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Our underlying values and beliefs drive much
of how we operate in life.
Many of these deeply held values are unconscious to
us, and were developed from our childhood days, school,
peers, experience and even books.
As we evolve through life, we may need to update our
values so that they are more in line with who we are today.
Similar to personal values, we have a set of
principles at Clever Fox that motivate what we do, how we
design our programs and how we interact with the people we
work with. We call them "Principles
for a Foxy Mind". I would like share these
principles with you as you may find them useful.
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Think
Creatively.
Redefining how you think reshapes your world. Problems
become opportunities, failure become feedback and exits
become and entries to new places.
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Replace
judging
if something is right or wrong and good or bad with
"Is it effective or ineffective?"
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Innovate
how you do things. Never just do something simply because that's the way
you have always done it.
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Be
flexible.
Watts Wacker,
Jim
Taylor & Howard Means summed it up well in THE
VISIONARY'S HANDBOOK "No
one is less ready for tomorrow than the person who holds
the most rigid beliefs about what tomorrow will
contain."
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Live
Playfully.
After all, "We
don't stop playing when we grow old, we grow old when we
stop playing." A healthy dose of
chuckles each day keeps internal wrinkles away.
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Be
curious.
It keeps you alive. (We have it from reliable "who-dunnit"
sources that ignorance
killed the cat!)
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Nourish
your mind
and body with good nutrition, exercise and imagination.
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Seek
solutions, not excuses. Instead of asking why the glass is half empty, find
out how to fill it.
If you find that the above principles will help you think
differently and as a result enable you to respond more
effectively, take them on board.
After all, a foxy mind is a terrible thing to waste.
About
the Author:
Kathleen
Alexander
is the principal of Clever Fox, an organisation that helps
people use their minds effectively for more fulfilment out
of work and life. Clever
Fox achieves this through 1-1 coaching ,e-learning,
seminars, workshops, business consulting and public
speaking.
For details visit www.cleverfox.com.au
or call Clever Fox in
Australia
on + 613 9817 3482.
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