 percent of U.S. workers are not engaged or inspired at work. They ask a question in the form of an attitude: WIIFM, or “What’s In It For Me?” That is a very important question for each stakeholder in your enterprise. To invest anything-;capital, effort, time-;we must feel that there ultimately will be some benefit to us. Research confirms that obtaining the extra incremental effort from each individual can make the difference between marginal performance and extraordinary effort.

4. Learn to balance the disparate needs of many players

Today’s competitive and ever-changing business environment requires complex interrelationships across businesses, as well as a keen focus on customer preferences. Leaders with a long-term view must adroitly balance the wants and needs of many external parties in ways that are mutually beneficial to all.

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5. Build the brand–from within

A brand can bring people together internally and represent an enterprise to the world quickly and viscerally, contributing to the success of the enterprise. But to do that, employees, customers, and partners must consistently experience organizational behavior that complements the brand image and reinforces its authenticity.

6. Be forever flexible

Decision-making structures have changed over time, and then changed again. We centralize for a while and then realize that decision-making is too removed from the front lines. So we decentralize and then realize that we’ve lost efficiencies and focus. The best leaders recognize that their organizations cannot centralize or decentralize. Instead, they need to be flexible and adjust the balance over time.

7. Embrace the power of evolution

Today’s most successful companies remain true to their core competencies while evolving their capabilities in response to their environment. Done right, these always-emerging capabilities will make a business more interesting, more profitable, and more continually relevant. By constantly evolving and innovating you won’t merely survive, you’ll thrive.

Simply choose one or two of the steps that really resonate with you, and notice the benefits! Your body will thank you.

Thrive in My Life Guide

1. Be gentle with yourself.

Give yourself time to recharge – know when both to engage fully and focus and when to relax and rejuvenate.

A few strategies:

  • When life feels hard, be extra soft with yourself.
  • Kiss yourself sweetly on your hand (literally!).
  • Practice forgiveness to yourself and others.
  • Choose exercise that you love and that makes you feel GOOD!
  • If you’re feeling overwhelmed with life, take a media retreat and unplug from the often unpleasant news stream.

2. Choose positive thoughts.

Use affirmations throughout each day. On mirrors,  leave love notes for yourself around the house.

  • Notice what you’re thinking.
  • Choose thoughts that bring love into your life.
  • Be your own greatest fan.
  • Remind yourself that you deserve goodness!
  • Look for opportunities to practice friendliness — even with plants and animals.

3. Digest life!

Here are some ways to digest life on all levels

  • Say YES to Life and the magic that it brings.
  • Take in experiences and food that will nourish you.
  • Let go of what doesn’t serve your highest good.

4. Eat real food.

  • Remember that seasonal, organic food is a positive affirmation to your body.
  • Choose foods that will support the activities of your day.
  • Fully enjoy the food that you eat!
  • Drink ample water throughout the day.

5. Cultivate a beginner’s mind.

  • Look at life with awe and wonder.
  • Let your inner child hold the reins sometimes.
  • Learn something new.
  • Take a different route to work.

6. Listen to your “inner ding.”

You can learn to better listen using a pendulum, muscle testing, or with the meditations shared in our book.

  • Attune to your inner GPS
  • Watch for the green lights in life
  • Ask what your body wants for lunch
  • Listen to messages in your body, which may come as sensations, colors, or images

7. Build your life around your health.

  • Drink room temperature or warm water upon waking.
  • Start your day with self-love, like a walk outdoors, mirror work, essential oils in the shower, or a centering meditation.
  • Set limits with electronics and technology.

8. Focus on love.

  • Spend time with life-loving people who laugh
  • Being healthy means feeling good
  • Love yourself and allow it to spill over to others

Sources: Mind Body Green and Inc Magazine

 

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