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Create A Vision of Who You Want to Be

November 13, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

A vision for your life is like a roadmap. It takes you from point A to point B and beyond.

Today GenuLines gets behind the wheel to show you a few points along the way. .

Create A Vision of Who You Want to Be

If you’re unhappy where you are in life, it could be you are not creating the right vision about yourself.

Think back to recent thoughts you had. Were they negative thoughts or feelings like you’ve hit a roadblock?

Shift your focus to a life that you want or a person that you want to become. If you want to have a life similar to an idol of yours, read about how that idol has become a success and use that as a guideline to help you accomplish something similar.

When you create a positive image within your mind, it will set up neural pathways to help you reach your goals. The more you reinforce this mental image the more pathways you’ll create.

If there is information available online that can help you with your vision, use it to your advantage.

Finishing Touches

Determine your vision and then the steps you believe will help you get there. Finally, continue to imagine that vision on a daily basis.

Your brain will get so used to this vision it will become a subconscious process.

This is not to say you can’t alter your plan or your vision. There may be something you thought you wanted, but as you progress, you find this not to be the case.

There’s nothing wrong with that.

If this happens, create another vision and move on from there. Your brain will form pathways for this new vision.

If your vision is fine but the plan is not getting you where you need to be, don’t be afraid to make changes with it. Plans are only guidelines.

You can change as needed. This can happen when new information comes to light along the way, information which wasn’t available when you got started.

People Gonna Talk

Be prepared for criticism as you create this new vision for yourself. It’s yours and yours alone.

People may not understand what you’re trying to shoot for. Hold to your beliefs and prove them wrong.

Your critics are not the ones who have to live with the vision you make for yourself. You’ll find when you reach your goals those same critics will suddenly be on your side.

They’ll even claim to have been there for you all along.

It’s annoying, but that’s how people behave. It’s not worth the aggravation.

Just move on with your vision and let them think whatever they want.

JohnK 11-13-2023
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others”

~ Roy T. Bennett

What Is Information Overload?

November 6, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

Information is an indispensable part of life. The problems show up when there’s way too much of it.

If it’s time to lighten up a bit then think about these GenuLines pointers and do some offloading.

What Is Information Overload?

Have you ever started something new – a new job, a new sport, even a new game and you’re trying to learn the information and it feels like your brain might explode? That’s an exaggerated symptom of information overload.

But, most people are experiencing it daily from normal life due to fast access to information via the internet.

Information overload can cause the following symptoms:
Headache
Stress
Moodiness
Overweight
Cardiovascular issues
And more…

Plus, often it can cause problems in interpersonal relationships and work relationships. The reason is that most information overload is a choice you make.

You choose to be on social media all day; you choose to watch every single news station and every single pundit on TV talk about whatever is the topic of the day.

It’s Like Drinking Water from a Fire Hydrant

Anytime you want to learn something, it’s tempting to start gathering tons of information. And due to the net, it’s easy to get drawn down into the rabbit hole of unending information.

It becomes hard to determine what information is good and what information is bad.

It Leads to Poor Information Filtering

When you’re bombarded with so much information, your brain can’t filter it properly. Your brain does something called twigging, which means that instead of filtering information in terms of importance it just generalizes all information as being the same.

This is terrible for decision making.

It Leads to Bad Choices

If you can’t properly filter information to determine what is true, what is right and what is wrong, you’ll have a hard time making the right choices. The information overload causes you to choose wrongly on any number of issues, because with so much noise going on you can’t determine what is right.

It Harms Your Relationships

Information overload can harm your relationships. If you’re always reading your smartphone, looking at social media and not being present in your life, it can hurt intimacy.

If your partner and friends are complaining, take heed.

It Leads to Black and White Thinking

The world is not black and white. The world is colorful, black, white, gray and everything in between and more.

The same can be said for a lot of issues. There are very few issues that are either right or wrong, black or white.

If you have too much information at your fingertips and are rating everything the same, it’s easy to see things as black and white, which can make it hard to negotiate a happy life and successful business.

It Can Lead to Mental Issues Like Depression

When you get to the point of information overload, a lot of people experience mental problems such as short-term memory issues and even depression. If you find that you’re just feeling mixed up a lot, forget appointments and aren’t doing your best at home or work, consider information overload as a potential culprit.

