Creating change in any area of life, particularly your career is often less about making one huge effort and more about creating lots of little shifts. By taking lots of baby steps you can create a major professional adjustment. Make your little steps simple, easy, fun, new and different experiences. This week try these seven fun activities to both shake up your work mojo and to cause a series of shifts that will help lead you to making a major professional change.
1. Watch a show or movie related to your interest or hobby: I love home reno and deco shows like “Flip or Flop” and “Rehab Addicts” on HGTV but check out whatever you’re into.
2. Re-read a favorite book: There is a saying we don’t pick books, but rather they pick us. Dust off one of your Fave books and start it again.
3. Put your dreams on paper: There is a major energy shift when we take just one idea and put it down on paper. It really doesn’t matter what you write - your thoughts, plans, or creative ideas - just write at least one page EVERY day. Even if journaling isn’t your thing, just write.
4. Take a 20 minute walk: Try to walk 20-30 minutes every day. This week take a different route to work or walk an alternate path to the subway. Use this tiny change to motivate you to make other small changes throughout your day.
5. Call seven (7) friends or former co-workers: Reach out to others and wish them a Happy New Year to see “what’s good” in 2017. Touching base with an old colleague could be the ideal tiny shift to put a new opportunity into motion.
6. Take a 10-15 minute bath instead of a shower: I know this one seems random but trust me. This is a small switch to your daily routine and your entire day.
7. Clean out clutter from your physical and mental space: Clear out your environment and replace your negative or even neutral thoughts WITH potential, hope and, possibility.
Possibility is always there – waiting to knock at any moment. This week think about doing little things in a different way and with a different focus to create a brand new opportunity.