Summary: Podcast Note: Podcast name has changed to The Successful Life Mindset. Experiencing What We Focus On Cliff gives each year a theme name and then focuses on that theme throughout the year. In 2011 is has been The Year of Providence – God will Provide. When you focus on something, you will find that it happens, so choose to focus on the positive and not the negative. Our work is usually about 80% things that don’t produce and 20% things that do. We need to learn to work on those tasks with a positive influence on our business. If you focus on the negative, that starts to become all you talk about and it overtakes your life and influences those around you. Cliff had an opportunity to work with a famous person. The more he investigated, the more it became clear that it might not be an opportunity he wanted to pursue. He asked for advice from close associates and some wanted feedback on how things progressed. After a particularly bad experience, Cliff was angry and that anger spilled over into an update for those associates. Before sending the email, he realized it was pure gossip, true but negative, and decided not to send it. He let it go and started focusing on the positive things in his life. The Thumb Effect Tracy was also dealing with some business issues. He let the problem affect his attitude, which spilled over to the attitude of his employees. He had to choose to be positive and look for solutions so that his company could remain a more positive operation. Tracy had to apply his “Thumb Effect” to put things in the proper perspective. If you close your left eye and put your thumb just in front of your right eye, all you can see is your thumb, but if you extend your arm out to where it should be, you can now see the whole world. You see how small your thumb really is in the scheme of things. You have to get perspective. Cliff had a shift of focus that set him free. Free from guilt, condemnation of others, caring what others thought of him, making others happy. You can’t live your life to make others happy. His wife had not reached that same level of freedom and she resented his new attitude of freedom. He sensed he needed to back away from talking about this new feeling. Because he was living with the new freedom, it was evident in his actions. Once she saw how this allowed them to improve their relationship, she was on board. Relax, Be Content, Be Happy People don’t need to have a title. They don’t need to be a leader. We need to be content with being who we are. We need to be happy with where we are in life’s journey today. Christ’s public ministry didn’t begin until approximately thirty years into his life. He was never in a hurry. Cliff is learning to be content. Tracy is learning to be happy in every circumstance. We all need to get a proper perspective. A comment by Steven in the chat room: “We don’t look down on others, but we challenge those who complain about where they are.” Things to remember Focus on the positive and not the negative. Put things in the proper perspective. Learn to be happy in every circumstance. Contact Cliff and Tracy Cliff can be reached at – Send Email • twitter.com/GSPN • 859-795-4067 Tracy can be reached at – Send Email • twitter.com/tracyjtrost • facebook.com/DirectorTracyJTrost Listen to the podcast live on Thursdays at 1pm CST at www.TheSuccessfulLifeMindset.com If you would rather read a summary of each podcast, you can do so on our site here: www.TrostMovingPictures.com/category/podcast/ Remember, live your life to its fullest potential! Special Offer: Get The Lamp Pack for only $20 that's more than 50% off the regular price! Just CLICK HERE!