Information overload can even lead to tragedy when texting mixes with driving.

Who knows how much money is lost in overall productivity due to information overload.. You can do your part by trying to limit information overload for yourself and your family.

You can also encourage co-workers and employees to avoid multitasking and focus training on smaller topics rather than broad ones.

JohnK 11-6-2023
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “…a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention…”

~Herbert A. Simon

5 Steps To Living Your Purpose

October 30, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

You’ve nurtured your purpose for a long time. But you’re not sure if you’re really living it.

Let GenuLines help you take the guesswork out of this puzzle.

5 Steps To Living Your Purpose

You’re working hard to achieve your dream life. It could be that you’re aiming for a promotion at work.

Or you’re trying to get your business off the ground. If you’re finding success a bit of a struggle you may need to find your life’s purpose.

Finding your purpose is like finding a magic key. The key helps you align everything you do and focus on getting to your best life now.

Here are five steps to help set you in the right direction.

Look Within

Too many people look to others for the answers. Too many people follow a path that’s not theirs.

Only you can know what your dream life looks like. The answer to your life’s purpose lies deep within you.

You have to tune into it.

Journaling can be a helpful tool to allow your subconscious to speak your truth. Or meditation, or brainstorming.

The important thing is that you look into your own heart.

Trust Your Intuition

Learning to trust that inner voice that tells you that the conventional way of doing things isn’t right for you.

Whether it’s a college degree or a selling technique:

If it doesn’t feel right, you don’t have to do it!

Find your own way of living your life, and you’ll be much more likely to feel content and to be successful.

Get Friendly With Fear

Many people choose to live safe, conventional lives. They’re too afraid to do things in a different way or to take a chance.

Fear of the unknown is understandable. But you can choose to face your fears and to meet challenges head-on.

Deciding to live your own life according to your values and your passion means many things. One of them is being able to look fear in the face and step out of your comfort zone.

Don’t Be Bound by Your To-do List

It’s easy to become a slave to the never-ending checklist of things you need to do before you can live your purpose. You only get one shot at life.

Have a look at your current list of tasks. How many of them will move you closer to living your best life?

How many can you delete or delegate to someone else?

Know That You Already Have What You Need

One of the most important things to know is that you don’t need expensive courses or workshops, or the right suit or car.

You already have everything you need to start living your life’s purpose.

It’s all within you. What matters is what you do with it.

And today is the best time to start!

JohnK. 10-30-2023
chiforyourself,com

Overheard: “The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere”

~Michel de Montaigne

How Do You Tell Others About Your Failure?

October 23, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

Your failure is a personal setback. But what happens when you have to share it with others?

These GenuLines pointers can help point you toward answers.

How Do You Tell Others About Your Failure?

You know what sucks about failing at something? The thought of having to tell people about it.

We’ll use driving tests as an example.

Let’s say you’re going to tell people you’re taking the test. They might respond with words of encouragement.

You may even get written cards. Of course this is a nice gesture and it’s coming from a nice place.

Unfortunately though, it also means that if you don’t pass you then have to tell them.

They may feel as though they have to send you more cards the next time you try.

Telling people about failure makes it real. And unfortunately it’s often enough to prevent us from wanting to try in the first place.

Here’s how to change your approach.

Do You Tell People Your Goals?
Some schools of thought suggest we shouldn’t be telling people our goals in the first place. Researchers have looked at what happens when we tell people our goals.

They found that we become less likely to attempt them when we do that.

The reason for this is that telling people goals gives us a sense of ‘release’ and allows us to get some of the reward. When you tell someone you’re going to quit smoking, that then makes you feel a sense of relief.

Now you don’t actually have to give up smoking for real!

If you take this position, it may make more sense not to tell people about your goals. That way you won’t have to come clean about your failures.

The best scenario for most people will be to tell a small select group of people.

Wear Your Failure Proudly
The next step is to change the way you think about failure. Many of us approach failure as though it is the end of the world.

In fact though, failure only means we’ve tried something brave and it makes us stronger. Some of the most successful people in the world failed countless times to get to where they are now.

Telling people you failed in itself is a victory in as much as it takes courage. Don’t go shy and avoid the topic or make excuses (people see through that anyway).

