Having mentioned in one of my previous posts that I started the week with a head-ache a colleague told me that I needed to relax more. I explained that the problem with ‘relaxing’ was that it had no goal associated with it. One of the characteristics of being a male is that I am included to be goal focused, some would say too goal focused. The reverse is also true; no goal- no focus.
Anyhow my colleague decided that she would define the goal of relaxing for me. I copy it here as a form of record, but also so you can marvel, along with me, at the inventiveness of some people:
Goal = Relax, the way to achieve the goal is to sit still for up to 30 minutes per day whilst thinking positive thoughts. You will have achieved this goal if you are successful in sitting still for 30 minutes and not allowing your mind to stray into negative thoughts. You will have surpassed this goal if you find yourself being able to sit still for 30 minutes without having to prevent negative thoughts entering your brain.
No sure, now, whether putting ‘relax’ on my to-do list is a good idea or not. Does reading count, Steve just gave me a copy of Making a Good Brain Best?
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Name me one adult with children that has 30 minutes a day to sit still and think positive thoughts. If the length of time was 3 minutes, we might have a chance. Does thinking you’re positive your kid is never going to make it to the next birthday if he keeps acting like he does count?
Sean—
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