Think Different Challenge

Hello everyone...

Today I received an e-mail from Tristan Loo from http://www.SynergyInstituteOnline.com , and I was tagged!  He asked if I would participate in the "Think Different Challenge" which is a blogging/writing project started by Peter from IWillChangeYourLife.com  In essence, I need to write a blog post about something in my life I currently have negative thoughts or feelings towards and then decide to look at it differently.  It's a project to help us see that some things are just part of life so we may as well look at them in a more positive way.  Sounds good to me!  So here I go...

At the moment, my number one peeve is when people do not follow through with what they say they will do (I need to qualify this -- it needs to be continual not follow through rather than a one-off situation).  So yeah... I guess that's where my major negative feelings are directed right now.

This has all kinds of negative consequences for me... I get frustrated, annoyed, and have many sarcastic kinds of thoughts which sometimes get expressed (not grown up of me at all!).  It also results in me losing confidence in the person, I begin to doubt their word, and the relationship between us certainly gets tested!  This is of course is greatly governed by the severity and frequency of not following through with what is said will be done.

Okay... my challenge now is to look at that differently -- to turn it around and look at it from a different angle and see it as part of life.

For me, the major turnaround would be not to let the person's behaviour influence my thoughts and feelings and subsequent behaviour.  Now in some instances that is going to be a huge ask... but I'm challenged now to see it differently and to respond internally and externally in a more appropriate way!

I'll let you know how I go.

What would be your Think Differently Challenge?  I'd love to know... how about leave a comment and we can support each other!  Go on... take up the challenge!

You can read all about it at:

http://www.synergyinstituteonline.com/pressroom.php?press=185

Best wishes
Jeanne