Be proud and say something went wrong. If you struggle to do this, then you might want to reassess why you’re doing things in the first place.

You’ gotta want it!

JohnK 10-23-2023
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “”You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try”

~Beverly Sills

Moving On Might Be the Best Thing You Can Do

October 16, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

Moving on is like escaping gravity. You want to but you can’t seem to do it.

It’s a big decision, and GenuLines is here with help. .

Moving On Might Be the Best Thing You Can Do

Believe it or not, there’s a lot of power in letting go and moving on. I know it doesn’t feel like it.

At this point you may be focusing on what happened in the past.

You’re thinking that if you were to keep dwelling on what happened, You might be able to figure it out.

After all, things might fall into place. That way you would see the rhyme and reason for the negative things that happened in the past.

Repeat Offender?
It’s likely that this isn’t the first time you’ve thought this way.

Focusing on the past isn’t going to help you. Life can suck big time. You don’t need a graduate degree to understand that.

But your life isn’t a complete disaster.

Sure, you may feel frustration in certain areas of your life. Nobody’s immune to this.

You need to have a clear direction for your life. If you do you’ll realize that it’s not so bleak. Look for bright spots.

Discover them and understand that these areas of light are areas of optimism in your life.

Outta Here
Focus on these and move on. Focus on the fact that you have a measure of control. Given enough time, your area of control in your life could grow. Put your focus there.

As the old saying goes, “Where attention goes, energy flows.”

Taking ownership of your life demands a lot of your attention. Don’t let the things you can’t control drain it.

I’m talking about people in your past. And situations in the past.

Plus those people you cannot control.

Focus on your area of competency, which is your choice to respond to things going on in your life. This is your area of control.

The more you focus on it, the more competent and self-confident you become.

This enables you to become a more responsible and powerful person. Focus on these.

Then move on from what you’ve been wasting your time, attention, and emotional energy on.

JohnK 10-16-2023
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on”

~Samuel Beckett

You Can Create Self-Supporting Habits For Success

October 9, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

Your success can be built on a dream. But you’ll need the right tools to do it.

The builders at GenuLines show you how your habits can get the job done.

You Can Create Self-Supporting Habits For Success
Have you ever wondered how successful people get where they are? And often, so young?

Okay, we can’t all be Steve Jobs.

But there is untold potential within you.

You need to learn to create self-supporting habits that will help you achieve success. Your behaviors are determined by your habits, so everything that you’ve achieved so far and everything that you will… is down to your habits.

Self-Supporting Habits For Success:

• Pursue Your Passions

We humans generally seek stability, especially when it comes to a career. But those people who go big are willing to pursue the things that interest them.

People work harder when they love what they’re doing.

• Find A Mentor

Having a mentor is one smart way to steer your way to success. There are different types of people you can turn to for mentorship.

They may be a parent, teacher, or someone within your career. Or a famous person whose books you turn to for advice or guidance. yourself.

What successful people are able to do is learn from the mistakes they make. The latter is powerful, what greater motivation than turning failure around.

• Dreams Become Goals

Yes it’s important for you to pursue your passions. But don’t forget that you can use your dreams to set your goals.

• Make Lists

What good is having goals if you don’t have an action plan to achieve them? The key is breaking your goals down into the steps it will take to achieve them.

Creating processes is the key to creating success.

• Be Health Conscious

This might not seem like something of great importance, but… without your health you are nothing. So, eat the right types of food and be mindful of your portions.

Regular exercise a good night’s sleep are very important, too.

• Be Honest

You may think of successful people as ruthless and maybe even underhanded, but in all honesty… honesty is vital. Show principle in every action,

Be fair (not only with the world, but also with yourself),. This allows you to create a vision for your life that will be consistent with your values and ideals.

Don’t compromise when it comes to integrity,. Don’t sacrifice your peace of mind for anything (or anyone).

Honesty is the key here. And it underscores the rest of the self-supporting habits on your list.

• Self-Discipline

When you come right down to it, the list above is useless without self-discipline. The ability to control yourself is one of the most important qualities that you will develop.

And it’s a habit that goes hand in hand with every success in every aspect of your life.

Each of these habits will help you develop as a person and grow the desired results. The habits that you have as of now are what got you where you are today.

