| I found the author and tweeter Ed Latimore because he already had a book with a title I wanted to use. "Not Caring is a Superpower." I ran into the following two circumstances that made me also come up with this title. Basketball One day I was playing basketball with my son Max. He was a little down that day so I decided to let him win. I didn't care if I made the basket or not. So I threw the ball up without trying. The strangest thing happened. I started making every shot. I couldn't miss. I didn't care. The Closet At work there is a closet that's always left open. I close it and an hour later it's open. This was driving me crazy until I decided that I don't care. I'd see the open closet and think of it as a reminder to how lucky I am to be born where I was born, have the family I have and all the positive things in my life. The Tweet I saw a tweet of his: Ed says to take responsibility for everything. That way you control your own outcomes.
If you have a bad boss, relative, spouse or company and you're not responsible then you can't change your situation. Once you realize that we always control the situation and take responsibility for whatever happens in your life, you can now change the outcome by doing something different. Recently at work I got a scathing mid-year review. It's very easy to blame my boss, but the real question is what can I do to prevent this in the future and what can I do now to rectify this? I see a lot of people who blame others or outside circumstances for their current state instead of taking responsibility. |