3 tips for focusing on where you are calm
Calmness is one of clues to clarifying your top talent. So let’s explore where you display this quality. Can you think of a specific situation where you stay calm? You may be caring for a critically ill patient, solving a problem, conducting a mentoring session or whatever. What do you do right then? Let’s explore the following steps to doing great work.
* You can focus on calmness.
Great performers demonstrate ‘grace under pressure’. The negotiator remains cool when trying to free hostages. The footballer enters a ‘bubble’ when taking a decisive penalty kick. Class acts go into the ‘C Zone’: they become calm, controlled and centered. Let’s return to the specific activity in which you feel calm. Why do you feel that way? Perhaps you feel ‘at home’. Perhaps you have rehearsed the situation many times. Perhaps you have found ways to buy yourself time. Try completing the following sentences.
The specific situation in which I stay calm is:
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The things I do to stay calm in the situation are:
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* You can focus on clarity.
How do you quickly establish clarity – the real results to achieve? The paramedic who arrives at a pile-up is confronted by chaos on the motorway. They ask themselves: “Who can be saved? What must be done to free people from the wreckage? What must be done to ensure they make a full recovery?” “Sounds logical,” somebody may say, “but sometimes there may be multiple goals. How do you settle-on the priorities?” You quickly brainstorm all the results you want to achieve - then list these in order of priority. Looking at the situation in which you are calm, how do you establish the short, medium and long-term goals? Try completing the following sentence.
The things I do to establish clarity in the situation are:
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* You can focus on concrete results.
Great performers start from their destination and quickly consider the possible strategies for achieving the goals. They consider: a) The ‘conventional’ solutions - the tried and trusted ways that have worked before; b) The ‘creative’ solutions - the new, imaginative ways needed to achieve the goal. Exploring the options, they consider the consequences - the pluses and minuses of each route - then settle on their conclusion. Committing to their chosen route, they continue to be creative until they achieved the goal. You will do this in your own way. Try completing the following sentence.
The things I do to deliver concrete results in the situation are:
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Mission accomplished, you clarify the learning and rest for a while. Soon it will be time to seek another challenge. Looking at what you have learned, how can you follow similar principles in the future? You can keep developing your skills to be calm, clear and deliver concrete results.
Great performers demonstrate ‘grace under pressure’. The negotiator remains cool when trying to free hostages. The footballer enters a ‘bubble’ when taking a decisive penalty kick. Class acts go into the ‘C Zone’: they become calm, controlled and centered. Let’s return to the specific activity in which you feel calm. Why do you feel that way? Perhaps you feel ‘at home’. Perhaps you have rehearsed the situation many times. Perhaps you have found ways to buy yourself time. Try completing the following sentences.
The specific situation in which I stay calm is:
*
The things I do to stay calm in the situation are:
*
*
*
* You can focus on clarity.
How do you quickly establish clarity – the real results to achieve? The paramedic who arrives at a pile-up is confronted by chaos on the motorway. They ask themselves: “Who can be saved? What must be done to free people from the wreckage? What must be done to ensure they make a full recovery?” “Sounds logical,” somebody may say, “but sometimes there may be multiple goals. How do you settle-on the priorities?” You quickly brainstorm all the results you want to achieve - then list these in order of priority. Looking at the situation in which you are calm, how do you establish the short, medium and long-term goals? Try completing the following sentence.
The things I do to establish clarity in the situation are:
*
*
*
* You can focus on concrete results.
Great performers start from their destination and quickly consider the possible strategies for achieving the goals. They consider: a) The ‘conventional’ solutions - the tried and trusted ways that have worked before; b) The ‘creative’ solutions - the new, imaginative ways needed to achieve the goal. Exploring the options, they consider the consequences - the pluses and minuses of each route - then settle on their conclusion. Committing to their chosen route, they continue to be creative until they achieved the goal. You will do this in your own way. Try completing the following sentence.
The things I do to deliver concrete results in the situation are:
*
*
*
Mission accomplished, you clarify the learning and rest for a while. Soon it will be time to seek another challenge. Looking at what you have learned, how can you follow similar principles in the future? You can keep developing your skills to be calm, clear and deliver concrete results.
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