But if you want to keep growing and improving then it’s time to build on those habits. So become more focused and driven.

Your success is in your hands.

JohnK 10-9-2023
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “Habit is stronger than reason”

~George Santayana

5 Signs You Need to Improve Your Resilience

October 2, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

Need a little more resilience in your life? It could come in handy during tough times. Today we’re offering you some “tough love.” from GenuLines.

5 Signs You Need to Improve Your Resilience

Successful people are resilient in some shape or form. If not they would never overcome failure.

You might see yourself as resilient, and in many ways, you could be right.

But if the following descriptions fit you, then your resilience may be falling short . Here are five signs that mean you need to improve your resilience.

1. You’re afraid of failure
Failure is a natural part of success. You may fail several times before you succeed in something.

In fact it may even be necessary before you see that success.

Being able to face your failures is a part of being resilient. If you let all your unsuccessful attempts keep you down you may never try again.

Being afraid of failure may be a sign that your resilience is not as strong as you think

2. You let negative thoughts keep you down
Resilience is a sign of mental fortitude. You can survive challenges without pervasive thoughts discouraging you from trying.

Negative thoughts also impact your mental health. And they can lower your perception of self-worth.

If you’re prone to constant negativity you need to work on your positivity. Positive thinking is a tenet of resilience and can help you find success.

3. You don’t learn from your mistakes
Growth is an important factor in resilience. Improving your skills and abilities will lead you to success.

How can you ever grow as a person if you keep making the same mistakes over and over?

Take a clear look at your mistakes. Don’t place blame.

You’ll improve yourself. And, you’ll grow.

Don’t pretend your mistakes never happened or you’ll be unable to avoid them the next time.

4. You lack confidence
Resilient people are confident in their abilities. even without success on the first try. Confidence gives you the willpower to try new and intimidating things.

If you’re too afraid to try, you’ll never succeed.

5. You don’t take responsibility for your failure
It’s easy to place blame on outside factors that you have no control over. You won’t always have power over everything, so you have to take every situation for what it is.

By acknowledging what you can control and change, you take agency in your life. Admit it if something didn’t go right because of something you did.

Don’t always blame others for your mistakes.

Resilience gives you the power to overcome challenges. Without it, you’ll be more prone to give up.

If you find that some of these signs describe you, then you may need to take steps to improve your resilience.

JohnK 10-2-2023
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “Fall seven times, stand up eight”

~Japanese Proverb

Finding Success Helps You Build Confidence

September 25, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

You’re expecting great success in whatever you’re doing. But, when it comes to confidence that’s something else again.

Today we look at a GenuLines yardstick to help you measure up.

Finding Success Helps You Build Confidence
We’ve all experienced a time in our lives when our self-esteem was on the skids. The common thread in these experiences is a lack of confidence.

Think about a job you didn’t like. I’m guessing it wasn’t about your lack of knowledge.

A more likely reason is that you didn’t have the confidence in your ability to do the given tasks.

A strong sense of self and self esteem is essential to overcoming adversity. Success in this area builds your self-confidence.

Success Strengthens Your Self-Love
When you reach a goal, you’re proud of your accomplishment. You know your story and you’ve experienced the challenges firsthand.

You’re better able to endure. And this strength fuels your confidence that you’ll do what you intended to do.

Success Makes You Self-Reliant
Let’s use the life versus lemons example. You take lemons and create, say, a profitable lemonade stand.

You understand that you have power and the capability to overcome most anything.

Success Means Taking Risks
Success forces you venture out of your comfort zone. You act on opportunities that you may have passed on before.

Walking into new ventures despite the fears and the unknown requires absolute confidence. You have no idea if you’ll sink or swim.

Yet, taking that first step into the ocean is a brave move.

Failure
Many people shy away from taking on new tasks because they’re afraid of failure. They believe they’re unable to overcome a challenge.

Get into the mindset that no challenge is too difficult to overcome. Over time, this mentality will lead to ultimate self-confidence and power.

The journey of finding success in itself requires confidence. Sure, it’s easy to take what’s given to you, but is that building your inner strength?

Successful people fight for what they have and go out and get what they want. Through your efforts, wins and accomplishments, you develop a heightened sense of awareness.

This will enable you to continue reaching ever higher levels of success.

