I am so impressed with today’s business leaders. Achieving multiple, ambitious and sometime conflicting goals is no easy task. It requires clarity, focus and sustained effort. Those who succeed have harnessed their leadership brain fitness. How?
As I wrote in a previous post, here, proper diet, exercise and meditation improve healthy cognitive function. Managing distractions and channeling your energy and focus allows you to gain greater traction. To boost your energy and hone your focus, answer the following questions.
Boost Your Energy
- Focus on one goal. Without judgment or self-censoring, ask yourself:
- What is the big picture?
- What data, research and strategies do I have and/or need for wise decisions about objectives and goals?
- Is my goal well defined?
- Where are the limits in my understanding?
- How does the goal align with my values and those of my organization?
- How would I benefit from a mentor?
- Build confidence. Consider past personal goals, and ask yourself:
- What was my experience with achieving comparable goals?Is it repeatable?
- Who is my role model? Can they help me understand what it takes?
- Where can I go for feedback and evaluation?
- How can I experiment, rehearse or practice critical tasks toward my goal?
- Practice positivity. Overcome negativity, and develop positive thoughts and feelings by asking yourself:
- What are my patterns of feelings and experiences?
- How are they related to my thoughts and behaviors about my goal?
- Where do I find healthy outlets and support? (hobbies, sports, friends)
- When do I experience fun or excitement?
- What about my work creates enthusiasm?
- Work aside, where do I draw strength? How do I gain balance?
Hone Your Focus
- Harness the power of visualization. Visualize your goal, or objective, and ask yourself:
- What does my objective look like? When I need to remember my objective, what simple image can I conjure?
- What are the small steps I need to take to reach my goal?
- Commit to your goal. Make it personal, and ask yourself:
- Does this goal feel right for me?
- How much do I really want to achieve my goal?
- What positive feelings are attached to this goal?
- How does this goal align with my values and beliefs?
Harnessing leadership brain fitness requires a clear mental picture of your goal or objective, a conscious choice to commit to and pursue your goal, and strategies to gain traction and thwart distraction. What do you think? I’d love to hear from you. I can be reached here, on LinkedIn, or give me a call: 561-582-6060.
