A couple of days back I had a chat with few managers who shared their success stories with each other, based on the actions they committed. One of these people is the manager of a large tier one telecommunication sector. One of his commitments was to meditate for 10 minutes every morning to clear his mind and then to write in a gratitude journal for a few minutes to start his day.
At first, as he began to keep this goal, he felt a little silly. Many negative thoughts would flow to his mind while he tried to think of things to be grateful for. He would think of the person who had to back out of a meeting and rescheduled everyone’s calendars in the wrong way which created all kinds of difficulties for him. The manager would stop and analyze the negative thought and look for ways to be grateful instead. He recognized that this person was hard working, well meaning and didn’t intentionally try to make things difficult for people. He started to realize that people who got in his way that worked for him were not coming to work thinking they were going to try to ruin his day.
As my colleague continued this practice, he began to see many of the people in the division differently. He became more grateful for them, treated them accordingly and found that these people started working with more effort, quality, and commitment as a result. Over time he literally started seeing more of what was right around him rather than always seeing what was wrong.
