Want to build your leadership skills in just two minutes? Today I’m excited to share a new segment of our One Thing You Can Do video series. In this video, I explain a simple way to shift your mindset when your frustration at a person or situation starts to send you into a negativity spiral. With so many of us experiencing stress and even burnout, having easy tools like this one to support your wellbeing is more important than ever.
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Transcript
Hi, I am Neena Newberry. I'm excited to share another segment of our One Thing You Can Do video series, which is under two minutes long and modeled after our New Lens app - which is all about giving more access to leadership tools, strategies, and resources that can be helpful to you.
So, let's get started. Today, I want to share with you that I came across a note that I had written to myself a couple of years ago, and in this note it said, “Ask yourself, what meaning are you giving this?” So let me put that into perspective for a second. In those moments where you get frustrated or you have an argument with someone or something is not going as planned, and you start to spiral a bit (you start to go negative) to ask yourself, “What meaning am I giving this?”
Is it that, “Oh my gosh, we're never going to get this done”? Or, “Oh, this person doesn't respect me or this person doesn't listen to me.” - you know, start doing this personalizing thing, which is easy to do when we've been in a place of lots of change, lots of stress, burnout. There are so many different things that are in the mix. So recognizing what's going on for you is really important.
So, asking that question, “What meaning am I giving to this?” and to be able to then shift and recognize how empowered you actually are - and that is to give a different meaning to it. Maybe it's just that this person wasn't really thinking about how they came across, or this person is moving so quickly that they're not noticing the impact they're having. Or that they're just not pausing to consider the downstream effects, versus “Wow, they don't respect me. They don't like me.” and all these other things. So this week I want you to try this out, see how it goes for you. For other tools, resources, and strategies, visit newberrysolutions.com.