| If you always do what you always did, you will | | | | some alternative behaviours you will use to |
| always get what you always got. Sounds simple | | | | achieve the goal and increase wellness. Enlist some |
| doesn't it? Read and learn how to really do things | | | | help ifyou feel it would help. When you have |
| differently to get some amazingly different results | | | | compiled a good list (put stuff down on that list |
| in your life. | | | | that may well not seem right for you, it is good |
| Many people would say that it is absolute | | | | to explore avenues that in the past made you |
| madness to keep on doing the same thing, time | | | | feel uncomfortable from time to time). Then, of |
| after time, expecting to get a different result or | | | | course, look at starting to do the things that are |
| for something different to happen. Alternatively, | | | | on your list; do them. |
| many people, especially those in the personal | | | | What I am wanting to get across here is the idea |
| development and wellness fields of varying | | | | of being more bendy. |
| natures, would describe it as intelligent to have a | | | | Your mind and your body really are a single |
| goal and be wonderfully flexible about how you go | | | | system, so it follows that physical flexibility can |
| about achieving it. | | | | often lead to greater mental flexibility. There are |
| It is this intelligent idea of enhancing wellness that | | | | certain activities which can greatly increase |
| I want to highlight today. | | | | physical flexibility, including things like Yoga, Martial |
| If what you're doing isn't working or increasing | | | | arts, Dancing, Swimming and lots of other general |
| your wellness, do something else; | | | | forms of exercise. |
| I was working with a corporate client recently and | | | | Practicing any of these will increase your overall |
| had been working with one of their senior | | | | behavioural and mental flexibility and level of |
| managers. He had wanted his team to carry out | | | | wellness. In addition, find opportunities to break |
| a piece of project work in a certain way. He said | | | | habitual patterns. For instance, most mornings |
| to me that he had told them again and again (12 | | | | when I shave, I do it in a different way. This |
| times in total), but they still weren't doing what he | | | | requires me to stay aware and vary my |
| wanted. I pointed out that if he wanted them to | | | | patterns. The more flexibility you have, the more |
| change what they were doing, he might have to | | | | flexibility you can bring to situations involving |
| change what he was doing; I suggested that he | | | | others. Often, when people are seeing me for |
| be more flexible. Together, We explored some | | | | reducing their weight, I might suggest that they |
| alternative approaches and things started to | | | | look at the doing things like swapping their knife |
| change. | | | | and fork hands around for a week. |
| If you are fed up with getting the same results | | | | So, go ahead and identify a habitual pattern and |
| to certain things over and over, with whatever it | | | | change it to enhance your wellness. Especially if it |
| is that you are looking to change, use this notion | | | | is something you are not entirely happy about. |
| to begin to disrupt your existing pattern. If you | | | | Here is a list of some things that you can do to |
| are just following the idea through in some way, | | | | interrupt your existing patterns and increase your |
| by definition you are perceiving it differently and | | | | wellness, you can be as creative as you want |
| doing yourself lots of favours. You'll be increasing | | | | with these things. |
| your wellness. | | | | -Eat a food that you never usually eat |
| So, firstly, identify an area where you've been | | | | -Go for a walk at an early hour in the morning |
| doing the same thing over and over hoping to get | | | | -Watch a TV show you would never usually |
| a different result. Or an area that you want to | | | | watch |
| increase your wellness. It may relate to a | | | | -Take a different journey home from work |
| behaviour, habit, circumstance or situation; just | | | | -Take a cold shower |
| choose something that you want to change the | | | | -Answer your phone with the opposite hand to |
| outcome of. | | | | usual |
| Then secondly, clarify your goal, that is, clarify | | | | -Laugh and smile for no reason |
| what you want to achieve. Do this by asking | | | | The sooner you start doing this, the more fun |
| yourself what you want and how you will know | | | | you'll have with it. Then often, the higher your |
| when you have got it. | | | | increase in wellness. So many people I encounter, |
| Thirdly, construct or create a list of the different | | | | know all this stuff or read it and still don't do |
| approaches and behaviours you have tried already | | | | these things and wonder why they are not |
| in order to achieve this goal or increased wellness. | | | | getting what they want. Do soemthing different |
| Or note down what it is that you are doing | | | | today and you'll be amazed how your wellness |
| currently. | | | | rockets. |
| Finally and most simply, put together a nice list of | | | | |