~ Be A Master Of Change ~

THE world today is polluted with so many negative issues such as fuel hikes, inflation, violence, terrorism, disease and so on that affect you emotionally and mentally. To be a master of change, you should first control your energy and transform these negative feelings into positive ones. For example, the fuel hikes raised the world’s awareness and many countries started looking for solutions to overcome this situation. This is how the hybrid car came to be.

Due to the economic crisis, some people may collapse psychologically but others are strong enough to face the fact and continue to be strong for themselves and their family. Obviously the second group has the stronger positive energy. They are able to convert their sadness and anger into positive energy to move forward in their lives. You too must decide to transform any negative feelings into a positive state.

Explore Your Hidden Power

Any negative feeling you have can be a turning point if you are able to handle it well. It may not provide you with joy but it may also be the seed of courage you need. When you experience any negative feeling, it is unwise to fight it. Negative feelings are like quick sand; the more you fight, the deeper you sink.

Take fear, for instance. The more you fear handling a new and important customer for your company, the more likely you are going to lose the customer. However, when you see it as a challenge and think positively, you will do better. Your boss has seen the potential in you, which is why he allowed you to handle this major customer. Thinking in this manner will encourage you to want to succeed and perform your very best.

Fear can be a positive energy in the way that it gives you the courage to step forward and take action when faced with new challenges. Therefore you should first understand your fear and then overcome it by taking the right action. Do not let your past experience prevent you from advancement.

Take charge of your own energy and your effort will bear fruit.

At Lawrence Walter seminars, participants discover our definition of challenge, which is an opportunity to improve themselves, change the system, strategise and add new knowledge so that they can move on to the next level.

Start Your Day with an Exhilarating Energy Level

Kick-start your day with high energy! This will influence the people around you positively. Your colleagues and even your boss will start feeling good whenever you are around. But where do you obtain this high energy?

In fact, the energy is already in you - you are your energy. How you start your day will very much influence your energy level. If you usually oversleep, skip breakfast, arrive late at work and get scolded by your boss, then mess up everything you touch during the day, you will very much convince yourself that “Today is a bad day”. However, it is you who have spoiled the mood of your day!

To get a good start for the day, you can organise your own timing – avoid rushing and panic. Instead, learn to control your time in the morning. Schedule and make a checklist of things to do for the day. This will motivate you to create a sense of enjoyable urgency and help you make good use of the many opportunities in a day to do well. Make a passionate decision to energise yourself in the morning.

Avoid Negative Energy

Human beings are easily influenced by others. When the people around you contain more negative energy, the probability of you reacting negatively will be higher. If you allow the negative energy to flow in you time and again everyday, then a new negative habit will be formed. Some people are even addicted to those negative habits.

Here are some examples of negative sources and what you can do with them:

Some people have the bad habit of pointing out or highlighting the negative aspects of everything, which hold them back from taking action. Maybe they were even depressed at some point. Therefore you need to be mentally strong to prevent your energy from being sucked by these negative people.

In order for you to maintain your positive energy, there are a few methods that you may use when facing people with negative energy. Change your topic of conversation. You may ask the person to think of any happy occasion and lead him to look at all the beautiful things in life or at work. When both of you are talking about good things, there is no way for negative feelings to sustain.

If this person is your close friend, then share subjects of common interest that lead him or her to a positive feeling. It could be a movie or a hobby that you have just come across or experienced.
Sometimes, people in your office who are often critical may also affect your energy level. Yes, they could be providing some useful information for improvement but it may also drain your energy.

Therefore, you should control your emotions wisely and be mentally strong. If possible, ignore them or stop them immediately when they start giving unnecessary and petty comments, then tell them the impact of their verbal abuse towards you.

Your Own Negative Energy

There are times where you feel like a deflated balloon and feel too exhausted to do things. At this point, you need to transform your negative energy like anger, frustration and depression by sending positive words and positive thoughts to your mind. Injecting the right thoughts can stimulate you instead of putting you down.

Think of what wealth can bring you rather than poverty; what success can bring you rather than failure.

The way you think actually affects the inner child in you. Using words like stupid, weak, ugly, unlucky, failure or any other negative labels on yourself can bring long-term, internal damage to your self-esteem.

Do you know that these negative inputs can stunt your energy growth, sap your energy or even lead you to failure in life? In order for you to live a better quality life, start your day with positive thinking and recognise the good things in your life. This will rejuvenate you to move towards your ambition and dream.

Make the Change Now

Have you come across a time when you suddenly feel so energetic, especially when you are involved in certain activities? That is the time when you are building a positive mindset and creating positive energy within yourself. Being the architect of your mind’s landscape is very important in helping you gain, rebuild and sustain positive energy.

Start today!

Article contributed by Dr Lawrence Walter Ng, chief master trainer and author of Passion for Extraordinary Performance