An Argument For Changing Things Up
Do you work on the same topic every time? This is a valid way to do The Work. I worked on basically the same topic for years. But I’m not sure, in retrospect, that it was the fastest way.
Do you work on the same topic every time? This is a valid way to do The Work. I worked on basically the same topic for years. But I’m not sure, in retrospect, that it was the fastest way.
You may think you’re doing The Work. But if you’re not giving your mind a chance to be genuinely heard, you’re just doing lip service to The Work. A lot of times what happens is I get so focused on shifting my mind, and turning things around, that I minimize the first step of The Work which is to listen.
Feeling good is my #1 motive in life. But I’ve been considering what my life would be like without that motive. And I invite you to do the same.
What I love about The Work is that you can do it on anything. In Inquiry Circle recently, I wrote a Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet on my first crush in 4th grade. This was a big deal for me. I stayed smitten for about three years, and can still go there now after forty. Here’s the situation that triggered me.
Welcome all you pop stars! It’s great to have you here with us today. Let’s do The Work as a group, popcorn style. First we’ll pick a stressful thought that everyone can relate to. Then I’ll ask the four questions of The Work and you’ll pop in with your answers as they come up for you. There’s only one condition. You have to answer with a lyric from one of your songs. Is that cool with you guys?
I always come to The Work with a one-sided point of view. That’s just the nature of any point of view: it’s one-sided. That’s why it feels stressful. When I question it, I start to see other points of view. That’s what The Work is all about. Exploring all points of view to find a more balanced perspective. And that means sometimes turnarounds can seem off
I love technology. Technology lets us come together. And that’s what I’d like to do with all of you. Using the Zoom teleconference service, we can now meet as if we were in one room together to do The Work.
Fears can be strong, and crippling. Or they can be mild, and a chronic drain of your energy and creativity. Even a little baseline of fear is worth looking at.
We are not meant to live stressed lives. Learn how to address the root cause of your stress and find your freedom again. Otherwise, stress will keep accumulating. Learn how to break the cycle of stress here.