As we journey through the path of life we often seek answers. Our search for these answers takes us on many adventures and on to many places in our pursuit of needed information.
The questions we asked to be answered are numerous, but often are similar for each experience: “Why did I experience this situation?” or “How can I move past this current obstacle to achieve my goal?” or “What must I learn from this experience to move toward success?”
We focus so strongly on these questions that they rattle around in our minds all day. And, we may continue repeating these questions to ourselves subconsciously every day.
Yet, at the end of the day we grow frustrated for not receiving the information we so strongly seek. At the end of the day we replay in our minds the considerable number of people we interacted with that day, the multitude of conversations, the extensive number of places we visited and viewed many sources of information such as the internet, TV, text and email. With such large amount of interaction we grow weary of how it is possible the answers we sought were not within all of those interactions.
The nuance is that we must shift our focus to listening and awareness to obtain these answers. We all have a tendency to filter out what we perceive is irrelevant information. The information could be coming from someone we are talking with, several sentences in an email, automatically deleting texts and instant messages, news via the TV and most importantly what our spouse or children have to say to us.
In 2008, it was determined we receive over 100,000 words every day! This doesn’t mean we read 100,000 words a day — it means that 100,000 words cross our eyes and ears in a single 24-hour period. That information comes through various channels, including the television, radio, the Web, text messages and video games.
There is the old saying that we have 2 ears and one mouth, but at times we may talk twice as much as we listen. The next time you are having a conversation with someone, determine if you are truly listening to the other person while they speak or you are more closely focusing on what you are going to say when they stop talking. That conversation occurred just for you, at your request, to help possibly provide the answers you seek. Instead of focusing on what you will say next, what you do next when you get back to your office, what you will have for dinner, and so on, and instead stay in every moment and consume as absorb as much of the experience as possible.
After all, you created the experience, as you create everything in your life. Since you created it, you might as well immerse yourself fully into the experience! After all, be good to yourself, and listen and be aware. All the answers you seek are around you and provided every day.
To achieve success, we must understand the fundamentals, but more importantly, master the nuances.
Read more nuances and get the full understanding in my book, It Was YOU, All Along.
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