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Into The Arena - Power of Perspective

Published 4 months ago • 1 min read

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Into The Arena

With Mike Schiff

Recently I was feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious about a situation in my personal life.

I kept thinking about how bad the situation was.

Paralyzed by my fear and how big I had made it in my head...

Then I realized something

I wasn't looking at the facts.

I was letting my subjective beliefs about the situation make it worse than it actually was, or needed to be.

Was it less than ideal?

Sure (depending on your ideal)

Shifting my perspective from what I was letting myself believe about the situation to what was actually going on, allowed me to start taking action

And as we all know

Action defeats anxiety

This is all well and good, but how do you actually shift your perspective, especially when it feels like sh*t is hitting the fan?

Here's 3 things you can do to start utilizing your perspective to work for you instead of against you:

  1. Practice gratitude - Gratitude has the ability to shift your focus from what you're lacking to what you have. Recognizing and appreciating the positives in your life will carry over to every situation. Causing you to see every challenge as an opportunity.
  2. Journal - Take time to reflect on your life and reactions. This will provide clarity and help you remove your feelings from teh facts of the matter.
  3. Seek adversity - When you look for challenges, actively seeking them out, when life throws them at you, you aren't so overwhelmed. You have the confidence in your ability to overcome any situation. This is why doing hard things is so important!

Doing these 3 things on a daily basis will absolutely change your life!

Going from a "woe is me" to a "F yeah, bring it on!" attitude.

Where are you struggling? Are you building it up in your head more than necessary? Have you thought about shifting your perspective on it?

Thanks for reading.

God bless!

-Mike

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Into The Arena

By Mike Schiff - Men's Coach

Helping you get off the sidelines and Into The Arena by sharing thoughts, stories, and strategies on fatherhood, faith, fitness, and more as I learn and grow as a husband and father. Raising 2 children with my wife of a decade while also leading a men's community of 60+ high value men.

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