What Do You Treasure?
Lael Johnson
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What Do You Treasure?
by
Lael Johnson
Stop and put aside whatever you are doing just for a moment and think about this question. What do you treasure? What is it that you are most grateful for right now, both professionally and personally? Read through the following list of treasured areas. Pay close attention to those areas that cause your heart to stop for a moment.
PROFESSIONAL TREASURES:
Do you treasure:
Your customers?
Your employees? (includes you as a self-employed person)
Your marketing plan?
Your spending plan? (accounts receivable, payable and other assets)
Your brainstorming plan?
Your products?
Your affiliate or reseller products?
Your professional reputation?
Your professional image?
Your mission statement?
Your contribution to your business communities (online and off line)
Your ability to provide for yourself (and others)
PERSONAL TREASURES:
Do you treasure?:
Your ability to provide for yourself (and others)
Yourself
Your character
Your personal integrity
Your motivation
Your purpose
Your spiritual foundation
Your education and life experience
Your skill set(s)
Your creativity
Your intelligence
Your image
Now that you’ve chosen two areas from each of these lists, how are you going to demonstrate to yourself and other people how much you value these treasures in your life?
Here are a four simple ways to treasure your treasures:
You can:
Acknowledge them.
Cultivate them.
Share them with others.
Celebrate them.
ACKNOWLEDGE THEM: You need to become aware of all of the treasures that you have in your life. Even if you think you know how to practice gratitude. Start practicing it more. Start from the very beginning by writing a gratitude journal or share a list of what you are thankful for with another person. Cultivating a grateful attitude is a lifelong practice, that everyone can improve in. No matter how much you may think you know about practicing gratitude, just keep on practicing it. Be creative. Find new and exciting ways to share your gratitude with other people, both personally and professionally. Deliberately and continually train yourself to look for reasons to express gratitude throughout each day and see what happens.
CULTIVATE THEM: Just as you spend time with loved ones and good friends, chatting, playing together, sharing meals and participating in a variety of different activities, so do the same with your treasures. As you cultivate your treasures,such as your love for reading, you will discover new topics to read about or join a book club for people who share similar interests. The more you reach out, the more you will receive back as you acknowledge your unique treasures and as well as those of others.
SHARE THEM WITH OTHERS: I’ve touched a bit on this already. When you network you share more than just your professional expertise with others, you also share some of your character, and your unique view of life and business. This provides many opportunities for others to share more of themselves with you as well. Genuine sharing leads to deeper friendships and working relationships which lead to healthier relationships in general.
CELEBRATE THEM: Cheering each other on as you continue to progress in learning about your treasures, as well as growing both personally and professionally, really allows the various communities that you may be involved in to grow and change for the better.. Celebrating our successes with gratitude and recognition helps everyone grow in the long run. It also reminds us all to continue to appreciate all of the treasures that we have been given and are surrounded by on a daily basis.
So I will leave you with this question again, what do you treasure?
I hope that this article is helpful to you. Please feel free to comment on it here or at my coaching blog .
Copyright 2008. Lael Johnson. Writer’s Eye Advisory Service. All rights reserved.
Lael Johnson @ October 8, 2008
Lael Johnson