Being Point

Tag: practice

  • Doing Your Best: Engaging With Absolute Intention To Do What Is Required

    Preparation and practice are fundamental to doing well, yet doing our best doesn’t demand excellence as much as it demands intention to do as well as possible under the circumstances.

    Doing our best means engaging a presenting situation with the absolute intention to deliver what is required – for example, the advance intention of shooting the arrow into the bulls eye.  It means not holding back, never giving less than you know that you can, refusing to be a slacker, and always persevering.

    Half-hearted efforts are exactly that:  situations where someone has refused to put his whole heart in.  Focus, attention and complete presence are optimal, and living in the moment predicts doing your best.

  • What Is Your Decision Making Style?

    How do you make tough decisions? Do you put them off, talk about them, ignore them or embrace them and get them over with? Decision making is a skill that can be improved with both practice and mindfulness over time.

    Napoleon said, “Nothing is more difficult and, therefore, more precious, than to be able to decide.”

    Everyone has a different decision making style. What is yours? Do you consider yourself decisive? Are you the kind of person who makes a pro and con list? After you decide, is it final; or do you continue to ponder the question? Does your approach vary depending on the situation?