This sealed my fate for the part of my journey to discover a new mission in life. I started an endless search for new information and experiences that could answer many of the new questions that were building up in my mind. It created a new source for questions of a different nature and a different quality. I grew to understand Einstein's quote, you cannot solve problems with the same thinking that created them. I was changing, my thinking was changing and my ability to solve problems was changing.
This was my massive attitude adjustment. Once I learned this framework so many things fell into place.
It was evident that I had created the change that I was seeking. I was beginning to answer that question my Uncle inspired so many years ago ‘‘how can I like myself more so that I can find or attract people who like me more too’?
During this time, I am consuming leadership development like it is a full-time job. On my path, I pivot from prioritizing fun and adventure and making more money than my parents to creating impact, justice, and making a contribution to the world.
As I consume knowledge and experience in an effort to change myself and others, I refine and improve my attitude adjustment skills.
Today, I look back on the moment when I first heard the word attitude. It was a significant moment for me. That may have also been the first moment when I felt I needed to stick up for myself. There was a quality about that moment that I knew what I believed was right at the moment. And that was an act of radical self-love. I was too young to understand most of it. My life makes greater sense when I look at a series of significant moments, when I connect the dots between them, and when I realize that my experiences are driving thought-provoking questions that put me on a path to live a life that answers those questions and solves problems.
We are playing the game of life. Our attitude is everything in this game. We have two types of energy or attitudes to choose from which can help or hamper our success and happiness in life. We can further refine our attitude into seven different levels.
When we live in the helpful levels without stress or conflict, we drive success and happiness in a helpful direction toward positive change in the world.
When we operate with stress or conflict we hamper our ability to solve problems. Staying in stress and conflict makes it more difficult to heal from these moments. It becomes more harmful when we endure too much time in stressful situations.
The trickiest part is that we can easily become entrained into a certain attitude as it becomes a comfortable place to exist even when it is hampering our progress toward success and happiness. It takes effort and commitment to change. The reward for change is priceless and worth the effort to achieve it.
An Everyday Heroine is committed to the greater good which requires a personal transformation. That personal transformation offers insight, compassion, and motivation to pursue her life mission and to help others transform the world.
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