Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: A QUIET ROOM

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: A QUIET ROOM:   “All of Man’s problems stem from the inability to sit alone in a quiet room.”                                    Blaise Pascal Loneliness ...

A QUIET ROOM

 

“All of Man’s problems stem from the

inability to sit alone in a quiet room.”

                            Blaise Pascal

Loneliness is being alone when you do not want to be. But what if

we could be alone? What if we could force ourselves to be alone to

think? To wipe the slate clean, nothing on the chalkboard. What would

we be able to write on our chalkboards? Somehow, we just cannot sit

alone when the opportunity presents itself. When we are with other

people we love, sometimes we feel we want to be alone. When we

are alone, we want to be with the people we love. Take advantage

of the opportunity that is before you when you are with the ones you

love. Love the ones you are with. Be fully present. Do not look away.

Do not look for distractions, like a drink, your phone, the TV. Take

advantage of the moment. So too with the opportunity to be alone

when it presents itself. Take advantage of the ability to sit alone in a

quiet room. When home alone, listen to the quiet, be bored. Enjoy all

you have. At work enjoy the slow pace. Avoid creating unnecessary

deadlines for yourself. Do not stir the pot when you do not have to. Bite

off what you can chew and get it done. Do not put off until tomorrow

what you can do today. Do it and do it well. Just get started and trust

you will find your flow. Sometimes you need to be alone. Embrace it.

Sometimes you need to be with people. Get with people and embrace

it. But when you find yourself all alone, breathe deeply and find the

ability to sit alone in a quiet room and just be. We need to find critical

thinking time and get laser focused on our key hits. Make them. Stop!

That is confidence. That is power. That is right. Other reasons may be

nerves. We are nervous. Not focused and ramble on. Our brains go

off the reservation. Nerves can be good, it means we care, but why

nerves? It is not about us. Find your strength. Find your key points.

Find your confidence. This is your power.

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: THOUGHTS

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: THOUGHTS:   “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”                                            ...

THOUGHTS

 

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”

                                        Willie Nelson

Thoughts. I wonder if dogs have thoughts? Cats? In us humans our

character is shaped by our thoughts. That internal dialogue in our

head. “positive” thoughts. “negative” thoughts. Things we know we

should not do but we think about them. We are what we think, so

be careful what we think about and dwell upon. Guard against other

people filling our heads with “thoughts” or just because they have a

certain point of view, we should accept it. Maybe we should, maybe

we should not, but they should be our own thoughts with our own

reasons. If on any given day we just cannot seem to come up with an

original thought, then stick to what we know is right, our habits, our

routines, our values, and virtues. Stay the course and stay curious

as we come across each thing that comes before us, we can “think”

about it and how we “feel” about it. Develop or expand, accept, or

reject. But it is our mind, they are our thoughts. It is our divine ability

to think. It is one of our highest powers. Use it wisely.

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OVERTHINKING IT

 OVERTHINKING IT:   

“The more you overthink the less you will understand.”                                      Habeeb Akande Overthinking sometimes can creat...

OVERTHINKING IT

 

“The more you overthink the less you will understand.”

                                    Habeeb Akande

Overthinking sometimes can create stress, worry, or fear. Some things

are like a cold shower, we just gotta get in. After a while it is tolerable,

even feels rather good. Yes, we need to think through things, to

diligently prepare and do the work. But fretting or worrying too much

can be counterproductive. Calm, cool, confident knowing you got this,

you have put in the work. You have thought things through. You have

prepared. You are ready to go. A little anxiety is good, it keeps us on

our toes. Avoid getting sidetracked with excessive worry or distraction.

A little nervous energy, excitement, angst is good. It keeps us focused

on the task at hand and reminds us we very much care but be wary

of the opposite end of the spectrum where we overanalyze, overthink

and “what if” ourselves into inefficiency. Stay focused. Stay calm. Stay

confident and know you are quite good enough and quite capable.

Whatever happens you are well suited for the job because you are good

at what you do, you are capable, prepared, and ready to get it done.

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