Today's DailyOM Offerings....
January 8, 2007
A Novel Methodology
Sagittarius Daily Horoscope
An enterprising mood can inspire you to embrace novelty in your home and in your workplace today. You may derive pleasure from taking a new route to your usual daily destinations, exploring avenues you have never before seen. Or you may feel compelled to put your innovative outlook to practical use by seeking out unique ways of performing your duties more efficiently. You will likely discover that you can do much more in a shorter number of hours by varying your techniques because the resultant novelty can help you maintain a consistent level of enthusiasm. Even if some of your experiments do not prove useful today, you can, nonetheless, learn a great deal about how you can maximize your professional and personal time.
The pursuit of a single aim often becomes easier when we are not committed to one course of action, but rather are open to exploring a wide variety of techniques. Unlimited investigation can lead to innovation when we are motivated to address our responsibilities diligently by both our desire for actualization and our appreciation for the merits of hard work. Our routines and habits can give us comfort in times of upheaval, but may also put constraints on the level of productivity we can achieve. Putting aside our conventional methodologies allows us to determine whether there are techniques we might use to improve the speed, precision, and enthusiasm with which we approach our duties. You can increase your effectiveness and efficiency today by branching out and giving new ways of working a try.
January 8, 2007
Facing Problems
Running Away versus Moving Forward
There are times when change-moving to a new city or a new home, or changing careers-is the right thing at the right time. But there are also times when the urge for change is really just a desire to run away from problems that need to be faced rather than avoided. These are the kinds of problems that recur in our lives. For example, issues with coworkers that seem to arise at every job we take, or repeatedly getting into unhealthy relationships. A move might temporarily distract us, and even cure the problem for a time, simply by taking us out of the situation in which the problem fully manifested itself. However, the problem will eventually appear again in our new situation.
One way to make sure you aren’t running away from your problems is to notice whether you are moving towards something that is exciting in its own right, as opposed to something that is appealing only because it is not where you are now. For example, if you are leaving a city because you feel you can’t afford it, you could be reinforcing poverty consciousness, and you might find that you are unable to make ends meet in your new city as well. It would ultimately be less of an effort to stay where you are and look more deeply into your beliefs about money. You may discover that as you address these issues, you are able to make more money simply by changing your mindset. You may still decide to move, but it will be an act with a positive intention behind it and not an escape, which could make all the difference.
Any pain involved in facing our issues is well worth the effort in the end. When we face our problems instead of avoiding them, we free our energy and transform ourselves from people who run away into people who move enthusiastically forward.
A Novel Methodology
Sagittarius Daily Horoscope
An enterprising mood can inspire you to embrace novelty in your home and in your workplace today. You may derive pleasure from taking a new route to your usual daily destinations, exploring avenues you have never before seen. Or you may feel compelled to put your innovative outlook to practical use by seeking out unique ways of performing your duties more efficiently. You will likely discover that you can do much more in a shorter number of hours by varying your techniques because the resultant novelty can help you maintain a consistent level of enthusiasm. Even if some of your experiments do not prove useful today, you can, nonetheless, learn a great deal about how you can maximize your professional and personal time.
The pursuit of a single aim often becomes easier when we are not committed to one course of action, but rather are open to exploring a wide variety of techniques. Unlimited investigation can lead to innovation when we are motivated to address our responsibilities diligently by both our desire for actualization and our appreciation for the merits of hard work. Our routines and habits can give us comfort in times of upheaval, but may also put constraints on the level of productivity we can achieve. Putting aside our conventional methodologies allows us to determine whether there are techniques we might use to improve the speed, precision, and enthusiasm with which we approach our duties. You can increase your effectiveness and efficiency today by branching out and giving new ways of working a try.
January 8, 2007
Facing Problems
Running Away versus Moving Forward
There are times when change-moving to a new city or a new home, or changing careers-is the right thing at the right time. But there are also times when the urge for change is really just a desire to run away from problems that need to be faced rather than avoided. These are the kinds of problems that recur in our lives. For example, issues with coworkers that seem to arise at every job we take, or repeatedly getting into unhealthy relationships. A move might temporarily distract us, and even cure the problem for a time, simply by taking us out of the situation in which the problem fully manifested itself. However, the problem will eventually appear again in our new situation.
One way to make sure you aren’t running away from your problems is to notice whether you are moving towards something that is exciting in its own right, as opposed to something that is appealing only because it is not where you are now. For example, if you are leaving a city because you feel you can’t afford it, you could be reinforcing poverty consciousness, and you might find that you are unable to make ends meet in your new city as well. It would ultimately be less of an effort to stay where you are and look more deeply into your beliefs about money. You may discover that as you address these issues, you are able to make more money simply by changing your mindset. You may still decide to move, but it will be an act with a positive intention behind it and not an escape, which could make all the difference.
Any pain involved in facing our issues is well worth the effort in the end. When we face our problems instead of avoiding them, we free our energy and transform ourselves from people who run away into people who move enthusiastically forward.