Inform Yourself

Everything we experience on a daily basis is a reflection of ourselves. This holds true for every interaction; everything we see and how we see it, everything we hear and how we hear it or not, everything thing we feel and how we feel about our interactions. This is true for both individuals and organizations. From an organizational perspective, a small and medium sized business is a reflection of its owner and in larger organizations a reflection of its managers.

On an individual basis, if you are having a good day, you feel great, the birds are singing a sweet song, and the sun shines brighter. If you are having a bad day, you may feel angry, frustrated, sad etc., you probably don't even hear the birds singing, and there is a black cloud following you everywhere you go. Your environment is reflecting your state of being! If you do really do not enjoy grocery shopping, everyone that you interact with in the store will bother you, regardless if it's the store clerk or another shopper. If you feel that you dislike speaking with a particular person, you will feel every communication is wasted time.

Looking at organizations, if a business owner is frustrated the employees are frustrated and the customer probably are as well! If an owner or manager struggles with a particular area of the business, the business will undoubtedly be struggling in the same area. For instance, if a business owner dislikes dealing with financials, the business is probably is having cash flow issues. If the owner or managers dislike sales and marketing, the organizations sales will be declining. If the owner or managers dislike dealing with details, service or product delivery has issues.

So what does this all mean? Your reflections are the universe's means of providing you feedback for areas of growth. This is true for both individuals and organizations.

How can you change it?

1. In order to improve, you must first select an area of focus. Look at yourself or your organization. Be honest. Where are you struggling? Only select a single item.
2. Ask yourself how you see it, hear it, and feel about this issue. Specifically, what do you dislike about it?
3. Now ask yourself "What is the universe trying to teach me here?"
4. Your answer to the question is the basis of your action plan for improvement.
5. Execute your action plan for improvement!

When you apply the above process, you change your state. When you change your state, your reflections change. using the above process on a continual basis will keep you on a constant path of self and organizational improvement.

So I ask you, do you like your reflections?