Assess Your Mental Inventory

"Every day stand guard at the door of your mind." - Jim Rohn

Our mind is like a sophisticated filing cabinet. We store all of our thoughts, memories, beliefs, and learned information in it, feeding our emotions and feelings. But just like a paper filing cabinet, it is only of good use if we can adequately access and strategically use the information we are storing and organizing. Otherwise, it is just storage. Our minds are the same. You have to manage it. We need to be willing to take inventory of our mental assets and liabilities to benefit and grow from them.

We must get in the habit of taking a truthful and honest inventory of the things we are good at, as well as the things we struggle with.  We need to assess what things benefit us or hinder us. We need to be aware of and understand our emotional triggers and motivating factors and how and why we respond to them in a particular way. What thoughts, feelings, beliefs or emotions do we respond positively to; which do we respond negatively to out of fear or uncertainty?

Having a realistic understanding of our strengths and shortcomings allows us to progress and determine how to respond to them better and what we can do to improve. We can create a strategy to use them effectively. We can make progress.

Allowing ourselves to see and feel good about our progress can reduce the need for worry, anxiety, or stress about it. By measuring our progress, admitting to and correcting our errors, we can avoid an unnecessary buildup of negative emotions. Approach this with a growth mindset and create a discipline to work on this daily.  

You can settle for life as it is and let it happen. Or, you can create a better life by assessing where you are now and where you want to be and then taking action. We can improve on anything and create positive change with consistent focus and action.

If we address today's problems today, we can avoid repeating them tomorrow. You should feel good about who you are and who you are becoming. Work to improve yourself from where you were yesterday. Celebrate your wins no matter how small, for that is a sign of progress and improvement. By applying what we have learned daily, we can enhance our sense of well-being.

Make today great!

Curtis

"If you truly want to change your life, you must first be willing to change your mind." - Donald Altman