Switched off the noise

Noise…there is so much of it now, that it actually has no effect.

There are gazillions of tweets, Facebook updates, Instagram posts, articles, blogs, vlogs, newsletters, emails and so on.

We hope that if we make enough noise someone will notice and project us into the limelight. We want things to go viral, we want to have millions of followers, we want everyone to know about us. The reality is no one cares.

It’s actually better to be genuine, to be heard by those who matter and they are small in number and they are the ones who will love our story for what it is, not like us because we’ll like them back or follow for a follow back.

Noise is about manipulation and the ones who you are trying to reach that might be interested in what you have to say have switched off the noise. Don’t be noisy be genuine.

Fully in the moment

By Philip Dodson

Thinking holds back doing.

A simple 1,2,3…go is all it takes.

Then staying completely present and focused on the thing you are doing, removing distraction, staying away from the mind and being completely immersed in the task.

Deep work requires deep focused consciousness, if you are in your thoughts, then the mind will sabotage and tempt you to distractions.

When thought comes, we can choose to witness it and let it go or we can choose to respond. When we respond to the voice in the head, then it is energised and a stream of thought will develop, pulling us away from what we are doing.

Our best work comes when we are fully in the moment and just simply observing our thoughts.