John K. 9-25/2023
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out”

~ Robert Collier

4 Key Ways to Regain Control of Your Life

September 18, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

These tough times may leave you thinking you’re out of control of your life. GenuLines respectfully disagrees.

And we’re offering some tips on putting you back in the driver’s seat.

4 Key Ways to Regain Control of Your Life

There are times when it seems our lives are spiraling out of control. Nothing seems to go right, and you feel like you can’t get a grip on reality and a foothold on stability.

Reasons for this include overwork, stress, trauma, or depression.

There are a lot of ways you can work toward getting control of your life. GenuLines narrows it down to four key steps.

1) Use the power of no
Part of how we become overworked and overstressed is by agreeing to take on far more than we can handle. You often want to please everyone or you don’t want to let those that are close to you down.

You’re taking on more responsibilities than you could ever handle.

You can’t allow yourself to feel guilty for saying no to something you can’t do. If the person who asked you to do it cares about you, they’ll understand.

Don’t bite off more than you can chew and say no when necessary.

2) Don’t be afraid to break the mold
You can’t let others dictate what you do. Same for the choices you make, or what makes you happy; you have to do things your own way for yourself.

At times what you want to do will line up with something someone else has done in the past. At other times, the path you’re walking will be unconventional.

Don’t be afraid to step into uncharted territory. Take the path less traveled, or make your own path in life; do what makes you happy.

3) Take care of yourself
One of the most important steps to regaining control of your life is taking good care of yourself. Your mental and physical health are more important than anything.

Make sure you give yourself a few days to unwind each week. And what’s most important, make at least one of those days is set aside for yourself.

Use that day to do what makes you happy, relaxes you, and allows you to recharge your battery.

4) Turn this into a learning experience
There are two ways to look at trying times in your life. You can mope and look for pity, or you can learn from your mistakes and turn those times into a learning experience.

You can learn a lot from your errors and failures and with each one, you become more resilient. .You’re optimistic approach helps you power through the hardship. You come out on the other side a better and stronger person.

When you feel like your life is spiraling out of control, your situation can seem hopeless. You can and should work to regain control.

There are many ways in which you can work to better yourself, regain stability, and regain control, but we focused on the top four reasons we find absolutely essential to regaining control of your life.

If you find yourself still struggling or feeling hopeless, seek help. A professional can help guide you through it and offer you support.

JohnK 9-18-2023
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “Only you can control your future”.

~Dr. Seuss

Top Ways to Identify Your Strengths

September 11, 2023 John Uncategorized No comments

What are your strengths? Are you uncertain how to answer the question? Get some clear answers with this GenuLines look at finding those strengths.

Top Ways to Identify Your Strengths

We all have unique strengths and unique weaknesses. This is part of what makes us, well, unique.

And it’s what makes teamwork so important in a working environment.

This way it’s possible to leverage the individual strengths of many different people. The result is a well-oiled machine.

The problem is many of us actually don’t know our own strengths. We’re unable to be objective in analyzing our skills

Our ego or our self-doubt kicks in to prevent us from finding out what we’re good at. So how do you find where your strengths lie?

Ask People
One approach is to ask people what they think your strengths are. Now, you don’t want to take anyone’s word and leave it at that.

But when you start noticing patterns in the responses there could be at least a bit of truth.

Look at Your Experience
Another way to find your skills is to look at your own experience. If you’ve spent a lot of time on a particular career path, you may have gained specific abilities related to that.

And they may open your eyes to strengths you weren’t aware of.

Asses Your Weaknesses
Another good way to find your strengths is to look at your weaknesses. In other words, as you drop the things you’re bad at, it should leave the things you’re good at.

Look at your own career. Let’s say you’re a web designer – do you work better with the code, with the layout or with the artistic part?

Which of these is your skill and which is the weak link?

Look at What You Love
As a general rule, you’ll tend to enjoy doing the things you’re very good at. So if you want to know what you’re good at, try to spot the times when you’re the most engaged and the most switched on.

Try Lots of Things
There’s a good chance that the thing you’re good at is something you haven’t even considered yet. That’s why it’s important to broaden your experiences.

Give yourself more leverage in finding your strengths and skills.

JohnK 9-11-2023
chiforyoursef.com

Overheard: ” Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength”