Stressed out? Try The Positive Focus® Exercise

Stressed out?

As an association leader you don’t want to be stressed out, you need to show confidence. So how do you gain confidence? By placing one foot in front of the other. (You remember Rudolph and the Winter Warlock, right?) Showing confidence can be difficult when the ground changes under your feet. So to gain confidence daily, you need to get de-stressed by the practice of the Positive Focus® Exercise.

Try The Positive Focus® Exercise

We ran across The Positive Focus Exercise almost 20 years ago. It works great to “Turn that frown upside down.” As a result it is easier to move forward, one step at a time. This is a training tool to get you into the habit of taking something positive out of each day. Here is a link to the workbook which contains the worksheet and explanatory information on how to approach the exercise and here is a link to the worksheet, alone. Try it for 3 weeks.

Here is the summary

From Dan Sullivan, the Strategic Coach.

One of the thinking tools we use frequently at Strategic Coach^® is The Positive Focus^®. It’s a simple, fast, and extremely effective way to center yourself by focusing on what is working instead of what isn’t.

Want to try it?

Here’s how it works:
1. Write down five achievements you’re proud of.
2. For each achievement, write down why it’s important.
3. Identify the further progress that will keep the momentum going.
4. Determine the first action you can take.

When we take a few minutes out of our day to think about and write down our progress and achievements, and the ways we can expand on them, it raises our energy levels and puts us in a more productive and confident frame of mind.

It’s a quick and simple tool to keep yourself focused on the right things. It also works brilliantly in client meetings and calls, weekly meetings with your team, and even at the dinner table with your family.