Knowledge Articles On Being In The Moment
Get Free of Economic Doom – Watch the Stories you tell Yourself :: February 2009
By Andrew Burnham - February 03, 2009
There is the situation, like the ‘economy’, and then there is what you tell yourself about it. As far as your own resilience, creativity and ability to find solutions is concerned, it is the stories that you tell yourself that helps or hinders you, not the situation itself.
Get Free of Economic Doom – Watch the Stories you tell Yourself
Do you notice your mind ‘going-on’ about the economy? Are you repeating doom and gloom stories over and over in your mind? Are the stories you tell yourself constructive? Are they helping or hindering you?Improvisers are in the Moment
One of the key skills an improviser uses, on or off stage is their awareness of their own thinking. They know how to be in-the-moment. This being in the moment is not a ‘just follow every thought at random’ state of being, it is a state of complete and total alertness.Making Choices
This alertness allows them to make choices about how they see events. Without the ability to make choices they lapse into unconsciousness and repeat the same story in their mind, over and over again. If they fall into a repetitive story, they lose their ability to make creative and entertaining scenes happen for their customers. Then they lose business and are more stressed. Are you being led by your own mind into unconsciousness? Are you aware of how you are processing your world?You Create the Stories
You and only you create the stories about what happens in your life. And you are responsible for the affect that these stories have on you. My phone rings less. What’s my next thought? Is it a panic or fear story or is it a ‘what can I do NOW about it’ thought? Is there anything I can do about it now? What would happen if I accepted it and dropped the story I make up about it?
