Stop for two seconds. When you feel bad and can’t get out of it? Where are your thoughts? If you are like me, it’s:
- Backward: why me? Why this situation? it’s so unfair
- Or forward but with a backward glance: Time where I (or my inner voice) imagine the worst-case scenario. (That rarely happen, by the way)
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If you are looking for a way to quickly get out of this low morale, try this idea, “The Possibility Muscle.”
I read about it in Skip the line. Author James Altucher has used it many times to get out of acute depression. I’m fortunate enough not to have gone into depressive states, but I feel good every time I use it.
4 ways to apply it:
- When you’re down, look forward, not back. No matter what your situation, the future offers you all the possibilities.
- Become an idea factory (The Possibility Muscle): Take a topic for yourself or a loved one and look for 10 ideas to improve it. Not 4 or 6 but 10. I didn’t say 10 good ideas, but only 10 ideas. After 6 it gets tricky, but that’s when you work your muscle of possibility. Doing it for a friend has another advantage. By helping someone, you help yourself. It feels good to make someone happy.
- How do you do it? Grab a pen and paper and write down 10 ideas for improvement on a topic that interests you. 10 ideas to improve my sales? 10 ideas to improve communication with my wife? 10 ideas to clean up my house? There are no limits to your creativity.
- Get started. Start small, but start. If it’s a complicated task, don’t tell yourself you’re going to finish it, just tackle the first action—even two minutes. Action breeds energy.
Remember :
Ideas rewire your muscle of possibility. The state of creation knocks out the state of low morale.
Put the key in and start today.
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