Category Archives: Five Shifts of Thinking

Shift #5: Shifting from Routines to Rituals The alarm goes off. J.J mumbles, “Good God, its morning.” JJ semi-consciously shuts off the alarm and rolls out of bed stumbling into the bathroom for the morning hygiene routine. After getting dressed for the day, JJ heads to the kitchen and gets a quick breakfast while checkingContinue reading “Five Paradigm Shifts Involved in Mastering Your Mindset”

Shift #4: Using the Power of Synergy by Charles Barnard             At the close of the weekend long training, the entire group of participants and the leaders proceeded to participate in a challenge. The challenge, as all challenges tend to be, was more about the mental than the physical even though it most definitely wasContinue reading “5 Paradigm Shifts Involved in Mastering Your Mindset and Mastering Your Life”

Shift #3: Apply HEAT by Charles Barnard Our lives consist of many, many habits. Why does it seem so hard to create good ones? Think about that for a moment. Isn’t it true that you have many habits that get repeated daily? How many of those habits were purposefully created to support your emotions andContinue reading “Five Paradigm Shifts Involved in Mastering Your Mindset”

Shift 2: Clean Up by Charles Barnard “You are not going anywhere until you have cleaned up your room.” “I’ll do it later, I promise.” “No, you will do it now, and you will play later.” You all can associate yourselves with such a conversation I have no doubt. Short little sayings like, “put thingsContinue reading “Five Paradigm Shifts Involved in Mastering Your Mindset”

Shift 1: Take Responsibility by Charles Barnard The first shift in thinking by its very definition is an action step. To take responsibility means you must actually do something. It has been said by some that John F. Kennedy became a true leader when he publicly took responsibility for the Bay of Pigs fiasco. TheContinue reading “Five Paradigm Shifts Involved in Mastering Your Mindset”