Every day, before leaving the house, most of us shower, brush our teeth, put on deodorant, and make up. I think you’d agree these are pretty important things to do, at least I hope so! After all, it wouldn’t take more than a day or two, of not showering, for those around us to notice the aroma.
While stationed in Germany, with the Air force, I had a friend who showered once a week! It was hard to be in the same room with him, let alone sit in the same car! He was oblivious to the stench but everyone else was acutely aware of it. The lesson here, if you want to keep your friends and not be avoided like the plague then shower daily!
Attitudes are very similar to personal hygiene. They need daily cleaning or they start to stink! Like my friend who was oblivious to his own stench, if we don’t regularly work to maintain healthy (clean) attitudes – we will become oblivious to our own attitudes and that mental stench will start to blind us. As a result, we’ll miss those opportunities that come along in life because our minds are consumed with negativity (aka stench).
A person’s mind is his most important asset, yet most of us take better care of our laptops than of our minds. Most of us would never put in our laptops the types of things we put in our minds. What if we had Norton Security for our minds to protect us from spam and viruses? I think most of what we are listening to, reading, and watching would be blocked if we had that kind of human security system.
In addition to our daily personal hygiene routine, we must also include regular motivation and inspiration routines! They do to your mind what soap and water do to your body and what Norton Security does for your laptop – they wash off the stinky! There are a lot of resources to consider when developing those motivation/inspiration routines – such as reading about, listening to, and watching motivational/inspirational material. Just pick what works best for you.
Start washing your mind every day with motivational & inspirational material with the same diligence & vigor that you dedicate to personal hygiene and watch how it changes the Stinking Thinking!
Find your Passion and you will find your life!