I\u2019ve been reflecting on the old saying “Is the glass half empty or half full?”<\/p>\n
When I think about the saying, I realise my initial thoughts represent my own self-judgement.\u00a0 \u201cHmmm why am I seeing my glass as half empty, why am I noticing<\/strong> what I\u2019m not<\/strong> doing\/receiving\/getting, instead of what I am<\/strong>?\u201d<\/p>\n The dialogue often continues: \u201cIs it my self-talk, or real?\u00a0 Am I predisposed to be negative?\u201d<\/p>\n These \u2018half-empty\u2019 thoughts can often lead to spiraling into more negative thoughts.\u00a0 And we all know what happens when we\u2019re full of negative thoughts – they become all we can see, cloud our view, stifle us, and frankly can manifest into negative realities \u2013 because we believe our perception to be our reality.\u00a0 This, I believe is a large part of why we feel overwhelmed.<\/p>\n However, perception is biased<\/strong>.\u00a0 It\u2019s based upon one\u2019s cognition or understanding, and we all know that when that little unhelpful voice in our heads is negative, we often believe it.<\/p>\n We might find ourselves making up stories in our heads to reinforce our perception.\u00a0 Example: you submitted some work you are proud of to your client, the response you received in return was minimal. It was not the response you hoped for. Your perception turns to the negative and your mind starts spiraling with your negative bias thoughts.<\/p>\n But wait a minute, why is this all about you? Why are your thoughts correct?\u00a0 Maybe your perception is biased? Maybe your client has a myriad of other things occupying them that have nothing to do with you or the work you submitted.<\/p>\n What someone else thinks or experiences is rarely what we perceive nor is it about us.<\/strong><\/p>\n The negative \u2018half-empty\u2019 glass is actually \u2018half-full\u2019.\u00a0 The work is completed and approved. Pat yourself on the back.<\/p>\n Move on to your next task without self judgement. These biased perceptions are reducing your confidence and productivity.\u00a0 They create unnecessary overwhelm that can cascade and the mind-rollercoaster restarts itself.<\/p>\n Pause, reflect and wear the other person\u2019s hat.\u00a0 Changing your perception will assist you to:<\/p>\n I encourage you to drink half a glass of water, hydrate, nourish and shift your perception.<\/p>\n – Laura<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve been reflecting on the old saying “Is the glass half empty or half full?” When I think about the saying, I realise my initial thoughts represent my own self-judgement.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6408,"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions\/6408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandl.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n