Innovative is the word in industry improvement and my profession, education. How can I innovate something else without innovating myself? Here are some ways I look at self innovation: improving my thought process, eliminate negative opinions of others, and create a healthy wholesome environment for myself.
The first thing I think of when being self innovation is improving my thoughts. How can I do this? THINK POSITIVE! By removing, negative thoughts about self, cluttery opinions from others and prioritize my thinking, I can rearrange how I view things. We are in a technological world that opens up a world of opinions from others that really do not always count. There is a lot of competition, critisim, and trend following. There is also factual research based information that can be found as well. I had to learn that just because someone says it does not make it the gospel. I need to fill my mind with positiveness so I try not to absorb social media sites. I do visit Pinterest for ideas for topics of my interest but at a limit.
I was listening to a faith based minister who discussed, "Not Following your Senses". WOW! That is quite the opposite of what the world around me says. Sometimes senses lead to negative overthinking and anxiety. The world says follow your gut but no one says follow the truth and get your mind off your gut. Your gut could lead you to distractions and a world wind of problems that only our Heavenly Father can solve anyway. Keeping your thoughts above is what matters. Yes, we are promised to have trials and tribulations but they are only there to test your faith in God. He is your stregnth. He is doing the heavy lifting. A lot of times people think that it is them but the credit goes to the Lord. I am just saying I am learning to stay more focused on innovating my thinking and sharing just in case someone else is letting the world around them suck them in.
Next, eliminating negative opinions on Facebook, Google and other sites or anywhere else can help. Yes, constructive critisim is needed to improve at times but not anything so harsh that you are bashing yourself due to opinons of others. Sometimes people carry mean hateful spirits and do not have a filter. You never know what they are going through to listen and take in what they are saying anyway. Being truthful with yourself, being positive, while making changes is good. I find that I reinvent my thinking all the time. Sometimes I have stinking thinking and I have to lift myself above water. I am harder on myself than what comes at me. I have to eliminate what others may think so I am not worried and do my best to declutter my mind. People are going to always talk but I have to stay focused on my goal and remind myself to stay in my lane. Sometimes I have caught myself checking Google for opinions about topics of concern. I have run into so much. In reality I was wasting my time. I could have been reading the word, writing, working on my intent paper for grad school, blogging, preparing a lesson, or pampering myself with love. Not only was I inviting negative thoughts from other sources but I was wasting my time.
Most of all, creating a healthy environment for myself is important. Surrounding myself with an organized area that expresses myself and decluttering is beneficial. It is not so someone can come over and say "hey that looks good" or for a compliment but for my well being. I can relax and work better in that sort of space. This is about self innovation and not competitiveness. I know that competitiveness the thing in society but not in my personal world. I am who I am and not to be compared.
The approaches mentioned that I use to self innovate not only helps me improve in my personal life but in my professional life. If my spritual well being is not cared for in a healthy way then it will show in a negative way as I operate day to day. How I treat myself is a reflection of how I treat and view others. So, it is important to have a healthy state of mind and innovate yourself before you can reinvent anything else.
Love you ALL!!
Sherrelle
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