Have You Ever Wondered – Why We Get Annoyed/Angry, What Makes Us Frustrated Or Irritated & Causes Our Stress.
What Instigates Stress, Anger, Frustrations, Irritation, Negative Feelings About People/Situation => Can Be Attributed To The Following Main 6 Causes
- Our Expectations That The Others Will Act The Way We Want
- Becoming Concerned About What Others Think Of You
- Expecting Others To Appreciate, Admire & Respect You
- Difficulty In Accepting Change, Fighting With The Change & Not Feeling Comfortable With Change
- Our Deep-Seated Romance With The Notion – "Lived Happily Ever After"
- Expecting Positive Changes BUT Without Changing The Way We Think/Belief/ Act
Only A Minuscule Minority Among Us Acts Pro-Actively - Rest Of Us Are Normally Reactive To Situations & People.
The Right Paradigm Is To Constantly Anticipate VUCA[Volatile/Uncertain/ Complex/Ambiguous] Changes In All Aspects Of Life + Gearing Up/Unlearning-Learning-Re-Learning To Meet The Anticipated + Falling In Love With The Change Itself.
Very Tall Order – But Like All Things In Life Has Profoundly Simple Way.
- Why Change Is Difficult To Face & Adjust
- Fear of Loss Of Status Or Feeling Of Insecurity
- We View Them As Harmful
- We Do Not Think It Is Worth The Efforts
- Fear Of The Unknown.
- Peer Pressure.
- We Do Not Trust Ourselves
- Fear Of Failure.
- Misunderstanding About Why Should We Change- Especially When The Reason Is Not Clear Change Is Unclear
- Lack Of Competence
- Hopelessly In Love With Our Old Ways
- When We Believe That This Change A Fad/Temporary
- We Feel Mentally/Emotionally/Physically Exhausted
- We Think It's Not Enjoyable
- We Keep Postponing Taking Initiative
- Poor Self-Image
- Identifying Your Behavior With Yourself => "This Is What Who I Am"
- Not Taking Personal Responsibility & Making Yourself Accountable And Blaming Others - Sometimes Linking Your Actions With Other's Action
- Not Able to Write-off Your Investment - When You Have Spent A Great Deal Of Time In A Situation ,e.g. Relationship, Job; - You Feel Difficult To Write-Off & Walk Away
- You Do Not Really Want To Change
- Out Of Respect For The Other Person, You Are Willing To Go Through The Motions.
- You Find Everything is Different & Difficult – We View The World From The Perspective of An Ant
- More Work Frustrates Us - Change Is Indeed More Work
- Follow-Through Effects Of Others – Either Perceived Or Real – Keeps Us Away From Taking Action To Change
- The Ghosts Of The Past – Our Earlier Experience Keeps Us From Changing
- Ask Yourself => Do You Take Initiative Or Do You React To The Events/People + Normally Do You Take An Active Or Passive Role + Do You Only Concentrate On The Current Nor Your Actions Are Based On Future + Do You Make Decisions Only When You Are Forced Or Do You Make Conscious Decisions
- We Have To Start Believing => A Famous Quote "Future Is Not What It Used To Be" – Contrary To The Saying That History Repeats Itself => The Future Will Never Be Exactly Same As Per Our Expectations Or Experiences Of Past
- Envisage - Sit Quietly & Think About All
- The Result You Don't Want But Getting And Ask Yourself What Behaviors Or Habits Are Causing That Result => The Ask Again Whether The Habits Your Behavior Are Worth The Pain
- What Changes You Can Foresee In Your Important Relationship – With Your Parents/Spouse/Kids/Boss
- What Changes You Anticipate In Your Age, Health, Maturity
- What Would Be Different In Your Profession, Business, Market
- What Type Of Financial Liabilities You May Encounter
- What Types Beliefs/Attitudes/Mindset Gives You Negative Results Or Outcome
4. Note Down
- What Specific Results You Want In Each Area Of Your Life
- What Competencies/Behavior/Attitude/Belief/Habits You Need To Develop To Get This Results
- What Would Be The Ultimate Results You Will Get If You Inculcate These "(B)"S In You
- Write Down The Priority Of Inculcating Change As Per The Results You Are Most Passionate About.
- Create A Realistic Timeline For Actions Towards Achieving
- Make A List Of People Who Will Support You In This
5. Create Urgency => WHY NOW – What Would Be The Losses In You Do Not Change
6. Set Up & Organize Links With People/Institutes/Website – From Where You Will Draw The Support/Knowledge/Counseling/Guidance/Mentoring/ Directions Etc Etc
7. Start Taking Action On Daily Basis
8. Create A Simple Single Page Monthly 1-31 Sheet for Reviewing, Monitoring & Improvisation/Correction Sheet
9. Create A Celebration & Reward Mechanism at Regular Intervals